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Behaviour of animals in their normal environment, including all the processes, both internal and external, by which they respond to changes in their environment. (Source: ALL2)

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Skinner JD 2006. Bone collecting by hyaenas: a review. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 61 (1) 4-7

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190609519187#.VGsTD1ItBHg

Heideman NJL 1993. Social organization and behaviour of Agama aculeata aculeata and Agama planiceps planiceps (Reptilia: Agamidae) during the breeding season. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42 (1) 28-31

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1993.9650368#.VGr60VItBHg

Conti E, Viglianisi FM 2005. Ecology of the calling song of two Namibian armoured ground crickets, Acanthoplus longipes and Acanthoproctus diadematus (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Hetrodinae). Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 17 (3) 261-269

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08927014.2005.9522596#.VGocblItBHg

Halle S 1993. Diel pattern of predation risk in microtine rodents. Oikos 68 (3) 510 - 518

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3544919

Kostrzewa A 1996. A comparative-study of nest-site occupancy and breeding performance as indicators for nesting-habitat quality in 3 European raptor species. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 8 (1) 1 - 18

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.1996.9522931

Bates MF, Nuttall R 2013. A case of death-feigning in the Striped Grass Snake Psammophylax tritaeniatus (Günther), with a review on the occurrence of this phenomenon in Southern and Eastern African snakes. 5-9

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A case of death_feigning in the Striped Grass Snake Psammophylax tritaeniatus.pdf	864.02 KB

Lorenzen ED 2005. Are black-faced and common impala interbeeding in Etosha National Park, Namibia?. 16-18

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Are black_faced and common impala interbeeding in Etosha National Park.pdf	240.43 KB

Barnard P 1995. The secret lives of African whydahs. 5-6

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The secret lives of African whydahs.pdf	3.01 MB

Maclean GL 1973. The Sociable Weaver. Part 2. Nest architecture and social organisation. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 44 (3-4) 191 - 218

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1973.9639159#.VRpZImf9kpE

Caro TM, Young CR, Cauldwell AE, Brown DDE 2009. Animal breeding systems and big game hunting: Models and application. Biological Conservation (142) 909-929

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.018

Loarie SR, Tambling CJ, Asner GP 2013. Lion hunting behaviour and vegetation structure in an African savanna. Animal Behaviour (85) 899-906

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.01.018

Ordiz A, Bischof R, Swenson JE 2013. Saving large carnivores, but losing the apex predator?. Biological Conservation (168) 128-133

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Namukonde N, Simukonda C 2018. The response of small mammal communities to low and high fire recurrences in Kafue National Park, Zambia. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions 460-465

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Stander P 2019. Lions (Panthera leo) specialising on a marine diet in the Skeleton Coast Park, Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment (3) 1-10

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Lions specialising on a marine diet in the Skeleton Coast Park.pdf	3.29 MB

Collins CE, Higham TE 2017. Individuals of the common Namib Day Gecko vary in how adaptive simplification alters sprint biomechanics. Scientific Reports (7)

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Individuals of the common Namib Day Gecko vary in how adaptive simplification alters sprint biomechanics.pdf	2.92 MB

Stanback M, Millican D, Visser P, Marker L 2018. The simultaneous moult of female hornbills is not triggered by the darkness of their nest cavity. Ostrich (89) 373-375

Website link:https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2018.1468360

Marker L 2005. Aspects of ecology, biology and conservation strategies of Namibian farmland cheetahs. (7/8)

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Aspects of ecology_biology and conservation strategies of Namibian farmland cheetahs.pdf	1.36 MB

Wessels DCJ, Wessels LA, Holzapfel WH 1979. Preliminary Report on Lichen-Feeding Coleoptera Occurring on Teloschistes capensis in the Namib Desert, South West Africa. The Bryologist (82) 270-273

Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/3242084

2019. Conflict Mitigation, Methods, Construction, Budgets.

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Elephant mitigation methods 2018 Online.pdf	5.79 MB

Martin MJ, Elwen SH, Kassanjee R, Gridley T 2019. To buzz or burst-pulse? The functional role of Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii, rapidly pulsed signals. Animal Behaviour

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.01.007

Gridley T, Silva MFP, Wilkinson C, Seakamela SM, Elwen SH 2018. Song recorded near a super-group of humpback whales on a mid-latitude feeding ground off South Africa. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (143)

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Song recorded near a super-group of humpback whales on a mid_latitude feeding ground off South Africa.pdf	2.11 MB

Erbs F, Elwen SH, Gridley T 2017. Automatic classification of whistles from coastal dolphins of the southern African subregion. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (141) 2489-2500

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Automatic classification of whistles from coastal dolphins of the southern African subregion.pdf	954.76 KB

Gridley T, Elwen SH, Rashley G, Badenas Krakauer A, Heiler J 2016. Bottlenose dolphins change their whistling characteristics in relation to vessel presence, surface behavior and group composition.

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Bottlenose dolphins change their whistling characteristics in relation to vessel presence.pdf	813.6 KB

Costantini D, Czirjak G, Melzheimer J, Menges V, Wachter B 2019. Sex and species differences of stress markers in sympatric cheetahs and leopards in Namibia. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (Part A) 8-13

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Sex and species differences of stress markers in sympatric cheetahs and leopards in Namibia.pdf	582.07 KB

Benson PC, Plug I, Dobbs JC 2004. An analysis of bones and other materials collected by Cape Vultures at the Kransberg and Blouberg colonies, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Ostrich (75) 118–132

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Benson Plug Dobbs 2004 Bones collected by Cape Vultures a.pdf	202.96 KB

Bamford AJ, Diekmann M, Monadjem A, Mendelsohn J 2007. Ranging behaviour of Cape Vultures Gyps coprotheres from an endangered population in Namibia. Bird Conservation International (17) 331–339

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Ranging behaviour of Cape Vultures Gyps coprotheres from an endangered population in Namibia.pdf	294.23 KB

Göttert T, Schöne J, Zinner D, Hodges JK, Böer M 2010. Habitat use and spatial organisation of relocated black rhinos in Namibia. Mammalia (74) 35-42

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Habitat use and spatial organization of relocated black rhinos in Namibia.pdf	328.05 KB

Website link:http://doi.org/10.1515/MAMM.2010.012

Burrage BR 1973. Comparative ecology and behaviour of Chamaeleo pumilus pumilus (Gmelin) and C.namaquensis A. Smith (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Annals of the South African Museum (61) 1-158

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Comparative ecology and behaviour of Chamaeleo pumilus pumilus and C_namaquensis.pdf	72.61 MB

Childers JL, Eifler DA 2013. Meroles cuneirostris (wedge-snouted sand lizard) cannibalism. Herpetological Review (44) 675-676

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Billawer WH, Heideman NJL 1996. A comparative analysis of diurnal behavioural activities in males of Agama aculeata aculeata and A. planiceps planiceps (Reptilia: Agamidae) in Windhoek, Namibia. African Journal of Herpetology (45) 68-73

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.1996.9649967

Katjiua MLJ, Ward D 2006. Cattle diet selection during the hot-dry season in a semi-arid region of Namibia. Journal of Range and Forage Science 23 (1) 59-67

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/10220110609485887

Lehmann D, Mfune JKE, Gewers E, Cloete J, Aschenborn OH-K, Mbomboro L, Kasaona S, Brain C, Voigt CC 2020. Spatiotemporal responses of a desert dwelling ungulate to increasing aridity in North-eastern Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 179

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140196320300975

Murn C 2014. Observations of predatory behaviour by Whiteheaded Vultures. Journal of raptor research 48 (3) 297–299

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Schwippert B 2019. African Harrier-Hawk vs Smith's Bush Squirrel. Lanioturdus 52 (2) 1-8

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African Harrier_Hawk vs Smiths Bush Squirrel.pdf	1.88 MB

Kasiringua E, Kopij G, Proches S 2017. Daily activity patterns of ungulates at water holes during the dry season in the Waterberg National Park, Namibia. Russian Journal of Theriology 16 (2) 129-138

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Daily activity patterns of ungulates at water holes during the dry season in the Waterberg National Park.pdf	735.75 KB

Stratford K, Stratford S, Périquet S 2019. Dyadic associations reveal clan size and social network structure in the fission-fusion society of spotted hyaenas. African Journal of Ecology 58 (2) 182-192

Website link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aje.12641

Lloyd K 2016. An experimental approach to assess the role of nest predation in the population dynamics of the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius).

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An experimental approach to assess the role of nest predation in the population dynamics of the sociable weaver.pdf	1.43 MB

Midgley JJ, Balfour D, Kerley GI 2005. Why do elephants damage savanna trees?: commentary. South African Journal of Science 101 (5-6) 213-215

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Why do elephants damage savanna trees_2005.pdf	233.55 KB

Polakow DA 1997. Communication and sexual selection in the barking gecko (Ptenopus kochi).

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Communication and sexual selection in the barking gecko_1997.pdf	10.33 MB

Berry HH 1980. Behavioural and eco-physiological studies on blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus at the Etosha National Park.

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Behavioural and eco_physiological studies on blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus at the Etosha National Park V1.pdf	7.17 MB
Behavioural and eco_physiological studies on blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus at the Etosha National Park_V2.pdf	4.69 MB

Elliott CCH 1973. The biology of the Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis with special reference to its polygnous mating system.

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The biology of the Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis_1973.pdf	6.03 MB

Jenkins AR 1998. Behavioural ecology of Peregrine and Lanner falcons in South Africa.

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Behavioural ecology of Peregrine and Lanner falcons in South Africa.pdf	6.63 MB

Osiecka AN, Fearey J, Elwen S, Gridley T 2020. Prolonged nursing in Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) at Cape Cross colony, Namibia. African Zoology 55 (3) 233-239

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Prolonged nursing in Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus at Cape Cross colony Namibia.pdf	2.42 MB

Schleicher A 2020. The Bushmanland Tent Tortoise (Namibia form), Psammobates tentorius verroxii - Field observations, free-range husbandry and reproduction in Namibia. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 67 47-59

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The Bushmanland Tent Tortoise_Psammobates tentorius verroxii_2020.pdf	1.76 MB

Lovegrove BG 2020. Fog basking by Namib Desert weevils. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19 (9) 495

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Fog basking by Namib Desert weevils.pdf	207.9 KB

Tarboton W, Tarboton M Breeding and other behaviour of Woodland Kingfisher. 47-54

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Breeding and other behaviour of Woodland Kingfisher.pdf	935.76 KB

Carter S, du Plessis T, Chwalibog A, Sawosz E 2017. The honey badger in South Africa: Biology and conservation. International Journal of Avian and Wildlife Biology 2 (2) 00091

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Kambongi T, Heyns L, Rodenwoldt D, Edwards S 2021. A description of daytime resting sites used by brown hyaenas (Parahyaena brunnea) from a high-density, enclosed population in north-central Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 5 (B) 1-6

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A description of daytime resting sites used by brown hyaenas from a high_density_enclosed population in north_central Namibia.pdf	1.03 MB

Bothma J du P, Le Riche EAN 1984. Aspects of the ecology and the behaviour of the leopard Panthera pardus in the Kalahari desert. Koedoe (Supplement) 27 259-279

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Aspects of the ecology and the behaviour of the Leopard Panthera pardus in the Kalahari desert.pdf	7.22 MB

Nakwaya DN 2009. The diet of the black mongoose (Galerella Nigrata)(Carnivora: Herpestidae) in North-West (Hobatere Concession) and North-Central (Erongo Conservancy), Namibia.

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The diet of the black mongoose in North_West and North_Central Namibia.pdf	1013.16 KB