Weaknesses in the plant competition hypothesis for fairy circle formation and evidence supporting the sand termite hypothesis

Namibian fairy circles and epithelial cells share emergent geometric order

(2015) Haozhe Zhang et al.   Ecological Complexity

Clarifying misunderstandings regarding vegetation self-organisation and spatial patterns of fairy circles in Namibia: a response to recent termite hypotheses

(2015) STEPHAN GETZIN et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

The distribution and spatial patterning of mima-like mounds in South Africa suggests genesis through vegetation induced aeolian sediment deposition

(2015) Michael D. Cramer et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Role of aeolian sediment accretion in the formation ofheuweltjieearth mounds, western South Africa

(2014) Joseph R. McAuliffe et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Exploring common ground for different hypotheses on Namib fairy circles

(2014) Norbert Juergens   ECOGRAPHY

Adopting a spatially explicit perspective to study the mysterious fairy circles of Namibia

(2014) Stephan Getzin et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Spatial variability and abiotic determinants of termite mounds throughout a savanna catchment

(2014) Andrew B. Davies et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Herbivory by subterranean termite colonies and the development of fairy circles in SW Namibia

(2014) KELLY VLIEGHE et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Variable effects of termite mounds on African savanna grass communities across a rainfall gradient

(2014) Andrew B. Davies et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Are Namibian “Fairy Circles” the Consequence of Self-Organizing Spatial Vegetation Patterning?

(2013) Michael D. Cramer et al.   PLoS One

The Biological Underpinnings of Namib Desert Fairy Circles

(2013) N. Juergens   SCIENCE

A micromorphological view through a Namaqualand termitaria (Heuweltjie, a Mima-like mound)

(2012) M.L. Francis et al.   CATENA

Ants and the enigmatic Namibian fairy circles - cause and effect?

(2012) MIKE D. PICKER et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Large herbivores maintain termite-caused differences in herbaceous species diversity patterns

(2012) Paul Okullo et al.   ECOLOGY

Ecology and spatial patterns of large-scale vegetation units within the central Namib Desert

(2012) N. Juergens et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Hard evidence that heuweltjie earth mounds are relictual features produced by differential erosion

(2012) Michael D. Cramer et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Evidence for a geochemical origin of the mysterious circles in the Pro-Namib desert

(2011) Y. Naudé et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

The global biogeography of semi-arid periodic vegetation patterns

(2008) Vincent Deblauwe et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Thicket clumps: A characteristic feature of the Kagera savanna landscape, East Africa

(2007) U. Bloesch   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Mysterious circles in the Namib Desert

(2007) W.J. Jankowitz et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY