Another hypothesis for fairy circle formation proposes that competition between grasses naturally yields certain vegetation patterns.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent peer-reviewed sources describing the vegetation self-organization hypothesis as a leading scientific explanation for fairy circles. [tier=gold indep_score=1.0 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Fairy circle (arid grass formation) (wikipedia)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01431-0 (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S143383192500006X (corroboration)
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0070876 (corroboration)
- https://conservationnamibia.com/blog/science-of-fairy-circles-2023.php (corroboration)