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Do high soil temperatures on Namibian fairy circle discs explain the absence of vegetation?

Evenly-dispersed enigmatic bare discs known as ‘fairy circles’ occur within grasslands of the pro-Namib Desert. In spite of their conspicuous appearance, their nature and origin is still debated. The possible inhibitory effects of high surface and sub-surface soil temperatures on grass germination a...

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Autores principales: Vlieghe, Kelly, Picker, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217153