Sentences with phrase «organized vegetation patterns»
Self - organized vegetation patterns are widespread in arid lands and elsewhere, and Rietkerk et al. [11]--[12] as well as Couteron and Lejeune [13]--[15] proposed that such patterns are the result of nearby positive and distant negative feedbacks created by plants and physical processes occurring at different scales and intensities.
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The scientific literature contains two different mechanisms for a similar pattern — one stems from vegetation self - organizing in response to limited rainfall, and the other results from bustling termite mounds improving the lives of nearby plants.
The highest potential for a causal mechanism of fairy circles probably lies in some form of landscape scale, self - organizing process similar to those proposed by Rietkerk et al., Couteron and LeJeune, and Tlidi et al. [11]--[16] as patterning vegetation in a range of landscapes, especially arid ones.