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Lehmann D, Mfune JK, Voigt CC Eco-physiological responses of ungulates towards heat and drought in the Damaraland desert of Namibia.

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Eco_physiological responses of ungulates towards heat and drought in the Damaraland desert of Namibia.pdf	1.23 MB

Ishida Y, Van Coeverden de Groot PJ, Leggett KEA, Putnam AS, Fox VE, Lai J, Boag PT, Georgiadis NJ, Roca AL 2016. Genetic connectivity across marginal habitats: the elephants of the Namib Desert. Ecology and Evolution 6 (17) 6189-6201

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Genetic connectivity across marginal habitats_elephants of the Namib Desert.pdf	482.74 KB

Chambers LE, Barnard P, Poloczanska ES, Hobday AJ, Keatley MR, Allsopp N, Underhill LG 2017. Southern Hemisphere biodiversity and global change: Data gaps and strategies. Austral Ecology

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Southern Hemisphere biodiversity and global change.pdf	565.93 KB

Baines T 1972. The Welwitschia mirabilis (plant of Hykamkop), South West Africa. Excelsa 2 41-49

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The Welwitschia mirabilis_plant of Hykamkop_SWA.pdf	5.93 MB

Stuart CT 1977. Analysis of Felis libyca and Genetta genetta scats from the central Namib Desert, South West Africa. Zoologica Africana 12 (1) 239-241

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Analysis of Felis libyca and Genetta genetta scats from the central Namib Desert_South West Africa_1976.pdf	1.78 MB

Stuart CT 1976. A note of Pythonodipsas carinata Gunther (Western keeled snake) in South West Africa, with new distribution records. Madoqua 9 (4) 63-64

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A note of Pythonodipsas carinata_Western keeled snake_ in SWA_1976.pdf	321.04 KB

Armstrong S 1991. How baboons survive in world's worst desert. New Scientist 2 (March 1991) 24

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How baboons survive in worlds worst desert.pdf	815.83 KB

2008. The Smithsonian Institution African mammal project (1961-1972). An annotated gazetteer of collecting localities and summary of its taxonomic and geographic scope. Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology 628 206-216

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The Smithsonian Institution African mammal project.pdf	8.64 MB

Roer H 1981. Weitere Untersuchungen zur Anpassung des Namibwüstenkäfers Onymacris r. rugatipennis (Haag 1875, Col.: Tenebrionidae, Adesmiini) an das Trockenflußbett des Kuiseb in Südwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie 3 218-222

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Weitere Untersuchungen zur Anpassung des Namibwuestenkaefers Onymacris.jpg	95.37 KB

Roer H 1977. Aktionsraum und Anpassung des Namibwüstenkäfers Onymacris r. rugatipennis an das Trockenflussbett des Kuiseb in Südwestafrika. Zoologisches Jahrbuch, Abteilung für Systematik 104 560-576

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Areas and adaptation of the Namib Desert beetle_1977.pdf	9.36 MB

Prillinger RJ 2007. Analysis of the biodiversity of Coleoptera (beetles) in 3 different ecosystems in Gobabeb, Namibia, for the year 2006 using the ongoing pitfall traps - Kuiseb River - Interdunes - Quartz Hill.

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Analysis of the biodiversity of Coleoptera in 3 different ecosystems in Gobabeb_2007.pdf	7.38 MB

Gebien H 1939. Körperbau und Lebensweise der Wüstentenebrioniden.

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Koerperbau und Lebensweise der Wuestentenebrioniden_1939.pdf	5.27 MB

Gebien H 1937. Die Tenebrioniden (Coleoptera Heteromera) der Namibwüste in Südwestafrika.

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Die Tenebrioniden der Namibwueste in Suedwestafrika_1937.pdf	30.46 MB

Edney EB 1971. The body temperature of tenebrionid beetles in the Namib Desert of southern Africa. Journal of Experimental Biology 55 (1) 253-272

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The body temperature of tenebrionid beetles in the Namib Desert of southern Africa.pdf	2.32 MB

Curtis BA 1990. Behaviour and ecophysiology of the Namib dune ant, Camponotus detritus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Namib ecology 25 years of Namib research. Transvaal Museum Monographs 7 129-133

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Behaviour and ecophysiology of the Namib dune ant_1990.pdf	4.95 MB

Dieckmann U, Odendaal W, Tarr J, Schreij A 2013. Indigenous peoples and climate change in Africa - Report on case studies of Namibia's Topnaar and Hai||om Communities.

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Indigenous peoples and climate change in Africa.pdf	1.65 MB

Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET) 2011. On the Road to Adaptation: Understanding Climate Change in Karas Region.

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On the Road to Adaptation_Understanding Climate Change in Karas Region_Poster English.pdf	11.63 MB

Adaptation Fund 2015. Namibia Conservation Agriculture Project 2 (NCAP 2) – Building Adaptive Capacities and Climate Change Resilience for Improved Food Security for Smallholder Farmers in Northern Namibia. Implementing Entity: Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN).

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Namibia_DRFN_full_proposal_Kongalend.pdf	4.06 MB

Scholes RJ 2006. Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in the Biodiversity Sector in Southern Africa.

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Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in the biodiversity sector of southern Africa_2006.pdf	2.84 MB

Flint LS 2008. Socio-Ecological Vulnerability and Resilience in an Arena of Rapid Environmental Change: Community Adaptation to Climate Variability in the Upper Zambezi Floodplain.

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Vulnerability and resilience in the Barotse Floodplain Flint.pdf	2.5 MB

Wehner R, Wehner S 2011. Parallel evolution of thermophilia: daily and seasonal foraging patterns of heat-adapted desert ants: Cataglyphis and Ocymyrmex species. Physiological Entomology 36 (3) 271-281

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00795.x/abstract

Newsham AJ, Thomas DSG 2011. Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia. Global Environmental Change 21 (2) 761-770

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378010001160

Stringer LC, Dyer JC, Reed MS, Dougill AJ, Twyman C, Mkwambisi D 2009. Adaptations to climate change, drought and desertification: local insights to enhance policy in southern Africa. Environment: Science and Policy 12 (7) 748-765

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901109000604

Popp A, Domptail S, Blaum N, Jeltsch F 2009. Landuse experience does qualify for adaptation to climate change. Ecological Modelling 220 (5) 694-702

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380008005772

Lovegrove BG 1986. The metabolism of social subterranean rodents: adaptation to aridity. Oecologia 69 (4) 551-555

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00410361

Adger WN, Arnell NW, Tompkins EL 2005. Adapting to climate change: perspectives across scales. Global Environmental Change Part A 15 (2) 75-76

Website link:http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15799

Strandholm K, Kumar K, Subramanian R 2004. Examining the interrelationships among perceived environmental change, strategic response, managerial characteristics, and organizational performance. Journal of Business Research 57 (1) 58-68

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296302002850

Rowswell P, Fairhurst L 2011. Sub-Saharan African Cities: A five-City Network to Pioneer Climate Adaptation through Participatory Research and Local Action.

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Sub_Saharan African Cities.pdf	437.3 KB

Digital Atlas of Namibia. Acacia (Arid Climate, Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa) Project E1.

Website link:http://www.uni-koeln.de/sfb389/e/e1/download/atlas_namibia/e1_download_physical_geography_e.htm

Tilson RL, Norton PM 1981. Alarm duetting and pursuit deterrence in an African antelope. The American Naturalist 118 (3) 455-462

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2460649

Appleton CC, Brain C 1992. The gastro-intestinal parasites of the baboon, Papio cynocephalus ursinus, in the Namib Desert. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 33 (3) 257-265

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1995.tb00803.x/abstract

Marsh AC 1985. Thermal responses and temperature tolerance in a diurnal desert ant, Ocymyrmex barbiger. Physiological Zoology 58 (6) 629-636

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/30156067

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) UNDP. Namibia: Climate Change Adaptation Project.

Website link:http://web.undp.org/comtoolkit/success-stories/AFRICA-Namibia-energyenviron.shtml

Spear D, Selato JC, Mosime B, Nyamwanza AM 2019. Harnessing diverse knowledge and belief systems to adapt to climate change in semi-arid rural Africa. Climate Services (14) 31-36

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Harnessing diverse knowledge and belief systems to adapt to climate change in semi_arid rural Africa.pdf	239.59 KB

Integrated Environmental Consultants Namibia (IECN) 2011. Let's act to adapt - Dealing with climate change: A community information toolkit on adaptation - A resource package developed for farmers and natural resource users in rural, urban and peri-urban areas in the Erongo, Hardap, Karas and Khomas regions, Namibia.

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Dealing with climate change_Erongo Hardap Karas and Khomas regions.pdf	3.77 MB

Bollig M 2013. Social-ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north-western Namibia. Pastoralism in Africa: Past, Present, and Futures 316-340

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Social_ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north_western Namibia.pdf	1.73 MB

Spear D, Chappel A 2018. Livelihoods on the edge without a safety net: The case of smallholder crop farming in north-central Namibia. Land (7)

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The Case of Smallholder Crop Farming in North_Central Namibia.pdf	212.72 KB

Newsham AJ, Thomas D 2009. Agricultural adaptation, local knowledge and livelihood diversification in North-Central Namibia. 1-48

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Agricultural adaptation_local knowledge and livelihood diversification in North_Central Namibia.pdf	754.42 KB

Kinahan J 2018. Holocene human adaptation in the Namib Desert: A model based on the concept of Holling's loop. Journal of Arid Environments

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Kinahan 2018b Hollings Loop.pdf	1.31 MB

Spear D, Zaroug MAH, Daron DD, Ziervogel G, Angula MN, Haimbili EN, Hegga SS, Baudoin M, New M, Kunamwene I, Togarepi C, Davies JE 2018. Vulnerability and responses to climate change in drylands: The case of Namibia. CARIAA-ASSAR Working Paper.

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Vulnerability and responses to climate change in drylands_the case of Namibia.pdf	1.63 MB

Kapuka A, Hlásny T 2020. Social vulnerability to natural hazards in Namibia: A district-based analysis. Sustainability 12

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Social vulnerability to natural hazards in Namibia_A district_based analysis.pdf	1.65 MB

Huq S, Faulkner L 2013. Taking Effective Community-based Adaptation to Scale: An assessment of the GEF Small Grants Programme Community-Based Adaptation Project in Namibia.

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Taking Effective Community_based Adaptation to Scale.pdf	9.28 MB

Climate Change: Impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation in developing countries.

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Climate Change_ Impacts_ vulnerabilities and adaptation in developing countries.pdf	3.12 MB

Kandji ST, Verchot L, Mackensen J 2006. Climate Change Climate and Variability in Southern Africa: Impacts and Adaptation in the Agricultural Sector.

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Climate_change_and_variability_in_the_southern_africa.pdf	693.17 KB

Chishakwe N, Murray L, Chambwera M 2012. Building climate change adaptation on community experiences: Lessons from community-based natural resource management in southern Africa.

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Building climate change adaptation on community experiences_2012.pdf	1.95 MB

Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) 2012. Information Bulletin.

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Information Bulletin_2012.pdf	2.54 MB

Kandjinga L 2010. Reaching out to local communities and assist them to adapt to climate change: A case study from Northern-central of Namibia.

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Reaching out to local communities and assist them to adapt to climate change_2010.pdf	2.99 MB

Kandjinga L, Zeidler J, Nunes I, Chunga R, Ndokosho J 2010. How to reach out to local communities and assist them to adapt to climate Change.

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How to reach out to local communities and assist them to adapt to climate Change_2010.pdf	4.07 MB

Thomas D, Osbahr H, Twyman C, Adger N, Hewitson B 2005. Adaptations to climate change amongst natural resource-dependant societies in the developing world: across the Southern African climate gradient.

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Adaptations to climate change_2005.pdf	550.6 KB

Thomas DSG, Twyman C 2005. Equity and justice in climate change adaptation amongst natural-resource-dependent societies. Global Environmental Change 15 115-124

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Equity and Justice in CC Adaptation_2005.pdf	252.35 KB