Citation:
Tarnita, C. E. ; Bonachela, J. A. ; Sheffer, E. ; Guyton, J. A. ; Coverdale, T. C. ; Long, R. A. ; Pringle, R. M. . A Theoretical Foundation For Multi-Scale Regular Vegetation Patterns. 2017, 541, 398 - 401.
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2017Abstract:
Empirically validated mathematical models show that a combination of intraspecific competition between subterranean social-insect colonies and scale-dependent feedbacks between plants can explain the spatially periodic vegetation patterns observed in many landscapes, such as the Namib Desert ‘fairy circles’.