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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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Hofmeyr JM, Lenssen J 1975. The capture and care of eland Taurotragus oryx oryx (Pallas) using the boma method. Madoqua 9 (2) 25-33

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Lensing JE, Joubert E 1976. Intensity distribution patterns of five species of problem animals in South West Africa. Madoqua 10 (2) 131-141

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Spiegel O, Harel R, Centeno-Cuadros A, Hatzofe O, Getz WM, Nathan R 2015. Moving beyond curve-fitting: using complementary data to assess alternative explanations for long movements of three vulture species. The American Naturalist 185 (2) E00-E12

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Crowe TM, Harley EH, Jakutowicz MB, Komen J, Crowe AA 1992. Phylogenetic, taxonomic and biogeographical implications of genetic, morphological, and behavioral variation in francolins (Phasianidae, Francolinus). Auk 109 (1) 24 - 42

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Plumpton DL, Lutz RS 1993. Prey selection and food-habits of Burrowing Owls in Colorado. Great Basin Naturalist 53 (3) 299 - 304

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Dunk JR, Cooper RJ 1994. Territory-size regulation in Black-Shouldered Kites. Auk 111 (3) 588 - 595

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Jones G, Rydell J 1994. Foraging strategy and predation risk as factors influencing emergence time in echolocating bats. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B- Biological Sciences 346 (1318) 445 - 455

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Hertel F 1995. Ecomorphological indicators of feeding behavior in recent and fossil raptors. Auk 112 (4) 890 - 903

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Berry HH, Siegfried WR, Crowe TM 1982. Activity Patterns in a Population of Free-ranging Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus at Etosha National Park. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 59 (3) 229-246

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1982.tb00340.x/abstract

Matson TK, Goldizen AW, Jarman PJ, Pople AR 2006. Dispersal and seasonal distributions of black-faced impala in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. African Journal of Ecology 44 (2) 247-255

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00640.x/abstract

Kirchner CH, Holtzhausen JA 2001. Seasonal movements of silver kob, Argyrosomus inodorus, (Griffiths and Heemstra) in Namibian waters. Fisheries Management and Ecology 8 (3) 239-251

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2400.2001.00243.x/abstract

Hall KRL Numerical Data, Maintenance Activities and Locomotion of the Wild Chacma Baboon, Papio ursinus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 139 (2) 181-220

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01827.x/abstract

Cooper J 1986. Biology of the Bank Cormorant. Part 4: Nest construction and characteristics. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 57 (3) 170 - 179

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1986.9633646#.VSZ_2Wf9kpE

Cooper J 1985. Biology of the Bank Cormorant. Part 3: Foraging behaviour. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 56 (1-3) 86 - 95

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1985.9639574#.VSaIHGf9kpE

Cooper J 1984. Changes in resource division among four breeding seabirds in the Benguella upwelling system, 1953-1978. Proceedings of the 5th Pan-African Ornithological Congress

White FN, Bartholomew GA, Howell TR 1975. The thermal significance of the nest of the sociable weaver Philetairus socius: Winter observations. Ibis 117 (2) 171-179

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1975.tb04205.x/abstract

Wehner R, Wehner S 2011. Parallel evolution of thermophilia: daily and seasonal foraging patterns of heat-adapted desert ants: Cataglyphis and Ocymyrmex species. Physiological Entomology 36 (3) 271-281

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00795.x/abstract

Trimble MJ, Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ 2009. Drivers of megaherbivore demographic fluctuations: inference from elephants. Journal of Zoology 279 (1) 18-26

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00560.x/abstract

Williamson DT 1986. Notes on sitatunga in the Linyanti Swamp, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 24 (4) 293-297

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1986.tb00373.x/abstract

Williamson DT 1992. Condition, growth and reproduction in male red lechwe (Kobus leche leche Gray 1850). Journal of Ecology 30 (3) 269-275

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1992.tb00502.x/abstract

Williamson DT 1991. Condition, growth and reproduction in female red lechwe (Kobus leche leche Gray 1850). African Journal of Ecology 29 (2) 105-117

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1991.tb00991.x/abstract

Williamson DT 1990. Habitat selection by red lechwe (Kobus leche leche Gray, 1850). African Journal of Ecology 28 (2) 89-101

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1990.tb01141.x/abstract

Hayward MW, Kerley GIH 2005. Prey preferences of the lion (Panthera leo). Journal of Zoology 267 (3) 309-322

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1017/S0952836905007508/abstract

Berger J 1993. Disassociations between black rhinoceros mothers and young calves: ecologically variable or, as yet, undetected behaviour?. African Journal of Ecology 31 (3) 261-264

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1993.tb00539.x/abstract

Collias EC, Collias NE 1980. Individual and sex differences in behaviour of the Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius. Proceedings of the 4th Pan-African Ornithological Congress

Collias EC, Collias NE 1978. Nest building and nesting behaviour of the Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius. Ibis 120 (1) 1 - 15

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1978.tb04994.x/abstract

Matson TK, Goldizen AW, Jarman PJ 2005. Microhabitat use by Black-faced Impala in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. The Journal of Wildlife Management 69 (4) 1708-1715

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1708:MUBBII]2.0.CO;2/abstract

Fennessy J 2009. Home range and seasonal movements of Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis in the northern Namib Desert. African Journal of Ecology 47 (3) 318-327

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Brodie JF, Muntifering J, Hearn M, Loutit B, Loutit R, Brell B, Uri-Khob S, Leader-Williams N, du Preez P 2011. Population recovery of black rhinoceros in north-west Namibia following poaching. Animal Conservation 14 (4) 354-362

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00434.x/abstract

Lubin Y, Henschel JR, Baker MB 2001. Costs of aggregation: shadow competition in a sit-and-wait predator. Oikos 95 (1) 59-68

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950107.x/abstract

Henschel JR 1994. Diet and foraging behaviour of huntsman spiders in the Namib dunes (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Journal of Zoology 234 (2) 239-251

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1994.tb06072.x/abstract

Fielden LJ, Hickman GC, Perrin MR 1992. Locomotory activity in the Namib Desert golden mole Eremitalpa granti namibensis (Chrysochloridae). Journal of Zoology 226 (2) 329-344

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1992.tb03843.x/abstract

Enders MM, Schüle H, Henschel JR 1998. Sexual Dimorphism, Fighting Success and Mating Tactics of Male Onymacris plana Péringuey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Namib Desert. Ethology 104 (12) 1003-1019

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00049.x/abstract

Hanrahan SA, Kirchner WH 1994. Acoustic Orientation and Communication in Desert Tenebrionid Beetles in Sand Dunes. Ethology 97 (1-2) 26-32

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1994.tb01026.x/abstract

Hamilton III WJ, Tilson RL, Frank LG 1986. Sexual Monomorphism in Spotted Hyenas, Crocuta crocuta. Ethnology 71 (1) 63-73

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1986.tb00570.x/abstract

Bothma J du P, Nel JAJ, MacDonald A 1984. Food niche separation between four sympatric Namib Desert carnivores. Journal of Zoology 202 (3) 327-340

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb05086.x/abstract

Thorstad EB, Hay CJ, Naesje TF, Okland F 2001. Movements and habitat utilization of three cichlid species in the Zambezi River, Namibia. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 10 (4) 238-246

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0633.2001.100406.x/abstract

Okland F, Thorstad EB, Hay CJ, Naesje TF, Chanda B 2005. Patterns of movement and habitat use by tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus) in the Upper Zambezi River (Namibia). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 14 (1) 79-86

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0633.2004.00080.x/abstract

Schoepf I, Schradin C 2014. Arginine vasopressin plasma levels change seasonally in African striped mice but do not differ between alternative reproductive tactics. General and Comparative Endocrinology 204 43-48

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648014001749

Molteno AJ, Bennett NC 2002. Social Suppression in Nonreproductive Female Damaraland Mole-rats, Cryptomys damarensis: No Apparent Role for Endogenous Opioid Peptides. Hormones and Behavior 41 (2) 115-125

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X0191743X

Young AJ, Oosthuizen MK, Lutermann H, Bennett NC 2010. Physiological suppression eases in Damaraland mole-rat societies when ecological constraints on dispersal are relaxed. Hormones and Behavior 57 (2) 177-183

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X09002426

Snyman PC, Jackson CR, Bennett NC 2006. Do dispersing non-reproductive female Damaraland mole-rats, Cryptomys damarensis (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) exhibit spontaneous or induced ovulation?. Physiology and Behavior 87 (1) 88-89

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938405003847

Schenk K, Suhling F, Martens A 2004. Egg distribution, mate-guarding intensity and offspring characteristics in dragonflies (Odonata). Animal Behaviour 68 (3) 599-606

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347204002131

Anne O, Rasa E 1995. Ecological factors influencing burrow location,group size and mortality in a nocturnal fossorial Kalahari detritivore, Parastizopus armaticeps Peringuey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of Arid Environments 29 (3) 353-365

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196305801144

Tilson RL, Hamilton III WJ 1984. Social dominance and feeding patterns of spotted hyaenas. Animal Behaviour 32 (3) 715-724

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347284801475

Narins PM, Lewis ER, Jarvis JJUM, O'Riain J 1997. The Use of Seismic Signals by Fossorial Southern African Mammals: A Neuroethological Gold Mine. Brain research Bulletin 44 (5) 641-646

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361923097002864

Enders MM 1995. Size-assortative mating in a tenebrionid beetle of the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 29 (4) 469-484

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196395800190

Fielden LJ, Perrin MR, Hickman GC 1990. Water metabolism in the Namib Desert Golden Mole, Eremitalpa granti namibensis (Chrysochloridae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 96 (1) 227-234

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0300962990900709

Cowlishaw G 1997. Refuge use and predation risk in a desert baboon population. Animal Behaviour 54 (2) 241-253

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347296904662

Marker LL, Dickman AJ, Mills MGL, MacDonald DW 2003. Aspects of the management of cheetahs, Acinonyx jubatus jubatus, trapped on Namibian farmlands. Biodivers Conservation 114 (3) 401-412

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320703000685