Ecohydrological interactions within “fairy circles” in the Namib Desert: Revisiting the self-organization hypothesis

A theoretical foundation for multi-scale regular vegetation patterns

(2017) Corina E. Tarnita et al.   NATURE

The Impact of Rainfall on Soil Moisture Dynamics in a Foggy Desert

(2016) Bonan Li et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Shrub encroachment alters the spatial patterns of infiltration

(2014) David J. Eldridge et al.   Ecohydrology

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

(2014) KELLY VLIEGHE et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

Interplay between Turing Mechanisms can Increase Pattern Diversity

(2014) Shai Kinast et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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

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

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

The Life Cycle and Life Span of Namibian Fairy Circles

(2012) Walter R. Tschinkel   PLoS One

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

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

AEOLIAN PROCESSES AND THE BIOSPHERE

(2011) Sujith Ravi et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

The ecology of dust

(2009) Jason P Field et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Land degradation in drylands: Interactions among hydrologic–aeolian erosion and vegetation dynamics

(2009) Sujith Ravi et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Mathematical models of vegetation pattern formation in ecohydrology

(2009) F. Borgogno et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Form and function of grass ring patterns in arid grasslands: the role of abiotic controls

(2008) Sujith Ravi et al.   OECOLOGIA

Ecophysiology of atmospheric moisture in the Namib Desert

(2007) Joh R. Henschel et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Mysterious circles in the Namib Desert

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