Unusual Namibian fairy circle patterns in heterogeneous and atypical environments
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.01.017
Abstract: Abstract Under homogeneous habitat conditions, fairy circles are extremely ordered grassland gaps that are densely packed and that function as an extra source of water for the surrounding matrix vegetation. While the origin of fairy… read more here.
Keywords: habitat; fairy; namibian fairy; fairy circle ... See more keywords
The fairy circles (circular barren patches) of the Namib Desert - What do we know about their cause 50 years after their first description?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2021.04.008
Abstract: Abstract Since they were described for the first time 50 years ago, more than 30 peer-reviewed papers have been published on a number of extremely diverse theories as the cause of the formation of hundreds… read more here.
Keywords: barren patches; fairy; circular barren; circles circular ... See more keywords
Seasonal movements and metapopulation structure of the Australian fairy tern in Western Australia
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DOI: 10.1071/pc20030
Abstract: The Australian fairy tern metapopulation in Western Australian is distributed over an extensive stretch of coastline (≤2500 km). Using mark–recapture and coordinated community-based resightings of marked birds, this study reveals important insights into the seasonal movement,… read more here.
Keywords: australian fairy; western australia; fairy; fairy tern ... See more keywords
High genetic variation and phylogeographic relations among Palearctic fairy shrimp populations reflect persistence in multiple southern refugia during Pleistocene ice ages and postglacial colonisation
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DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13380
Abstract: Intense anthropogenic disturbance threatens temporary pond ecosystems and their associated fauna across the Palearctic. Since fairy shrimps (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) are endemic to temporary ponds, populations are declining due to habitat loss and it is important… read more here.
Keywords: fairy shrimp; refugia pleistocene; pleistocene ice; ice ages ... See more keywords
The allelopathic, adhesive, hydrophobic and toxic latex of Euphorbia species is the cause of fairy circles investigated at several locations in Namibia
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DOI: 10.1186/s12898-020-00313-7
Abstract: In this multidisciplinary study we present soil chemical, phytochemical and GIS spatial patterning evidence that fairy circles studied in three separate locations of Namibia may be caused by Euphorbia species. We show that matrix sand… read more here.
Keywords: locations namibia; fairy circles; euphorbia species; gummifera ... See more keywords
The Jew as Villain in The Blue Fairy Book's "The Bronze Ring"
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DOI: 10.2979/jfolkrese.59.3.05
Abstract: Abstract:Little has been written on the figure of the Jew in traditional European fairy tales. Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book (1889) opens with a little-known fairy tale, "The Bronze Ring," which features a wicked,… read more here.
Keywords: fairy; fairy book; blue fairy; bronze ring ... See more keywords
Metabarcoding and Metabolome Analyses Reveal Mechanisms of Leymus chinensis Growth Promotion by Fairy Ring of Leucocalocybe mongolica
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DOI: 10.3390/jof8090944
Abstract: Fairy rings are a unique ecological phenomenon caused by the growth of the fungal mycelium in the soil. Fairy rings formed by Leucocalocybe mongolica (LM) are generally distributed in the Mongolian Plateau, where they promote… read more here.
Keywords: fairy ring; fairy; leucocalocybe mongolica; ring ecosystem ... See more keywords