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Fig. 7

From: The allelopathic, adhesive, hydrophobic and toxic latex of Euphorbia species is the cause of fairy circles investigated at several locations in Namibia

Fig. 7

Proposed model of the formation of FCs (open circles) from Euphorbia species (blue circles). (1) Plants-only (green dots are juveniles), regular spatial patterning. (3) Plants and FCs mixed site, more regular spatial patterning because new plants established since no. 1. (6) Only FCs, most regular due to new plants and dead plants turning into FCs which form part of the analysis. (8) Only FCs, several years/decades later, clustered spatial patterning because FCs started to disappear. Cramer and Barger [4] found 42% of FC sites to be clustered

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