A theoretical foundation for multi-scale regular vegetation patterns

Discovery of fairy circles in Australia supports self-organization theory

(2016) Stephan Getzin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2015) NORBERT JUERGENS et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

Climate change scenarios of herbaceous production along an aridity gradient: vulnerability increases with aridity

(2015) Carly Golodets et al.   OECOLOGIA

Gradual regime shifts in fairy circles

(2015) Yuval R. Zelnik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Termite mounds can increase the robustness of dryland ecosystems to climatic change

(2015) J. A. Bonachela et al.   SCIENCE

Worker Size in the Formosan Subterranean Termite in Relation to Colony Breeding Structure as Inferred from Molecular Markers

(2015) Claudia Husseneder et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Experiments Testing the Causes of Namibian Fairy Circles

(2015) Walter R. Tschinkel   PLoS One

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

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

(2014) KELLY VLIEGHE et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Are mima-like mounds the consequence of long-term stability of vegetation spatial patterning?

(2014) Michael D. Cramer et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Strong interaction between plants induces circular barren patches: fairy circles

(2014) C. Fernandez-Oto et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Hydrotropism in lateral but not in pivotal roots of desert plant species under simulated natural conditions

(2014) Aranzazú Guevara et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Pattern formation at multiple spatial scales drives the resilience of mussel bed ecosystems

(2014) Quan-Xing Liu et al.   Nature Communications

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

The Life Cycle and Life Span of Namibian Fairy Circles

(2012) Walter R. Tschinkel   PLoS One

Environmental modulation of self-organized periodic vegetation patterns in Sudan

(2011) Vincent Deblauwe et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Multi-scale pattern analysis of a mound-building termite species

(2010) C. Grohmann et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Mechanisms of vegetation-ring formation in water-limited systems

(2010) Efrat Sheffer et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Estimation of Soil Moisture Profile and Diffusivity Using Simple Laboratory Procedures

(2010) Chris Evangelides et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Modeling Dryland Landscapes

(2010) E. Meron   Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

Spatial Pattern Enhances Ecosystem Functioning in an African Savanna

(2010) Robert M. Pringle et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The underground passages and storage pits used in foraging by a nest of the termite Macrotermes michaelseni in Kajiado, Kenya

(2009) Johanna P. E. C. Darlington   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Early-warning signals for critical transitions

(2009) Marten Scheffer et al.   NATURE

Regular pattern formation in real ecosystems

(2008) Max Rietkerk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION