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Goldsmith TH 2006. What Birds See: Evolution has endowed birds with a system of color vision that surpasses that of all mammals, including humans. Scientific American 295 68-75

Website link:http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v295/n1/full/scientificamerican0706-68.html

Lafuma L, Lambrechts MM, Raymond M 2001. Aromatic plants in bird nests as a protection against blood-sucking flying insects?. Behavioural Processes 56 (2) 113-120

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635701001917

Thomas DSG, Twyman C, Osbahr H, Hewitson B 2007. Adaptation to climate change and variability: farmer responses to intra-seasonal precipitation trends in South Africa. Climatic Change 83 (3) 301-322

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-006-9205-4

Aranibar JN, Macko SA, Anderson IC, Epstein HE, Feral CJ, Hipondoka M, Potgieter A, Shugart HH 2001. Does Nutrient Dynamics Determine C3-C4 Plant Abundance in Southern African Ecosystems?. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001 Abstrackt (A51A-0023)

Website link:http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259967706_Does_Nutrient_Dynamics_Determine_C3-C4_Plant_Abundance_in_Southern_African_Ecosystems

Hoberg P, Lindholm M, Ramberg L, Hessen D 2002. Aquatic food web dynamics on a floodplain in the Okavango delta, Botswana. Hydrobiologia 470 23-30

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1015693520169

Ringrose S 2003. Characterisation of riparian woodlands and their potential water loss in the distal Okavango Delta, Botswana. Applied Geography 34 (2) 281-302

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622803000201

de Wit MJ, Anderson JM 2003. Gondwana Alive Corridors: Extending Gondwana Research to Incorporate Stemming the Sixth Extinction. Gondwana Research 6 (3) 369-408

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X05709941

Kumamoto AT, Kingswood SC, Hugo W 1994. Chromosomal Divergence in Allopatric Populations of Kirk's Dik-Dik, Madoqua kirki (Artiodactyla, Bovidae). Journal of Mammalogy 75 (2) 357-364

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1382554

Hahn TP, Cornelius JM, Sewall KB, Kelsey TR, Hau M, Perfito N 2008. Environmental regulation of annual schedules in opportunistically-breeding songbirds: Adaptive specializations or variations on a theme of white-crowned sparrow?. General and Comparative Endocrinology 157 (3) 217-226

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648008001974

Partridge TC 1997. Cainozoic environmental change in southern Africa, with special emphasis on the last 200 000 years. Progress in Physical Geography 21 (1) 3-22

Website link:http://ppg.sagepub.com/content/21/1/3.abstract

Gumbricht T, Wolski P, Frost P, McCarthy TS 2004. Forecasting the spatial extent of the annual flood in the Okavango delta, Botswana. Journal of Hydrology 290 (3-4) 178-191

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169403004475

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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Daru BH, Manning JC, Boatwright JS, Maurin O, Maclean N, Schaefer H, Kuzmina M, van der Bank M 2013. Molecular and morphological analysis of subfamily Alooideae (Asphodelaceae) and the inclusion of Chortolirion in Aloe. Taxon 62 (1) 62-75

Website link:http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2013/00000062/00000001/art00006

Heideman NJL 1998. Reproduction in Agama etoshae McLachlan 1981 from Namibia. Amphibia-Reptilia 19 (1) 99-103

Website link:http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/156853898x00377

Heideman NJL 1999. Summer Diet of Agama etoshae McLachlan 1981 from Namibia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 6 (1) 45-47

Website link:http://rjh.folium.ru/index.php/rjh/article/view/372

Castanzo RA, Bauer AM 1993. Diet and activity of Mabuya acutilabris (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Namibia. Journal of Herpetology 3 130-135

Website link:http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl%3A174414

Drake-Brockman RE 1926. XXVII. - A new subspecies of dik-dik (Madoqua). Journal of Natural History, Series 9 18 (104) 212-214

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222932608633501#.VNCGymc5ApE

Kramer B, van der Bank FH 2011. The Victoria Falls, a species boundary for the Zambezi Parrotfish, Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, ), and the resurrection of Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, ) (Mormyridae: Teleostei). Journal of Natural History 45 (43-44) 2669-2699

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2011.597945#.VLjtjmc5ApE

Palmer RW, Taylor ED 2004. The Namibian Scoring System (NASS) version 2 rapid bio-assessment method for rivers. African Journal of Aquatic Sciences 29 (2) 229-234

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/16085910409503814#.VLjqa2c5ApE

Seaman MT, Scott WE, Walmsley RD, van der Waal BCW, Toerien DF 1978. A limnological investigation of Lake Liambezi, Caprivi. Journal of the Limnological Society of southern Africa 4 (2) 129-144

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03779688.1978.9633164?src=recsys#.VLeWYGc5ApE

Dümmer RA, Pearson HHW 1913. A synopsis of the species of Lotononis, Eckl. and Zeyh., and Pleiospora, Harv.. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 3 (1) 275-335

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359191309519700#.VLeHqWc5ApE

Deschodt CM, Davis ALV, Scholtz CH 2011. New dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa from arid south-western Africa. Insect Systematics and Evolution 42 (3) 277-294

Website link:http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/187631211x568173?crawler=true

Deschodt CM, Kryger U, Scholtz CH 2007. New taxa of relictual Canthonini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) utilizing rock hyrax middens as refuges in South-western Africa. Insect Systematics and Evolution 38 (4) 361-376

Website link:http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/187631207788784067?crawler=true

Frolov AV, Akhmetova LA, Scholtz CH 2008. Revision of the obligate mushroom‐feeding African "dung beetle" genus Coptorhina Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of Natural History 42 (21-22) 1477-1508

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222930802002535#.VLYnUGctApE

Kramer B, van der Bank H, Wink M 2014. Marked differentiation in a new species of dwarf stonebasher, Pollimyrus cuandoensis sp. nov. (Mormyridae: Teleostei), from a contact zone with two sibling species of the Okavango and Zambezi rivers. Journal of Natural History 48 (7-8) 429-463

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2013.807950?src=recsys#.VLYf2WctApE

Kramer B, Wink M 2013. East–west differentiation in the Marcusenius macrolepidotus species complex in Southern Africa: the description of a new species for the lower Cunene River, Namibia (Teleostei: Mormyridae). Journal of Natural History 47 (35-36) 2327-2362

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2013.798699#.VLYcS2ctApE

Pocock RI 1896. LIV. - A further revision of the species of scorpions belonging to the South-African genera Uroplectes, Lepreus, and Tityolepreus. Journal of Natural History, Series 6 17 (101) 377-393

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222939608680384#.VLTrJ2ctApE

Alderweireldt M 1996. A taxonomic revision of the genus Ocyale Audouin, 1826 in Africa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Natural History 30 (9) 1349-1365

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222939600771261#.VLPFIGctApE

1917. A Survey of the Scorpion Fauna of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 6 (2) 105-192

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359191809520177#.VLOb12ctApE

Peringuey L 1884. Insects injurious to forest trees in South Africa. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 4 (1) 15-25

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21560382.1884.9526194#.VLOV-2ctApE

Kramer B, Skelton P, van der Bank H, Wink M 2007. Allopatric differentiation in the Marcusenius macrolepidotus species complex in southern and eastern Africa: the resurrection of M. pongolensis and M. angolensis, and the description of two new species (Mormyridae, Teleostei). Journal of Natural History 41 (9-12) 647-708

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222930701250987#.VJBSimctApE

Hesse AJ 1928. Some new species of curculionidae from South Africa and South-West Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 16 (2) 131-167

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359192809519664#.VJA_QmctApE

Schawaller W, Grimm R 2014. The genus Alphitobius Stephens (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Alphitobiini) in Africa and adjacent islands. Zookeys 415 169-190

Website link:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4089823/

Scholtz CH 1988. Biology of Sparrmannia flava Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 42 (1) 57-62

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4008564

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

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Marshall GAK 1907. A revision of the Genus Synthocus, Schönh., and its allies (Curculionidae). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 18 (1) 89-118

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Heideman NJL 1995. Nematode incidence in Agama aculeata aculeata and Agama planiceps planiceps in the Windhoek area, Namibia. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 44 (1) 22-23

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1995.9650385#.VI7jGWctApE

Pascoe FP 1869. XXIV. - Descriptions of some new species of Lamiiae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 (21) 203-211

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Evans LBP 1918. Note on the genus Terfezia; A truffle from the Kalahari. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 7 (1) 117-118

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Carter AJ 1877. XXIV. - On a Melobesian form of Foraminifera (Gypsina melobesioides, mihi); and further observations on Carpenteria monticularis. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20 (117) 172-176

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Peringuey L 1881. XX. - First contribution to the South-African Coleopterous fauna. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 3 (2) 74-149

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Pocock RI 1897. V. - The species and subspecies of Zebras. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20 (115) 33-52

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Elliot DG 1877. XXIII. - Description of an apparently new species of Ground-Hornbill. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20 (117) 171-172

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222937708682219#.VIqqOmctApE

Hinton HE 1936. XLVI. - Lepiceridae - a new name for the Cyathoceridae Lepicerinus - a new name for the Scolytid genus Lepicerus Eichh. (Coleoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17 (100) 472-473

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933608655143#.VIqnQmctApE

de Winton WE 1898. I. - On the nomenclature and distribution of some of the rodents of South Africa, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 (7) 1-8

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222939808678005#.VIqkUmctDcs

Leger JST 1932. LXVII. - On Equus quagga of South-western and Eastern Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 (60) 587-593

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933208673614#.VIlygGctBHg

Clancey PA, Holliday CS 1951. A systematic revision of the races of Lamprocolius nitens (Linnaeus) endemic to the South African subcontinent. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 22 (2) 111-116

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1951.9638994#.VIll9GctBHg

de Winton WE 1897. XXXII. - On a new mouse from Damaraland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 19 (111) 349-350

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222939708680543#.VIlVcGctBHg

Cooney R 1998. The Damaraland mole-rat: social life in the Kalahari. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 53 (2) 219-225

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359199809520388#.VIlS_WctBHg

Kaartinen R, Quicke DLJ 2007. A revision of the parasitic wasp genus Bathyaulax szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Natural History 41 (1-4) 125-212

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222930601121221#.VIgK52ctBHg