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Krug CB, Esler KJ, Hoffman MT, Henschel J, Schmiedel U, Jürgens N 2007. North-South cooperation through BIOTA: an interdisciplinary monitoring programme in arid and semi-arid southern Africa: news and views. South Africa Journal of Science 102 (5-6) 187-190

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Veste M, Gembler K, Jürgens N 2004. Ionen- und Wasserhaushalt von Brownanthus pseudoschlichtianus (Aizoaceae<) im Richtersveld (Sukkulenten-Karoo, Südafrika). Biodiversity and Ecology 2 127-132

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Ion and water balance of Brownanthus pseudoschlichtianus.pdf	380.34 KB

Loris K, Jürgens N, Veste M 2001. Zonobiom III: Die Namib-Wüste im südwestlichen Afrika (Namibia, Südafrika, Angola). In: Sustainable land use in deserts. Sustainable land use in deserts 441-498

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Die Namib Wueste im SW Afrika_Teil1_2001.pdf	42.96 MB

Thornton M, Odendaal F, Le Roux A, Jürgens N, Hall A 2006. The Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape - Application for inclusion on the World Heritage List. January 2006.

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The Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape.pdf	1.51 MB

Pröpper M, Gröngröft A, Finckh M, Stirn S, de Cauwer V, Lages F, Masamba W, Murray-Hudson M, Schmidt L, Strohbach B, Jürgens N 2015. The Future Okavango - Calender.

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TFO CalenderEnd.pdf	7.09 MB

Pröpper M, Gröngröft A, Finckh M, Stirn S, de Cauwer V, Lages F, Masamba W, Murray-Hudson M, Schmidt L, Strohbach B, Jürgens N 2015. The Future Okavango - Conclusões, Cenários e Recomendações para Ações. Síntese do Relatório Final do Projeto de Pesquisa, 2010 a 2015.

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Pröpper M, Gröngröft A, Finckh M, Stirn S, de Cauwer V, Lages F, Masamba W, Murray-Hudson M, Schmidt L, Strohbach B, Jürgens N 2015. The Future Okavango - Findings, Scenarios and Recommendations for Action. Research Project Final Synthesis, Report 2010 - 2015.

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Medinski TV, Mills AJ, Esler KJ, Schmiedel U, Jürgens N 2010. Do soil properties constrain species richness? Insights from boundary line analysis across several biomes in south western Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 74 (9) 1052-1060

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196310000844

Oldeland J, Wesuls D, Rocchini D, Schmidt M, Jürgens N 2010. Does using species abundance data improve estimates of species diversity from remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity?. Ecological Indicators 10 (2) 390-396

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X09001241

Oldeland J, Dorigo W, Lieckfeld L, Lucieer A, Jürgens N 2010. Combining vegetation indices, constrained ordination and fuzzy classification for mapping semi-natural vegetation units from hyperspectral imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 114 (6) 1155-1166

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425710000258

Jürgens N 2001. Aspects of botanical biodiversity in southern African arid regions - An outline of concepts and results. Biodiversity 53-70

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-06071-1_5

Jürgens N 2001. Remarkable Differences in Desertification Processes in the Northern and Southern Richtersveld (Northern Namaqualand, Republic of South Africa). Sustainable Land Use in Deserts 177-187

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-59560-8_18

Schmiedel U, Jürgens N 2004. Habitat ecology of southern African quartz fields: studies on the thermal properties near the ground. Plant Ecology 170 (2) 153-166

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Jürgens N, Gotzmann IH, Cowling RM 1999. Remarkable medium-term dynamics of leaf succulent Mesembryanthemaceae shrubs in the winter-rainfall desert of northwestern Namaqualand, South Africa. Plant Ecology 142 (1-2) 87-96

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Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1009862025821

Schmiedel U, Jürgens N 1999. Community structure on unusual habitat islands: quartz-fields in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa. Plant Ecology 142 (1-2) 57-69

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Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1009818210799

Jürgens N 1997. Floristic biodiversity and history of African arid regions. Biodiversity and Conservation 6 (3) 495-514

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1018325026863

Jürgens N 1991. A new approach to the Namib Region. Vegetatio 97 (1) 21-38

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00033899

Jürgens N, Burke A 2000. The Arid Scenario: Inselbergs in the Namib Desert Are Rich Oases in a Poor Matrix (Namibia and South Africa). Inselbergs: Ecological Studies 146 237-257

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-59773-2_12

Jürgens N, Oldeland J, Hachfeld B, Erb E, Schultz C 2013. Ecology and spatial patterns of large-scale vegetation units within the central Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 93 59-79

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312002522

Hachfeld B, Jürgens N 2000. Climate patterns and their impact on the vegetation in a fog driven desert: the central Namib Desert in Namibia. Phytocoenologia 30 (3-4) 567-589

Website link:https://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/phyto/detail/30/80801/Climate_patterns_and_their_impact_on_the_vegetation_in_a_fog_driven_desert_The_Central_Namib_Desert_in_Namibia

Burke A, Jürgens N, Seely MK 1998. Floristic affinities of an inselberg archipelago in the southern Namib desert—relic of the past, centre of endemism or nothing special?. Journal of Biogeography 25 (2) 311-317

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.252116.x/abstract

Linder HP, Lovett J, Mutke JM, Barthlott W, Jürgens N, Rebelo T, Küper W 2005. A numerical re-evaluation of the sub-Saharan phytochoria of mainland Africa. Biologiese Skrifter 55 229 - 252

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Jürgens N, Schmiedel U, Haarmeyer DH, Dengler J, Finckh M, Goetze D, Gröngröft A, Hahn K, Koulibaly A, Luther-Mosebach J, Muche G, Oldeland J, Petersen A, Porembski S, Rutherford MC, Schmidt M, Sinsin B, Strohbach BJ, Thiombiano A, Wittig R, Zizka G 2011. The BIOTA Biodiversity Observatories in Africa - a standardized framework for large-scale environmental monitoring. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 184 (2) 655 - 678

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The BIOTA Biodiversity Observatories in Africa_a standardized framework for large_scale environmental monitoring.pdf	883.89 KB

Becker T, Jürgens N 2000. Vegetation along climate gradients in Kaokoland, north-west Namibia. Phytocoenologia 30 (3 - 4) 543 - 565

Website link:http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/bzf/fb0a058/fb0a058_pub.htm

Jürgens N, Burke A, Seely MK, Jacobson K 1997. Desert. Desert 189-214

Website link:https://www.amazon.de/Vegetation-Southern-Africa-R-Cowling/dp/0521548012

Jürgens N, Strohbach B, Lages F, Schmiedel U, Finckh M, Sichone P, Hahn L-M, Zigelski P 2018. Biodiversity observation – an overview of the current state and first results of biodiversity monitoring studies. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions Revermann R, Krewenka KM, Schmiedel U, Olwoch JM, Helmschrot J, Jürgens N 382-396

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Biodiversity observation_an overview of the current state and first results of biodiversity monitoring studies.pdf	4.54 MB

Muche G, Schmiedel U, Finckh M, Jürgens N 2018. BIOTABase - a unique software to handle complex biodiversity observation data and environmental data. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions Revermann R, Krewenka KM, Schmiedel U, Olwoch JM, Helmschrot J, Jürgens N

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BIOTABase_a unique software to handle complex biodiversity observation data and environmental data.pdf	963.54 KB

Hillmann T, Muche G, Josenhans K, Jürgens N 2018. Online presentation of the SASSCAL ObservationNet. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions Revermann R, Krewenka KM, Schmiedel U, Olwoch JM, Helmschrot J, Jürgens N 448-449

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Hillmann T, Muche G, Josenhans K, Jürgens N 2018. SASSCAL Photo Guide to Plants of Southern Africa. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions Revermann R, Krewenka KM, Schmiedel U, Olwoch JM, Helmschrot J, Jürgens N 424-425

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Muche G, Kruger S, Hillmann T, Josenhans K, Ribeiro C, Bazibi M, Seely M, Nkonde E, de Clercq W, Strohbach B, Kenabatho KP, Vogt R, Kaspar F, Helmschrot J, Jürgens N 2018. SASSCAL WeatherNet: present state, challenges, and achievements of the regional climatic observation network and database. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions Revermann R, Krewenka KM, Schmiedel U, Olwoch JM, Helmschrot J, Jürgens N 34-43

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Jürgens N 2013. How can scientific information on the Okavango Region be made useful for decision making? - An integrated compilation of the first products of the project "The Future Okavango". Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region Oldeland J, Erb C, Finckh M, Jürgens N 7

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How can scientific information on the Okavango Region be made useful for decision making.pdf	216.38 KB

Goncalves FMP, Revermann R, Gomes AL, Aidar MPM, Finckh M, Jürgens N 2017. Tree Species Diversity and Composition of Miombo Woodlands in South-Central Angola: A Chronosequence of Forest Recovery after Shifting Cultivation. International Journal of Forestry Research (2017)

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Tree Species Diversity and Composition of Miombo Woodlands in South_Central Angola.pdf	2.47 MB

Eichhorn B, Jürgens N 2002. Vegetationsgeschichte und Nutzung pflanzlicher Ressourcen in Kaokoland - Stabilität oder Wandel?. (77) 119-136

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236649970_Vegetationsgeschichte_und_Nutzung_pflanzlicher_Ressourcen_in_Kaokoland_-_Stabilitat_oder_Wandel

Hanke W, Böhner J, Dreber N, Jürgens N, Schmiedel U, Wesuls D, Dengler J 2014. The impact of livestock grazing on plant diversity: an analysis across dryland ecosystems and scales in southern Africa. Ecological Applications 24 (5) 1188–1203

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The impact of livestock grazing on plant diversity.pdf	1.28 MB

Schmiedel U, Jürgens N 2002. Untersuchungen zur Steuerung der Lebensformzusammensetzung der Quarzflächen im ariden südlichen Afrika. Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft 14 45–58

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Untersuchungen zur Steuerung der Lebensformzusammensetzung der Quarzflaechen im ariden suedlichen Afrika.pdf	8.44 MB

Mucina L, Jürgens N, Le Roux A, Rutherford MC, Schmiedel U, Esler KJ, Powrie LW, Desmet PG, Milton SJ 2006. Succulent Karoo Biome. Strelitzia 19 221-299

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Pufal G, Mayer C, Porembski S, Jürgens N 2008. Factors affecting fruit set in Aizoaceae species of the Succulent Karoo. Basic and Applied Ecology 9 401-409

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Factors affecting fruit set in Aizoaceae species of the Succulent Karoo.pdf	4.43 MB

Muche G, Schmiedel U, Jürgens N 2012. BIOTA Southern Africa Biodiversity Observatories Vegetation Database. Vegetation databases for the 21st century Dengler J, Oldeland J, Jansen F, Chytrý M, Ewald J, Finckh M, Glöckler F, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Peet RK, Schaminée JHJ 4 111–123

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BIOTA Southern Africa Biodiversity Observatories Vegetation Database.pdf	1.71 MB

Schmiedel U, Dengler J, Luther-Mosebach J, Gröngröft A, Muche G, Petersen A, Strohbach BJ, Jürgens N 2010. Patterns and dynamics of vascular plant diversity along the BIOTA transects in southern Africa. Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale Schmiedel U, Jürgens N 118–135

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Patterns and dynamics of vascular plant diversity along the BIOTA transects in southern Africa.pdf	3.58 MB

Jürgens N, Gunter F, Oldeland J, Groengroeft A, Henschel JR, Oncken I, Picker MD 2020. Largest on earth: Discovery of a new type of fairy circle in Angola supports a termite origin. Ecological Entomology

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Strohbach BJ, Jürgens N 2010. Towards a user-friendly vegetation map of Namibia: ground truthing approach to vegetation mapping. In: Schmiedel, U., Jürgens, N. (Eds.):rnBiodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale: 45–56, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen and Windhoek. Biodiversity in southern Africa 2

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Oldeland J, Gunter F, Jürgens N 2022. Ecological niche models of Welwitschia mirabilis and its subspecies in the Namib Desert. South African Journal of Botany 148 210-217

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0254629922001971

Wildermuth B, Oldeland J, Arning C, Gunter F, Strohbach B, Jürgens N 2022. Spatial patterns and life histories of Macrotermes michaelseni termite mounds reflect intraspecific competition: insights of a temporal comparison spanning 12 years. Ecography 2022 e06306

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Spatial patterns and life histories of Macrotermes michaelseni termite mounds.pdf	669.08 KB

Jürgens N, Gunter F 2022. Bare areas caused by Hodotermes mossambicus in the northern Namib Desert. Fairy circles of the Namib Desert - Ecosystem engineering by subterranean social insects Schmiedel U, Finckh M 7 286-291

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Bare areas caused by Hodotermes mossambicus in the northern Namib Desert.pdf	1.54 MB

Gunter F, Oldeland J, Picker MD, Henschel JR, Jürgens N 2023. Cryptic subterranean diversity: regional phylogeography of the sand termite Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri, 1908 in the wider Namib region. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 23 139-150

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Jürgens N, Gröngröft A, Gunter F 2023. Evolution at the arid extreme: the influence of climate on sand termite colonies and fairy circles of the Namib Desert. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378 20220149

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Gunter F, Jürgens N, Henschel JR 2023. Observations on the diversity of termites in Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 8 187-192

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Jürgens N 2022. Fairy Circles of the Namib Desert - Ecosystem engineering by subterranean social insects. Biodiversity and Ecology 7

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Fairy Circles of the Namib Desert_Ecosystem engineering by subterranean social insects.pdf	871.19 KB

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366570344_Fairy_Circles_of_the_Namib_Desert_-_Ecosystem_engineering_by_subterranean_social_insects

Wildermuth B, Oldeland J, Jürgens N 2021. A beneficial relationship: associated trees facilitate termite colonies (Macrotermes michaelseni) in Namibia. Ecosphere 12 (7)

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A beneficial relationship_associated trees facilitate termite colonies in Namibia.pdf	403.29 KB

Jürgens N, Gröngröft A 2023. Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia's fairy circles - A response to Getzin et al. (2022). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 60

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