Circulo de fata

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Circulos de fata (o mingkirri) son pecia circular de terra sin vegetation, inter 2 e 12 metros de diametro, circumferite de un annello de plantas plus vigorose, que se observa, inter alteres, in aride pratarias del Pilbara (en) (Australia) o del Namib deserto (Africa).

Plure theorias disputate intende a explicar le causa de iste intrigante circulos. Iste theorias implica termites o le vegetation. Un studio de 2023 attribue lor formation al termites del genere Psammotermes (en).[1][2]

Distribution[modificar | modificar fonte]

Secundo un studio cartogaphic usante intelligentia artificial, se trovarea al minus in 263 sitos in zonas aride de 15 paises, in Sahel, Madagascar o Medie-West Asia.[3]

Referentias[modificar fonte]

  1. MIN-Faculty Universität Hamburg (2023-07-18). Termites as cause of fairy circles in Namib Desert confirmed. phys.org.
  2. Norbert Jürgens & Alexander Gröngröft (2023-06-03). "Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia's fairy circles – A response to Getzin et al. (2022)". Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 60: 125745. doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2023.125745. 
  3. Emilio Guirado, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Blas M. Benito, José Luis Molina-Pardo, Miguel Berdugo, Jaime Martínez-Valderrama & Fernando T. Maestre (2023-09-25). "The global biogeography and environmental drivers of fairy circles". PNAS 120 (40): e2304032120. doi:10.1073/pnas.2304032120.