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2006. Does territorial behaviour in the desert-living spider Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence (Araneae: Sparassidae) affect its spatial distribution?. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society
13 (9) 341-346
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| Does territorial behaviour in the desert_living spider Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence affect its spatial distribution_2006.pdf | 696.36 KB |
2006. Tracking the Namib Desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola-reading the story in the sand (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana biologica
86 (2) 211-218
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| Tracking the Namib Desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola_reading the story in the sand.pdf | 1.28 MB |
2009. Learning from the Desert. Journal of Arid Land Studies
19 (1) 1-3
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| Learning from the Desert.pdf | 54.2 KB |
1998. Evaluation of Fog-Harvesting Potential in Namibia.
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| Evaluation of Fog_Harvesting Potential in Namibia_1998.pdf | 183.32 KB |
1991. Animal ecophysiology in the Namib Desert: Coping with little water, scarce food and elevated. Ecology of Desert Environments
423-457
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| Animal ecophysiology in the Namib Desert_1991.pdf | 2.34 MB |
1995. Sexual competition in an inbreeding social spider, Stegodyphus dumicola (Araneae: Eresidae). Insectes Sociaux
42 (4) 419-426
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| Sexual competition in an inbreeding social spider.pdf | 489.4 KB |
1991. Territorial behaviour by a clan of spotted hyaenas Crocuta crocuta. Ethology
8 (3) 223-235
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| Territorial behaviour by a clan of spotted hyaenas Crocuta crocuta.pdf | 345.07 KB |
1995. Tool use by spiders: stone selection and placement by corolla spiders Ariadna (Segestriidae) of the Namib Desert. Ethology
101 (3) 187-199
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| Tool use by spiders_stone selection and placement by corolla spiders Ariadna.pdf | 376.27 KB |
2016. Widespread dieback of riparian trees on a dammed ephemeral river and evidence of local mitigation by tributary flows. PeerJ
4 e2622
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| Widespread dieback of riparian trees on a dammed ephemeral river.pdf | 1.54 MB |
2016. Impact of a severe frost event in 2014 on woody vegetation within the Nama-Karoo and semi-arid savanna biomes of South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments
133 112-121
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| Impact of a severe frost event in 2014 on woody vegetation.pdf | 1.93 MB |
1999. Ecology and diet of Psammoduon deserticola (Simon) (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society
11 (4) 155-157
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| Ecology and diet of Psammoduon deserticola_1999.pdf | 159.1 KB |
1991. A trap to capture burrowing arachnids. Journal of Arachnology
19 150-152
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| A trap to capture burrowing arachnids_1991.pdf | 118.6 KB |
1990. Spiders wheel to escape. South Africa Journal of Science
86 (3) 151-152
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| Spiders wheel to escape.pdf | 168.79 KB |
2008. Vision in the nocturnal wandering spider Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae: Sparassidae). The Journal of Experimental Biology
211 816-823
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| Vision in the nocturnal wandering spider Leucorchestris arenicola.pdf | 703.72 KB |
1990. The biology of Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae: Heteropodidae), a burrowing spider of the Namib dunes. Namib Ecology, 25 Years Of Namib Research
Seely MK 7 115-127
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| The biology of Leucorchestris arenicola.pdf | 637.31 KB |
2003. The surface-dwelling arthropod fauna of Gobabeb with a description of the long-term pitfall trapping project. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society
51 65-92
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| The surface_dwelling arthropod fauna of Gobabeb with a description.pdf | 6.26 MB |
1994. Diet and foraging behaviour of huntsman spiders in the Namib dunes (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Journal of Zoology
234 (2) 239-251
1998. Sexual Dimorphism, Fighting Success and Mating Tactics of Male Onymacris plana Péringuey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Namib Desert. Ethology 104 (12) 1003-1019
1995. Tool Use by Spiders: Stone Selection and Placement by Corolla Spiders Ariadna (Segestriidae) of the Namib Desert. Ethology 101 (3) 187-199
2007. Use of local cues in the night-time navigation of the wandering desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae, Sparassidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 193 (2) 217-222
2012. A CFD study of wind patterns over a desert dune and the effect on seed dispersion. Environmental Fluid Mechanics 12 (1) 23-44
2003. Long-distance navigation in the wandering desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola: can the slope of the dune surface provide a compass cue?. Journal of Comparative Psychology A 189 (11) 801-809
1993. Thermal constraints on prey-capture behavior of a burrowing spider in a hot environment. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 33 (1) 35-43
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00164344
1990. Foraging at the thermal limit: burrowing spiders (Seothyra, Eresidae) in the Namib desert dunes. Oecologia
84 (4) 461-467
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00328161
2006. The night-time temporal window of locomotor activity in the Namib Desert long-distance wandering spider, Leucorchestris arenicola. Journal of Comparative Physiology A
192 (4) 365-372
2008. Ecophysiology of atmospheric moisture in the Namib Desert. Atmospheric Research
87 (3-4) 362-368
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| Ecophysiology of atmospheric moisture in the Namib Desert.pdf | 432.27 KB |
2013. Ensuring the future of the Namib's biodiversity: Ecological restoration as a key management response to a mining boom. Journal of Arid Environments
93 126-135
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| Ensuring the future of the Namibs biodiversity.pdf | 533.57 KB |
1988. How much does a spotted hyaena eat: perspective from the Namib Desert. African Journal of Ecology 26 (4) 247-255
2002. Exploring fog as a supplementary water source in Namibia. Atmospheric Research 64 (1-4) 251-259
2006. Lichen-dominated soil crusts as arthropod habitat in warm deserts. Journal of Arid Environments 67 (4) 579-593
2012. A method for direct assessment of the "non rainfall" atmospheric water cycle: input and evaporation from the soil. Pure and applied geophysics
169 (5-6) 847-857
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| A method for direct assessment of the non rainfall atmospheric water cycle.pdf | 433.84 KB |
1979. Implications of a spotted hyaena bone assemblage in the Namib Desert. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 34 (130) 127-131
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3887873
1987. Improved age estimation in spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta). Journal of Zoology 213 (4) 758-762
1997. A test of habitat selection at two spatial scales in a Sitand-Wait Predator: A web spider in the Namib Desert dunes. Journal of Animal Ecology 66 (3) 401-413
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/5985
1998. Predation as a major cost of reproduction in Namib Desert tenebrionid beetles. Ecology 79 (7) 2560-2566
2015. Locust times – monitoring populations and outbreak controls in relation to Karoo natural capital. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 70 (2) 135-143
1992. Environmental factors affecting the web and activity of a psammophilous spider in the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 22 173-189
1995. The slit spider (Araneae: Clubionoidea) that constructs fissures in the sand dunes of the Simpson Desert, Central Australia. Journal of Natural History
29 (1) 137-145
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
1990. The Biology of Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae: Heteropodidae), a Burrowing Spider of the Namib Dunes. Namib ecology: 25 years of Namib research
Seely MK 115-127
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| The Biology of Leucorchestris arenicola_1990.pdf | 2.2 MB |
2018. Introduction to the Karoo Special Issue: Trajectories of Change in the Anthropocene. African Journal of Range and Forage Science (35) 151-156
2018. Reflections on the Karoo Special Issue: towards an interdisciplinary research agenda for South Africa's drylands. African Journal of Range and Forage Science (35) 387-393
2003. Best Practices in the World's Oldest Desert. Conserving biodiversity in arid regions: Best practoces in developing nations Lemons J, Victor R, Schaffer D 119-128
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| Best Practices in the Worlds Oldest Desert.pdf | 510.28 KB |
2018. Identifying the determinants of tree distributions along a large ephemeral river. Ecosphere 9 (6)
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| Identifying the determinants of tree distributions along a large ephemeral river.pdf | 1.36 MB |
2020. Fog and fauna of the Namib Desert: past and future. Ecosphere 11 (1)
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| Fog and fauna of the Namib Desert_past and future.pdf | 12.51 MB |