Abstract
A reaction-diffusion model describing water and plant interaction proposed by Klausmeier is studied. The existence of non-constant steady state solutions is shown through bifurcation methods, and the existence of large amplitude spatial patterned solutions is proved using associated shadow system. It is rigorously shown that non-homogeneous patterned vegetation states exist when the rainfall is at a lower level in which homogeneous vegetation state cannot survive. Even when the rainfall is very low, slow plant diffusion and fast water diffusion can support a vegetation state with vegetation concentrating on a small area. This provides an example of diffusion-induced persistence that non-constant steady states may exist in a reaction-diffusion system when there are no positive constant steady states.
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