Fauna is similarly distributed, with distinct altitudinal zonation present. Nonetheless, altitudinal zonation caters to agricultural specialization and growing populations cause environmental degradation. Today, altitudinal zonation represents a core concept in mountain research. They exhibit a concentric alteration pattern and mineralogic zonation around the Bingham stock. Dating fractionation-related zonation thus helps put time constraints on metamorphism. Secondary red beds are characterized by irregular color zonation, often related to sub-unconformity weathering profiles. This gives us our modern which is controlled by altitudinal zonation. The zonation in monazite reflects the successive monazite forming events. Two other biological factors can influence zonation&colon; grazing and mutualism. As the playa dries during the summer, conspicuous plant zonation develops along the shoreline. It falls under Zone V on the Seismic Zonation Map. Different plant communities occupy different zones in a water body and exhibit concentric zonation. Animals also exhibit zonation patterns in concert with the vegetational zones described above. The cause of zonation is complex, due to many possible interactions and overlapping species ranges. Below we describe some simple chemical zonation patterns and the associated interpretations.