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Any living organism characterized by voluntary movement, the possession of cells with noncellulose cell walls and specialized sense organs enabling rapid response to stimuli, and the ingestion of complex organic substances such as plants and other animals. (Source: CED)

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Williamson DT 1986. Notes on sitatunga in the Linyanti Swamp, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 24 (4) 293-297

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1986.tb00373.x/abstract

Williamson DT 1992. Condition, growth and reproduction in male red lechwe (Kobus leche leche Gray 1850). Journal of Ecology 30 (3) 269-275

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1992.tb00502.x/abstract

Williamson DT 1991. Condition, growth and reproduction in female red lechwe (Kobus leche leche Gray 1850). African Journal of Ecology 29 (2) 105-117

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1991.tb00991.x/abstract

Williamson DT 1990. Habitat selection by red lechwe (Kobus leche leche Gray, 1850). African Journal of Ecology 28 (2) 89-101

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1990.tb01141.x/abstract

Matson TK, Goldizen AW, Jarman PJ 2005. Microhabitat use by Black-faced Impala in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. The Journal of Wildlife Management 69 (4) 1708-1715

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1708:MUBBII]2.0.CO;2/abstract

Brodie JF, Muntifering J, Hearn M, Loutit B, Loutit R, Brell B, Uri-Khob S, Leader-Williams N, du Preez P 2011. Population recovery of black rhinoceros in north-west Namibia following poaching. Animal Conservation 14 (4) 354-362

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00434.x/abstract

Green WCH, Rothstein A 1998. Translocation, Hybridization, and the Endangered Black-Faced Impala. Conservation Biology 12 (2) 475-480

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1998.96424.x/abstract

Lubin Y, Henschel JR, Baker MB 2001. Costs of aggregation: shadow competition in a sit-and-wait predator. Oikos 95 (1) 59-68

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950107.x/abstract

Fielden LJ, Hickman GC, Perrin MR 1992. Locomotory activity in the Namib Desert golden mole Eremitalpa granti namibensis (Chrysochloridae). Journal of Zoology 226 (2) 329-344

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1992.tb03843.x/abstract

Enders MM, Schüle H, Henschel JR 1998. Sexual Dimorphism, Fighting Success and Mating Tactics of Male Onymacris plana Péringuey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Namib Desert. Ethology 104 (12) 1003-1019

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00049.x/abstract

Hamilton III WJ, Tilson RL, Frank LG 1986. Sexual Monomorphism in Spotted Hyenas, Crocuta crocuta. Ethnology 71 (1) 63-73

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1986.tb00570.x/abstract

Thorstad EB, Hay CJ, Naesje TF, Okland F 2001. Movements and habitat utilization of three cichlid species in the Zambezi River, Namibia. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 10 (4) 238-246

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0633.2001.100406.x/abstract

Schoepf I, Schradin C 2014. Arginine vasopressin plasma levels change seasonally in African striped mice but do not differ between alternative reproductive tactics. General and Comparative Endocrinology 204 43-48

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648014001749

Bull ME, Gebhard DG, Tompkins WAF, Kennedy-Stotskopf S 2002. Polymorphic expression in the CD8a chain surface receptor of African lions (Panthera leo). Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 84 (3-4) 181-189

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165242701004019

Fielden LJ, Perrin MR, Hickman GC 1990. Water metabolism in the Namib Desert Golden Mole, Eremitalpa granti namibensis (Chrysochloridae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 96 (1) 227-234

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0300962990900709

Cowlishaw G 1997. Refuge use and predation risk in a desert baboon population. Animal Behaviour 54 (2) 241-253

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347296904662

du Toit N, Jansen van Vuuren B, Matthee S, Matthee CA 2012. Biome specificity of distinct genetic lineages within the four-striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa with implications for taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65 (1) 75-78

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790312002187

Marker LL, Dickman AJ, Mills MGL, MacDonald DW 2003. Aspects of the management of cheetahs, Acinonyx jubatus jubatus, trapped on Namibian farmlands. Biodivers Conservation 114 (3) 401-412

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320703000685

Jackson JC, Duodu KG, Holse M, Lima de Faria MD, Jordaan D, Chingwaru W, Hansen A, Cencic A, Kandawa-Schultz M, Mpotokwane SM, Chimwamurombe P, de Kock HL, Minnaar A 2010. Chapter 5 – The Morama Bean (Tylosema esculentum): A Potential Crop for Southern Africa. Advances in Food and Nutrition Research 61 187-246

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123744685000052

Loarie SR, van Aarde RJ, Pimm SL 2009. Elephant seasonal vegetation preferences across dry and wet savannas. Biological Conservation 142 (12) 3099-3107

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320709003760

Bercovitch FB, Bashaw MJ, del Castillo SM 2006. Sociosexual behavior, male mating tactics, and the reproductive cycle of giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis. Hormones and Behavior 50 (2) 314-321

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X06000900

Hoffman LC, Lühl J 2012. Causes of cattle bruising during handling and transport in Namibia. Meat Science 92 (2) 115-124

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0309174012001428

Pinter-Wollman N, Isbell LA, Hart LA 2009. Assessing translocation outcome: Comparing behavioral and physiological aspects of translocated and resident African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Biological Conservation 142 (5) 1116-1124

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320709000597

Roever CL, van Aarde RJ, Chase MJ 2013. Incorporating mortality into habitat selection to identify secure and risky habitats for savannah elephants. Biological Conservation 164 98-106

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320713001018

van Aarde RJ, Jackson TP 2007. Megaparks for metapopulations: Addressing the causes of locally high elephant numbers in southern Africa. Biological Conservation 134 (3) 289-297

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320706003545

Maartens L, Booth AJ, Hecht T 1999. The growth of monkfish Lophius vomerinus in Namibian waters, with a comparison of otolith and illicia methods of ageing. Fisheries Research 44 (2) 139-148

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783699000788

Carter KD, Seddon JM, Frère CH, Carter JK, Goldizen AW 2013. Fission–fusion dynamics in wild giraffes may be driven by kinship, spatial overlap and individual social preferences. Animal Behaviour 85 (2) 385-394

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347212005246

Matson TK, Goldizen AW, Jarman PJ 2004. Factors affecting the success of translocations of the black-faced impala in Namibia. Biological Conservation 116 (3) 359-365

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320703002295

Carter KD, Brand R, Carter JK, Shorrocks B, Goldizen AW 2013. Social networks, long-term associations and age-related sociability of wild giraffes. Animal Behaviour 86 (5) 901-910

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347213003539

Melville HIAS, Bothma J du P 2006. Using spoor counts to analyse the effect of small stock farming in Namibia on caracal density in the neighbouring Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Journal of Arid Environments 64 (3) 436-447

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196305001424

Kühnelt W 1965. Nahrungsbeziehungen innerhalb der Tierwelt der Namibwüste (Südwestafrika). Nahrungsbeziehungen innerhalb der Tierwelt der Namibwüste (Südwestafrika) 185-190

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Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-25291-8_1

Clousley-Thompson JL 1996. Community Processes. Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands 127-167

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-60977-0_7

Clousley-Thompson JL 1991. Interspecific Relationships, Feeding Specializations and Species Diversity. Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles 147-168

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-75337-4_8

Heatwole H 1996. Foraging: The Acquisition of Energy. Energetics of Desert Invertebrates 35-116

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-60923-7_2

Nørgaard T, Ebner M, Dacke M 2012. Animal or Plant: Which Is the Better Fog Water Collector?. Plos ONE 7 (4) e34603

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Wilson AD, Tupper GJ 1982. Concepts and Factors Applicable to the Measurement of Range Condition. Journal of Range Management 35 (6) 684-689

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3898238

Jeltsch F, Blaum N, Classen N, Eschenbach A, Grohmann C, Gröngröft A, Joubert DF, Horn A, Lohmann D, Linsenmair KE, Lück-Vogel M, Medinski TV, Meyfarth S, Mills A, Petersen A, Popp A, Poschlod P, Reisch C, Rossmanith E, Rubilar H, Wesuls D, Wichmann M, Wieczorek M, Zimmermann I 2010. Impacts of landuse and climate change on the dynamics and biodiversity in the Thornbush Savanna Biome. Biodiversity in southern Africa 3 33-74

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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

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Fritsch G 1885. Der Weltteil Afrika in Einzeldarstellungen. Südafrika zum Zambesi. I Abteilung.

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 1994. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory species of Wild Animals. Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II. Proposal by the International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau.

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Kuhn B, Wiesel I, Skinner J 2008. Diet of brown hyenas (Parahyaena brunnea) on the Namibian Coast. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 63 (2) 150-159

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190809519219?needAccess=true&journalCode=ttrs20

Louw GN 1971. Water economy of certain Namib Desert animals. South African Journal of Science 67 (3) 119 - 123

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Taylor A, Balfour D, Kirsty Brebner D, Coetzee R, Davies-Mostert H, Lindsey PA, Shaw J, 't Sas-Rolfes M 2017. Sustainable rhino horn production at the pointy end of the rhino horn trade debate. Biological Conservation 216 60-80

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320716307583

van der Meer E, Badza MN, Ndhlovu A 2016. Large carnivores as tourism flagship species for the Zimbabwe component of the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. African Journal of Wildlife Research 46 (2) 121-134

Website link:http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.3957/056.046.0121

Leggett K, Fennessy J, Schneider S 2003. Seasonal distributions and social dynamics of elephants in the Hoanib River catchment, northwestern Namibia. African Zoology 38 (2) 305-316

Website link:http://journals.co.za/content/afzoo/38/2/EJC17882

Power RJ, Shem Compion RX 2009. Lion predation on elephants in the Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana. African Zoology 44 (1) 36-44

Website link:http://journals.co.za/content/afzoo/44/1/EJC18103

Fennessy JT, Leggett KEA, Schneider S 2003. Distribution and status of the desert-dwelling giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) in northwestern Namibia: short communication. African Zoology 38 (1) 184-188

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Bonyongo C 2005. Habitat utilization by Impala (Aepyceros melampus) in the Okavango Delta. Botswana Notes and Records 37 (Special Edition on Human Interactions and Natural Resource Dynamics in the Okavango Delta and Ngamiland) 227-235

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980416

Cooper SM 1989. Clan sizes of Spotted Hyaenas in the Savuti Region of the Chobe National Park, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 21 121-133

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979843

McBride CJ 1984. Age and size categories of lion prey in Chobe National Park, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 16 139-143

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979723