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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

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

Juergens N 2014. Exploring common ground for different hypotheses on Namib fairy circles. Ecography 10.1111/ecog.01232

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.01232/abstract

Williams JB, Siegfried WR, Milton SJ, Adams NJ, Dean WRJ, du Plessis MA, Jackson S 1993. Field metabolism, water requirements, and foraging behavior of wild Ostriches in the Namib. Ecology 74 (2) 390 - 404

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1939301

Carruthers VC, Passmore NI 1978. A note on Breviceps macrops Boulenger. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 18 (1) 13-15

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1978.9650950#.VHgyXWctBHg

Mendelsohn H 1975. Social structure and communication in the genus Agama daudin. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 14 (1) 6-7

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1975.9650871#.VHbwF2ctBHg

Bauer AM, Branch WR 1995. Geographic variation in western populations of the >Pachydactylus punctatus complex (Reptilia Gekkonidae). Tropical Zoology 8 (1) 69-84

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03946975.1995.10539273#.VHbtXGctBHg

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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Passmore NI 1975. The vocalizations and breeding behaviour of Ptychadena taenioscelis. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 14 (1) 13-14

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1975.9650884#.VHbmNWctBHg

Onderstall D 1975. Some taxonomic and zoogeographic aspects of the gecko genus Afroedura. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 14 (1) 6

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1975.9650869#.VHWWwWctBHg

Nagy KA, Shemanski DR 2009. Observations on diet and seed digestion in a Sand Dune Lizard, Meroles anchietae. African Journal of Herpetology 58 (1) 39-43

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.2009.9635579#.VHWKC2ctBHg

Haughton SH 1930. On the occurrence of upper Cretaceous marine fossils near Bogenfels, S.W. Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 18 (4) 361-365

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359193009518816#.VHQxtVItBHg

Buzer JS, Sym SD 1983. Diatoms and pollen in a trial core from Sandwich Harbour, South West Africa (Namibia). British Phycological Journal 18 (2) 121-129

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00071618300650161#.VHMDqlItBHg

Jackson SP 1941. A Note on the Climate of Walvis Bay. South African Geographical Journal 23 (1) 46-53

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1941.10559213#.VG24DlItBHg

Wilkinson MJ, Blaha JE, Noli D 1989. A new lagoon on the Namibian coast of South Africa: Sand spit growth documented from STS‐29 shuttle photography. Geocarto International 4 (4) 63-66

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10106048909354235#.VGr9h1ItBHg

Nantanga KKM, Pallett J 2014. Mary Seely: Desert ecologist, torch-bearer for Namibia's sustainable development. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa Published online: 13 Aug 2014

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0035919X.2014.945986#.VGntC1ItBHg

David H, Eccles MBE 1988. A quarter century of great lakes research in Africa. Journal of the Limnological Society of southern Africa 14 (1) 41-48

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03779688.1988.9632889#.VGnBQVItBHg

Croal P 2014. Beauty and adaptation – the marvels of Namibia's dryland habitat. Biodiversity (Special Issue: Drylands Special Issue) 15 (2-3) 229-230

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14888386.2014.931250#.VGm9nFItBHg

Göttsche F-M, Olesen F-S, Bork-Unkelbach A 2013. Validation of land surface temperature derived from MSG/SEVIRI with in situ measurements at Gobabeb, Namibia. International Journal of Remote Sensing (Special Issue: Third International Symposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing) 34 (9-10) 3069-3083

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01431161.2012.716539#.VGm7YVItBHg

Jacobson N, Jacobson P, van Jaarsveld E, Jacobson K 2014. Field evidence from Namibia does not support the designation of Angolan and Namibian subspecies of Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa Published online: 28 Aug 2014

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0035919X.2014.950187#.VGmzQFItBHg

Wiggs GFS, Bullard JE, Garvey B, Castro I 2002. Interactions Between Airflow and Valley Topography with Implications for Aeolian Sediment Transport. Physical Geography 23 (5) 366-380

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2747/0272-3646.23.5.366#.VGXEcVItBHg

Henschel JR 1998. Dune spiders of the Negev Desert with notes on Cerbalus psammodes (Heteropodidae). Israel Journal of Zoology (Special Issue: Spiders of Israel: Systematics, Ecology, and Behavior) 44 (2) 243-251

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1998.10688946#.VGW1yVItBHg

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

Seely MK 1990. Patterns of plant establishment on a linear desert dune. Israel Journal of Botany 36 443-451

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0021213X.1990.10677167#.VGWxNVItBHg

Nance HA 2007. Cranial osteology of the African gerrhosaurid Angolosaurus skoogi (Squamata; Gerrhosauridae). African Journal of Herpetology 56 (1) 39-75

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.2007.9635552#.VGSDj1ItBHg

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

Potts LV, Akyilmaz O, Braun A, Shum CK 2008. Multi-resolution dune morphology using Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and dune mobility from fuzzy inference systems using SRTM and altimetric data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 29 (10) 2879-2901

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01431160701408352#.VGR8AFItBHg

Harmse JT 1985. Trend Surface Analysis of Aeolian Sand Movement on the Southwest African Coast. South African Geographical Journal 67 (1) 31-39

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1985.10559704#.VGR2L1ItBHg

Russell AP, Bauer AM 1990. Substrate excavation in the Namibian web-footed gecko, Palmatogecko rangei Andersson 1908, and its ecological significance. Tropical Zoology 3 (2) 197-207

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Burke A 2012. The effect of altitude on arid inselbergs along a bioclimatic gradient. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48) 3011-3023

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2012.725779#.VGRr8lItBHg

Pickford M, Senut B, Mocke H, Mourer-Chauvire C, Rage J-C, Mein P 2014. Eocene aridity in southwestern Africa: timing of onset and biological consequences. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0035919X.2014.933452#.VGRjclItBHg

Douglas R 1981. Notes on the reproduction of the common horned adder (Bitis caudalis) in the central Namib Desert. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 25 (1) 5-6

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1981.9650041#.VGReulItBHg

Bartlett PA, Roux J-P, Jones R, Kemper J 2003. A new mainland breeding locality for African Penguins, Bank and Crowned Cormorants on the Namib desert coast. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 74 (3-4) 222-225

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306520309485396#.VGNhfVItBHg

Hoffmann LAC 1988. Note on the ecology of the horned adder Bitis caudalis (A. Smith) from Gobabeb, Namib Naukluft Park. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 35 (1) 33-34

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1988.9650205#.VGNe_VItBHg

Stuart CT 1980. An annotated preliminary list of amphibians and reptiles known to occur in the Namib Desert Park, Namiba. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 24 (1) 4-13

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1980.9651046#.VGNY1lItBHg

Stuart CT 1980. A note on tail regeneration in a sample of Meroles cuneirostris from the central Namib Desert. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 23 (1) 13

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1980.9651037#.VGNSNlItBHg

Fig D 2008. Stripping the desert: Uranium mining inside Namibia's Namib-Naukluft National Park. South African Review of Sociology 39 (2) 245-261

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21528586.2008.10425089#.VGNQzlItBHg

Gevers TW 1936. The Morphology of Western Damaraland and the Adjoining Namib Desert of South West Africa. South African Geographical Journal 19 (1) 61-67

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1936.10559178#.VGNP0FItBHg

Berger-Deli'mour HAE, Mayer W 1989. Parapatric existence of two species of Pedioplanis in the central Namib. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 36 (1) 76

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1989.9650234#.VGM3JlItBHg

Haacke WD 1989. The genus Typhilacontlas (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Namib Desert. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 36 (1) 77

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1989.9650241#.VGMyDVItBHg

Perrin MR, Boyer DC 1994. The effect of rodents on plant recruitment and production in the dune fields of the Namib Desert. Tropical Zoology 7 (2) 299-308

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03946975.1994.10539260#.VGMcvFItBHg

Senut B, Segalen L 2014. Neogene palaeoenvironments of the Namib Desert: a brief synthesis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0035919X.2014.958605#.VGIjz1ItBHg

Lancaster N 2014. Dune systems of the Namib Desert – a spatial and temporal perspective. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0035919X.2014.924085#.VGIUBVItBHg

Hellwig DHR 1988. Challenging the Namib dune sea. Journal of the Limnological Society of southern Africa 14 (1) 35-40

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03779688.1988.9632888#.VGIRzFItBHg

Livingstone I, Baas A, Bateman MD, Bristow C, Bryant RG, Bullard JE, Nield JM, Thomas DSG, White KH, Wiggs GFS 2014. A prospectus for future geomorphological investigation of the Namib Sand Sea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0035919X.2014.936330#preview

Tyson PD, Seely MK 1980. Local Winds over the Central Namib. South African Geographical Journal 62 (2) 135-150

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1980.10559630#.VGINBlItBHg

Perrin MR, Boyer H, Boyer DC 1992. Diets of the Hairy-Footed Gerbils Gerbillurus paeba abd G. tytonis from the dunes of the Namib Desert. Israel Journal of Zoology 38 (3-4) 373-383

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1992.10688684#.VGIKcVItBHg

Kok OB, Grobbelaar JU 1980. Chemical properties of water-holes in the Kuisen River Canyon, Namib Desert. Journal of the Limnological Society of southern Africa 6 (2) 82-84

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03779688.1980.9634550#.VGIHblItBHg

Eckardt FD, Kuring N 2005. SeaWiFS identifies dust sources in the Namib Desert. International Journal of Remote Sensing 26 (19) 4159-4167

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01431160500113112#.VGIFcFItBHg

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