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Lands characterized by low annual rainfall of less than 250 mm, by evaporation exceeding precipitation and a sparse vegetation. (Source: LBC)

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Burke A 2004. Conserving tropical biodiversity: the arid end of the scale. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19 225-226

Website link:http://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(04)00066-7

Burke A 2003. The role of inselbergs in a changing world - global trends. Diversity and Distributions 9 375-383

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2003.00035.x/full

Burke A 1997. Is the grass always greener at some sites? - A contribution to patch dynamics in arid regions. Tropical Ecology 38 125-127

Mainah J 2001. The distribution and association of Grewia flava with other species in the Kalahari environment. Botswana Notes and Records 33 115-127

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980302

Lancaster N 1981. Paleoenvironmental implications of fixed dune systems in Southern Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 33 (4) 327-346

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0031018281900250

Holter P, Scholtz CH, Stenseng L 2009. Desert detritivory: Nutritional ecology of a dung beetle (Pachysoma glentoni) subsisting on plant litter in arid South African sand dunes. Journal of Arid Environments 73 (12) 1090-1094

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Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014019630900113X

Midgley JJ, Cowling RM, Hendricks H, Desmet PG, Esler K, Rundel P 1997. Population ecology of tree succulents (Aloe and Pachypodium) in the arid western Cape: decline of keystone species. Biodiversity and Conservation 6 (6) 869-876

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FB%3ABIOC.0000010407.65612.27

Vlieghe K, Picker M, Ross-Gillespie V, Erni B 2015. Herbivory by subterranean termite colonies and the development of fairy circles in SW Namibia. Ecological Entomology 40 42-49

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/een.12157/abstract

Arrow GJ 1917. III. - Some systematic notes on melolonthine Coleoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 19 (109) 59-65

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222931709486912#.VI_jVmctApE

Milton SJ, Richard W, Dean J, Leuteritz TEJ 2004. Opportunistic and multiple breeding attempts in plants and vertebrates of semi-deserts with unpredictable rainfall events through the year. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 43-53

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519161#.VIVtyGctBHg

Lloyd P 2004. Variation in nest predation among arid-zone birds. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 75 (4) 228-235

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306520409485449#.VHm-VWctBHg

Ringrose S, Matheson W, Seely M, Cassidy L, Coetzee S, Kemosidile T 2014. Aspects of floodplain deposition in semi-arid ephemeral rivers, examples from the Kuiseb river valley, central Namibia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 69 (3) 187-193

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van Rooyen MW, de Villiers AJ 2004. Germination patterns in the Succulent Karoo Biome, South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 31-38

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519158#.VHbgDGctBHg

Bedigian D 2013. Ecogeography and taxonomy of Rogeria J. Gay ex Delile (Pedaliaceae). Webbia: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography 68 (2) 103-126

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00837792.2013.867609#.VHWR-2ctBHg

le Houerou HN 2005. Diffuse vs. contracted vegetation patterns: An objective demarcation between arid and desert vegetations. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences (Special Issue: The Changing Mediterranean: A Challenge for Landscape Ecology) 53 (3-4) 177-182

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1560/9D9J-R77R-QJ0A-6KGQ#.VHWPG2ctBHg

Gamo M, Shinoda M, Maeda T 2013. Classification of arid lands, including soil degradation and irrigated areas, based on vegetation and aridity indices. International Journal of Remote Sensing 34 (19) 6701-6722

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01431161.2013.805281#.VHWEu2ctBHg

Coe M 1998. The Kalahari. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 53 (2) 87-92

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359199809520379#.VHLsGVItBHg

Binnie SA, Walcott RC, Dunai TJ, Summerfield MA 2008. New approaches to analysing landscape development: Some contributions from Edinburgh. Scottish Geographical Journal (Special Issue: Geography's Hundred: A Special Issue to Mark the Centenary of Geography at the University of Edinburgh, 1908–2008) 124 (2-3) 140-153

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702540802443645#.VG3AhFItBHg

Mohler RRJ, Wilkinson MJ, Giardino JR, Nellis MD 1993. Remote sensing and biome discrimination in the arid and semi-arid regions of Southwestern Africa. Geocarto International 8 (1) 61-65

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10106049309354400#.VGsbulItBHg

Haacke WD 1985. Occurance of the Spotted Bush-Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus) in the arid south-west of southern Africa. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 31 (1) 7-9

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1985.9650144#.VGrxVlItBHg

Dean WRJ, Williams JB 2004. Adaptations of birds for life in deserts with particular reference to Larks (Alaudidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 79-91

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519166#.VGoKalItBHg

Gess SK, Gess FW 2004. The distributions of the genera of pollen wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae<: Masarinae) in the semi-arid to arid areas of southern Africa in relation to their requirements for successful nesting. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 59-64

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519163#.VGn-z1ItBHg

Wichern F, Joergensen RG 2009. Soil Microbial Properties Along a Precipitation Transect in Southern Africa. Arid Land Research and Management 23 (2) 115-126

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15324980902817071#.VGWykFItBHg

Ciccarone C, Rambelli A 1998. A study on micro-fungi in arid areas. Notes on stress-tolerant fungi. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology: Official Journal of the Societa Botanica Italiana 132 (1) 17-20

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11263504.1998.10654187#.VGR--lItBHg

Krug CB 2004. Survival in the Namib: Adaptations of the striped mouse to an arid environment. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 93-98

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519167#.VGICF1ItBHg

Joubert D, Zimmermann I, Fendler J, Winschiers-Theophilus H, Graz FP, Smit N, Hoffman MT 2014. The development of an expert system for arid rangeland management in central Namibia with emphasis on bush thickening. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 31 (2) 161-172

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/10220119.2014.899271#.VFipglItDcs

Curtis BA, SEPASAL Namibia Project Team 2006. Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-arid Lands: a web-based database.

Website link:http://www.nbri.org.na/publications

van Jaarsveld E 2000. Welwitschia mirabilis. Veld and Flora 86 176-179

Website link:http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/veld

KEW Royal Botanic Gardens Welwitschia mirabilis (tree tumbo).

Website link:http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/welwitschia-mirabilis-tree-tumbo

Shanyengana ES, Seely MK, Sanderson RD 2004. Major-ion chemistry and ground-water salinization in ephemeral floodplains in some arid regions of Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 57 71-83

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196303000958

Archibald S, Bond WJ 2003. Growing tall vs growing wide: tree architecture and allometry of Acacia karroo in forest, savanna, and arid Environments. Oikos 102 (1) 3-14

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12181.x/abstract

Owen-Smith G 1996. The Kaokoveld: southern Africa's last Wilderness. Namibia Environment 1 62-65

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Maclean GL 1976. Adaptations of sandgrouse for life in arid lands. Proceedings of the 16th International Ornithological Congress 1974 502-516

Thiede J 2010. Euphorbia ohiva Swanepoel: a novelty from the Kaokoveld Centre of Endemism (Namibia and Angola). Euphorbia World 6 (1) 5-7

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Hines C, Kolberg H 1996. Importance of wetland management in arid regions. Namibia Environment 1 75-78

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Mubita O 1995. Drought effects on forests and woodlands. Drought effects on forests and woodlands 63-77

Website link:http://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/UBL_V1:All_Content:UBL_ALMA21307373010002711

Parris R, Child G 1979. The importance of pans to wildlife in the Kalahari and the effect of human settlement on these areas. South African Journal of Wildlife Research (3) 1-8

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Tervo-Kankare K, Saarinen J, Kimaro ME, Moswete NN 2017. Nature-based tourism operators' responses to changing environment and climate in Uis, Namibia.. African Geographical Review (DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2017.1286246)

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2017.1286246

Matmon A, Enzel Y, Vainer S, Grodek T, Mushkin A 2018. The near steady state landscape of western Namibia. Geomorphology (313) 72-87

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.04.008

Andersen H, Cermak J, Solodovnik I, Lelli L, Vogt R 2018. Spatiotemporal dynamics of fog and low clouds in the Namib unveiled with ground and space-based observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physic

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Henschel J, Wassenaar TD, Kanandjembo A, Kilbourn Louw M, Neef G, Shuuya T, Soderberg K 2018. Roots point to water sources of Welwitschia mirabilis in a hyperarid desert. Ecohydrology (12)

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Zessin W 2018. Am Vogelfederberg (Namibia): einem Extremstandort für Triops granarius (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Notostraca). (3)

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Krug J 2017. Tree water potentials supporting an explanation for the occurrence of Vachellia erioloba in the Namib Desert (Namibia). Forest Ecosystems (4)

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Tripp EA, Erica Tsai Y-H, Zhuang Y, Dexter KG 2017. RADseq dataset with 90% missing data fully resolves recent radiation of Petalidium (Acanthaceae) in the ultra‐arid deserts of Namibia. Ecology and Evolution (2017)

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Allen EB 1989. The restoration of disturbed arid landscapes with special reference to mycorrhizal fungi. Journal of Arid Environments (17)

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279616875_The_restoration_of_disturbed_arid_landscapes_with_special_reference_to_mycorrhizal_fungi

Loveridge JP 1976. Strategies of Water Conservation in Southern African Frogs. Zoologica Africana (11) 319-333

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Ronca S, Ramond J-B, Jones BE, Seely M, Cowan DA 2015. Namib Desert dune/interdune transects exhibit habitat-specific edaphic bacterial communities. Frontiers in Microbiology (6)

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Duncan G 1998. Five new species of Lachenalia (Hyacinthaceae) from arid areas of Namibia and South Africa. Bothalia (28) 131-139

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van Jaarsveld AS, van Wyk AE 2007. Dewinteria, a new semisucculent, cliff-dwelling genus endemic to the Kaokoveld, Namibia. Bothalia (37) 198-201

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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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