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2010. Dragonfly diversity from the Cape to the Kavango. Biodiversity in southern Africa
2 - Patterns and processes at regional scale 64-69
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| Dragonfly diversity from the Cape to the Kavango_2010.pdf | 1.6 MB |
2004. A record of fluvial aggradation in the northern Namib Desert during the Late Quaternary. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie
133 1-18
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| A record of fluvial aggradation in the northern Namib Desert_2004.pdf | 9.48 MB |
1993. Insects of the Sperrgebiet Karas Region, Namibia.
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| Insects of the Sperrgebiet Karas Region_Namibia.pdf | 9.57 MB |
1999. Evidence of wetter and drier conditions in Namibia from tufas and submerged speleothems. Cimbebasia
15 23-39
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| Evidence_of_wetter_and_drier_conditions_in_Namibia_from_tufas_and_submerged_speleothems.pdf | 515.43 KB |
2013. 14C Dating of Organic Residue and Carbonate from Stromatolites in Etosha Pan, Namibia: 14C Reservoir Effect, Correction of Published Ages, and Evidence of >8-m-Deep Lake During the Late Pleistocene. In: Jull, A.J.T. and Hatté, C. (eds). Proceedings of the 21st International Radiocarbon Conference. Radiocarbon
55 (2-3) 1156-1163
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| 14C Dating of Organic Residue and Carbonate from Stromatolites in Etosha Pan.pdf | 212.22 KB |
2005. Impact of different grazing systems on diversity, abundance and biomass of beetles (Coleoptera), a study from southern Namibia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 81 (2) 131-143
2006. Characteristics and OSL minimum ages of relict fluvial deposits near Sossus Vlei, Tsauchab River, Namibia, and a regional climate record for the last 30?ka. Journal of Quaternary Science
21 (4) 347-362
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| Characteristics and OSL minimum ages of relict fluvial deposits near Sossus Vlei.pdf | 1.09 MB |
2011. Reassessment of carbonate ages by dating both carbonate and organic material from an Etosha Pan (Namibia) stromatolite: Evidence of humid phases during the last 20 ka. Quaternary International 229 (1-2) 24-37
2013. A petrographic and geochemical record of climate change over the last 4600 years from a northern Namibia stalagmite, with evidence of abruptly wetter climate at the beginning of southern Africa's Iron Age. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
376 149-162
2007. Timing of lake-level changes in Etosha Pan, Namibia, since the middle Holocene from OSL ages of relict shorelines in the Okondeka region. Quaternary International 175 (1) 29-40
2005. Depositional environment and luminescence chronology of the Hoarusib River Clay Castles sediments, northern Namib Desert, Namibia. Catena
59 (2) 187-204
2002. Gladiators: A New Order of Insect. Scientific American
287 (5)
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| Gladiators A New Order of Insect.pdf | 384.06 KB |
2006. Depositional environment and OSL chronology of the Homeb silt deposits, Kuiseb River, Namibia. Quaternary Research 65 (3) 478-491
2007. Late Holocene environmental change in the northwestern Namib Desert margin: New fossil pollen evidence from hyrax middens. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
249 (1 - 2) 1 - 17
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| Late Holocene environmental change in the northwestern Namib Desert margin_Hyrax_2007.pdf | 1.28 MB |
2015. The potential of palynology in fossil bat-dung from Arnhem Cave, Namibia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
70 (2) 109-115
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| The potential of palynology in fossil bat-dung from Arnhem Cave.pdf | 456.26 KB |
2016. A multi-proxy stalagmite record from northwestern Namibia of regional drying with increasing global-scale warmth over the last 47 kyr: The interplay of a globally shifting ITCZ with regional currents, winds, and rainfall. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
461 109-121
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| A multi_proxy stalagmite record from northwestern Namibia of regional drying with increasing global_scale warmth over the last 47 kyr.pdf | 2.58 MB |
1991. Holocene environmental changes in Namibia inferred from pollen analysis of swamp and lake deposits. The Holocene
16 (8) 1073-1084
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| Holocene environmental changes in Namibia inferred from pollen analysis of swamp and lake deposits.pdf | 544.76 KB |
Website link:http://hol.sagepub.com/content/16/8/1073.abstract
2009. A record of rapid Holocene climate change preserved in hyrax middens from southwestern Africa. Geology 37 (8) 703-706
Website link:http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/37/8/703.abstract
2016. Evidence of vegetation change in Late Quaternary deposits of the Namib Desert and boundary region. Quaternary International 404 (B) 186
2006. Dragonfly Assemblages in Arid Tropical Environments: A Case Study from Western Namibia. Biodiversity and Conservation
15 (1) 311-332
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| Dragonfly assemblages in arid tropical environments.pdf | 331.85 KB |
2014. Rare elephant molar (Loxodonta africana zulu) from the Windhoek Spring Deposit, Namibia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa (Special Issue: A festschrift for Professor Mary Seely)
69 (3) 145-150
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| Rare elephant molar from the Windhoek Spring Deposit_Namibia.pdf | 1.2 MB |
2004. Critical species of Odonata in southwestern Africa. International Journal of Odonatology (Special Issue: IUCN Regional Reports)
7 (2) 263-277
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| Critical species of Odonata in southwestern Africa.pdf | 115.17 KB |
2009. How to enter a desert—patterns of Odonata colonisation of arid Namibia. International Journal of Odonatology
12 (2) 287-308
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| How to enter a desert_patterns of Odonata colonisation of arid Namibia.pdf | 1.46 MB |
2018. Pollen in fossil hyrax dung from Marine Isotope Stages 2 and 3 reveals past environments in Namibia. Quaternary International (464) 260-272
Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.06.054
2017. A second locality for the Namib darkling beetle Onymacris brainei (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera) and first report on its molecular phylogenetic placement. ZooKeys (687) 63-72
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| A second locality for the Namib darkling beetle Onymacris brainei.pdf | 1.19 MB |
Abiotic and plant gender effects on the structure and function of soil microbial communities associated with Acanthosicyos horridus (Nara) in the Namibian sand-dune desert ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments (163) 50-58
Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.01.009
2019. Profiling soil free-living nematodes in the Namib Desert, Namibia. Journal of Arid Land 12 130–143
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| Profiling soil free_living nematodes in the Namib Desert_Preview.pdf | 180.3 KB |
2019. Control of insolation on stalagmite growth, rainfall, and migration of the tropical rain belt in northern Namibia over the last 100 kyr, as suggested by a rare MIS 5b-5c stalagmite from Dante Cave. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 535
2019. Soil bacterial community associated with the dioecious Acanthosicyos horridus in the Namib Desert. Biology and Fertility of Soils 55 (4) 393–403
2018. The timing, two-pulsed nature, and variable climatic expression of the 4.2 ka event: A review and new high-resolution stalagmite data from Namibia. Quaternary Science Reviews 186 78-90
2017. Strategies of Acanthosicyos horridus (!nara) to exploit alternative atmospheric moisture sources in the hyper-arid Namib Desert. South African Journal of Botany 109 335-336
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| Strategies of Acanthosicyos horridus to exploit alternative atmospheric moisture sources in the hyper_arid Namib Desert.pdf | 78.84 KB |
2017. Ecohydrological interactions within "fairy circles" in the Namib Desert: Revisiting the self-organizationhypothesis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122 405–414
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| Ecohydrological interactions within fairy circles in the Namib Desert.pdf | 1.74 MB |
2016. Similar burrow architecture of three arid-zone scorpion species implies similar ecological function. The Science of Nature 103
2016. Meroles anchietae: Size, growth and longevity. 12-15
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| Meroles anchietae_2016_AHN.pdf | 1.12 MB |
2010. Crenigomphus kavangoensis sp. nov. from the Okavango River, Namibia (Odonata: Gomphidae). International Journal of Odonatology 13 (2) 267-276
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| Crenigomphus kavangoensis sp_nov_from the Okavango River.pdf | 1.2 MB |
2003. Gladiatoren: Gespenstische Räuber.
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| Neue Insektenordnung_Gladiatoren_Gespenstische Rauber_Spektrum der Wissenschaft.pdf | 283.84 KB |
1995. Gaub As (Namibie occidentale) Une grotte dans de la dolomie megacristalline hydrothermale. Karstologia 25 (2) 51-54
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| Gaub As Cave 1995.pdf | 5.68 MB |
1997. Cave utilisation by Namibian bats: Population, microclimate and roost selection. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 27 44-50
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| Cave utilisation by Namibian bats_1997.pdf | 1.39 MB |
2004. Fossil hyrax dung and evidence of Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation types in the Namib Desert. Journal of Quaternary Science 19 (8) 829-832
2005. The newly discovered insect order Mantophasmatodea contains a novel member of the adipokinetic hormone family of peptides. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 330 (2) 598-603
2007. Bomb-spike dating of a mummified baboon in Ludwig Cave, Namibia. International Journal of Speleology 36 (1) 31-38
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| Bomb_spike dating of a mummified baboon in Ludwig Cave_Namibia.pdf | 829.35 KB |
2010. A sedimentary record of environmental change at Tsodilo Hills White Paintings Rock Shelter, Northwest Kalahari Desert, Botswana. Palaeoecology of Africa: International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments Runge J 53-78
2020. Satellite observed positive impacts of fog on vegetation. Geophysical Research Letters 47 (12)
2020. The 'fertile island effect' of Welwitschia plants on soil microbiota is influenced by plant gender. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96 (11)
2021. The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts. Nature Communications 12
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| The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts.pdf | 9.12 MB |
2021. The overlooked non-rainfall water input sibling of fog and dew: Daily water vapor adsorption on a !Nara hummock in the Namib Sand Sea.
Journal of Hydrology 598
2022. Water inputs across the Namib Desert: implications for dryland edaphic microbiology. Frontiers of Biogeography
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| Water inputs across the Namib Desert.pdf | 1.61 MB |
2022. The Namib Turbulence Experiment: Investigating surface-atmosphere heat transfer in three dimensions. BAMS E741-E760
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| The Namib turbulence experiment.pdf | 1.35 MB |