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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Fertile patch"”.
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Development of resource-rich patches by soil-disturbing animals in arid environments
… limited resources are concentrated into fertile patches that allow greater productivity than would otherwise be expected. Fertile patches are created and maintained by processes that modify soil topography and interrupt the flow of resources across the landscape. These processes may be …
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Livestock impact assessment and restoration strategies in the semi-arid Karoo
… hypothesis that the stasis of severely degraded patches in this biosphere is a consequence of poor water infiltration and seed limitation was tested in a restoration experiment. It appeared that natural seed availability is not limiting, but water infiltration has to be improved to initiate the …