Investigation on selected biotic and abiotic factors in the maintenance of the "fairy circles" (barren patches) of southern Africa
The fairy circles are an intriguing and unexplained feature of the pro-Namib in Namibia and northwestern parts of South Africa. The presence of hundreds of almost circular patches where no plants grow were first mentioned in scientific literature in 1971 and since then scientists have tried to find...
Main Author: | Joubert, Angelique |
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Other Authors: | Prof J J M Meyer |
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2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23619 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01172008-125625/ |
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