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

Meyer, J J Marion; Schutte, Christiaan E; Hurter, Jan W; Galt, Nicole S; Degashu, Petunia; Breetzke, Greg; Baranenko, Denis; Meyer, Nicole L

Meyer, J J Marion; Schutte, Christiaan E; Hurter, Jan W; Galt, Nicole S; Degashu, Petunia; Breetzke, Greg; Baranenko, Denis; Meyer, Nicole L.

Affiliation

Meyer JJM; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa. marion.meyer@up.ac.za.
Schutte CE; ITMO University, 9 Lomonosov Street, St Petersburg, 191002, Russia. marion.meyer@up.ac.za.
Hurter JW; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
Galt NS; Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
Degashu P; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
Breetzke G; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
Baranenko D; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
Meyer NL; Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.

BMC Ecol ; 20(1): 45, 2020 08 03.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32746816

Subject(s)

Euphorbia; Adhesives; Latex; Namibia; Soil

Key words

Allelopathy; Euphorbia; Fairy circles; Latex; Namibia; Spatial pattern

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Euphorbia Type of study: Prognostic_studies Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: BMC Ecol Journal subject: SAUDE AMBIENTAL Year: 2020 Document type: Article Affiliation country: South Africa Country of publication: United kingdom

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