Johnson, Riegardt M.; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Gunnigle, Eoin; Seely, Mary; Cowan, Don A.(Springer, 2017-01)
The central Namib Desert is hyperarid, where
limited plant growth ensures that biogeochemical processes
are largely driven by microbial populations. Recent
research has shown that niche partitioning is critically
involved ...
Scola, Vincent; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Frossard, Aline; Zablocki, Olivier; Adriaenssens, Evelien M.; Johnson, Riegardt M.; Seely, Mary; Cowan, Don A.(Springer, 2018-01)
The hyperarid Namib desert is a coastal desert in southwestern Africa and one of the oldest and driest deserts on the planet. It is characterized by a west/east increasing precipitation gradient and by regular coastal fog ...
Van der Walt, Andries Johannes; Johnson, Riegardt M.; Cowan, Don A.; Seely, Mary; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste(American Society for Microbiology, 2016-08)
Fairy Circles (FCs) are barren circular patches of soil surrounded by grass species, the origin of which is poorly understood. FCs feature in both the gravel plains and dune fields of the Namib Desert. While a substantial ...
