Niche-partitioning of edaphic microbial communities in the Namib Desert gravel plain Fairy Circles.
Endemic to the Namib Desert, Fairy Circles (FCs) are vegetation-free circular patterns surrounded and delineated by grass species. Since first reported the 1970's, many theories have been proposed to explain their appearance, but none provide a fully satisfactory explanation of their origin(s)...
Main Authors: | Jean-Baptiste Ramond, Annelize Pienaar, Alacia Armstrong, Mary Seely, Don A Cowan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4184855?pdf=render |
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