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A study of the relationships of animals to their environment. (Source: MGH)

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Viljoen PJ 1981. The ecology of the desert-dwelling elephants, black Rhinoceroses and giraffes of western Kaokoland and Damaraland, South-West Africa.

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The ecology of the desert_dwelling elephants_black Rhinoceroses and giraffes _Kaokoland and Damaraland.pdf	1002.33 KB

Monadjem A, Wolter K, Neser W, Bildstein K 2016. Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus and African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus nesting at the Olifants River Private Nature Reserve, Limpopo province, South Africa. Ostrich 87 (2)

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Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus and African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus nesting at the Olifants River Private Nature Reserve.pdf	3.33 MB

Marker LL 2002. Aspects of Namibian cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) biology, ecology, and conservation strategies.

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Marker_PhD thesis_2002.pdf	4.8 MB

Dickman AJ, MacDonald DW, Muntifering JR, Marker LL, Mills MGL 2003. Quantifying prey preferences of free-ranging Namibian cheeetahs. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 33 (1) 43-53

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Quantifying prey preferences of free-ranging Namibian cheeetahs.pdf	775.7 KB

Marker LL, Dickman AJ 2005. Notes on the spatial ecology of caracals (Felis caracal), with particular reference to Namibian farms. African Journal of Ecology 43 73-76

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Notes on the spatial ecology of caracals.pdf	467.06 KB

Marker LL, Dickman AJ 2005. Factors affecting leopard (Panthera pardus) spatial ecology, with particular referecne to Namibian farmlands. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 35 (2) 105-115

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Factors affecting leopard spatial ecology_with particular referecne to Namibian farmlands.pdf	198.86 KB

Brand R 2007. Evolutionary ecology of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Etosha National Park, Namibia.

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Evolutionary ecology of giraffes_Giraffa camelopardalis_in Etosha National Park_ Namibia_PhD Thesis.pdf	2.44 MB

Mebes H-D 1980. Forschungsprotekt Koexistenzökologie von Agapornis roseicollis (Rosenpapagei). Lanioturdus 16 (9) 1-2

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Research project on the coexistence ecology of Agapornis roseicollis.pdf	118.94 KB

Griffin M 1990. A review of taxonomy and ecology of gerbilline rodents of the Central Namib Desert, with keys to the species (Rodentia: Muridae). In: Seely. M.K. (ed). Namib ecology: 25 years of Namib research. 7 83-98

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A review of taxonomy and ecology of gerbilline rodents of the central Namib Desert_1990.pdf	4.29 MB

Polis GA 1993. Scorpions as model vehicles to advance theories of population and community ecology: the role of scorpions in desert communities. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33 (2) 401-410

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Scorpions as model vehicles to advance theories of population and community ecology.pdf	8.97 MB

Laycock PA 1975. A brief gerbil trapping survey in an inter-dune valley in the Namib Desert. Madoqua II 4 (74-80) 95-97

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A brief gerbil trapping survey in an inter_dune valley in the Namib Desert_1975.pdf	1.78 MB

Blumroeder J, Eccard JA, Blaum N 2012. Behavioural flexibility in foraging mode of the spotted sand lizard (Pedioplanis l. lineoocellata) seems to buffer negative impacts of savanna degradation. Journal of Arid Environments 77 149-152

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Behavioural flexibility in foraging mode of the spotted sand lizard seems to buffer negative impacts of savanna degradation_2012.pdf	208.83 KB

Kramer LB, van der Bank FH, Wink M 2016. Marcusenius desertus sp. nov. (Teleostei: Mormyridae), a mormyrid fish from the Namib desert. African Journal of Aquatic Sciences 10.2989/16085914.2015.1137855

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Marcusenius desertus sp nov Teleostei Mormyridae a mormyrid fish from the Namib desert.pdf	3.33 MB

Gosling LM 2013. The Mountain Zebra Project.

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The Mountain Zebra Project.pdf	282.71 KB

Joubert E 1972. The social organization and associated behaviour in the Hartmann zebra Equus zebra hartmannae. Part 1. Madoqua 1 (6) 17-56

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The social organization and associated behaviour in the Hartmann zebra Equus zebra hartmannae part 1.pdf	3.01 MB

Tinley KL 1969. Dikdik Madoqua kirki in South West Africa: notes on distribution, ecology, and behaviour. Madoqua 1 7-33

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Dikdik Madoqua kirki in South West Africa.pdf	4.49 MB

Greyling T 1994. The behavioural ecology of the feral horses in the Namib Naukluft Park.

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The behavioural ecology of the feral horses in the Namib Naukluft Park.pdf	5.04 MB

Stapelberg FH 2007. Feeding ecology of the Kalahari springbok Antidorcas marsupialis in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

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Springbok Kalahari dissertation.pdf	1001.62 KB

Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) 2008. Background information and species management guidelines for Namibia's rare and valuable wildlife - southern savanna buffalo.

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Guidelines for Namibias rare and valuable wildlife_southern savanna buffalo.pdf	3.31 MB

Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) 2008. Background information and species management guidelines for Namibia's rare and valuable wildlife - savanna elephant.

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Background information and species management guidelines booklet Elephant A5.pdf	3.36 MB

Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) 2008. Background information and species management guidelines: Buffalo.

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Background information and species management guidelines poster Buffalo A2.pdf	8.61 MB

Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) 2008. Background information and species management guidelines: Elephant.

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Background information and species management guidelines_Elephant.pdf	13.63 MB

Böer M, Brain C, Cantzler T, Hamza H, Venzke K 1997. Reintroduction of a captive born white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) to the Etosha National Park Part I: Selection, transfer and adaption. Zoologische Garten 67 99-107

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Reintroduction of a captive born white rhinoceros_part 1.pdf	606.52 KB

Böer M, Brain C, Cantzler T, Hamza H, Venzke K 1999. Reintroduction of a captive born white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) to the Etosha National Park Part II: Behaviour in the boma, procedures before and locomotion during the first ten weeks after release and observations from June until November 1997. Zoologische Garten 69 73-81

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Reintroduction of a captive born white rhinoceros.pdf	364.78 KB

1998. Population and Habitat Viability Assessment for the African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) in Southern Africa.

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Population and Habitat Viability Assessment for the African Wild Dog.pdf	3.61 MB

Slotow RH, Mendelsohn JM, Perrin MR 1988. The diet of adult and nestling Blackshouldered Kites, and breeding success. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 59 (4) 150 - 154

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The diet of adult and nestling blackshouldered kites and breeding success.pdf	2.06 MB

Brown CJ 1988. Home ranges of Black Eagles in the Natal Drakensberg. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 18 (4) 120 - 125

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Home ranges of Black Eagles in the Natal Drakensberg_1988.pdf	456.21 KB

Mendelsohn JM 1989. Habitat preferences, population-size, food and breeding of 6 owl species in the Springbok Flats, South Africa. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 60 (4) 183 - 190

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Habitat preferences_population_size_food and breeding of 6 owl species in the Springbok Flats.pdf	3.27 MB

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1989.9633755#.UjxVGdzwBFo

Berry HH 1997. Aspects of wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus ecology in the Etosha National Park - a synthesis for future management. Madoqua 21 (1) 137-148

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Aspects of wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus ecology in the Etosha National Park_1997.pdf	1.2 MB

Maude G 2005. The comparative ecology of brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea) in Makgadikgadi National Park and a Neighbouring Community Cattle Area in Botswana.

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The comparative ecology of brown hyaena in Makgadikgadi National Park.pdf	1.53 MB

Winemiller KO, Kelso-Winemiller LC 1994. Comparative ecology of the African pike, Hepsetus odoe, and tigerfish, Hydrocynus forskahlii, in the Zambezi River floodplain. Journal of Fish Biology 45 (2) 211-225

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1994.tb01301.x/abstract

Winemiller KO, Kelso-Winemiller LC 1996. Comparative ecology of catfishes of the Upper Zambezi River floodplain. Journal of Fish Biology 49 (6) 1043-1061

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01777.x/abstract

Rathburn GB, Cowley TE 2008. Behavioural ecology of the black mongoose (Galerella nigrata) in Namibia. Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 73 (6) 444-450

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Behavioural ecology of the black mongoose_Galerella nigrata_in Namibia.pdf	287.85 KB

Hayward MW, Hayward GJ, Druce DJ, Kerley GIH 2009. Do fences constrain predator movements on an evolutionary scale? Home range, food intake and movement patterns of large predators reintroduced to Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation 18 (4) 887-904

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-008-9452-y

Massei G, Genov P 1995. Observations of black-billed magpie (Pica pica) and carrion crow (Corvus corone cornix) grooming wild boar (Sus scrofa). Journal of Zoology 236 (2) 338 - 341

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb04499.x/abstract

Mooring MS, Mundy PJ 1996. Interactions between impala and oxpeckers at Matobo national park, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Ecology 34 (1) 54 - 65

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1996.tb00594.x/full

Mundy PJ, Haynes G 1996. Oxpeckers and elephants. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 67 (2) 85 - 87

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1996.9633788#.VRzp_2f9kpE

Ferguson JWH 1983. The influence of crop-farming on Whitebrowed Sparrow-weavers Plocepasser mahali. Proceedings of the Birds and Man Symposium 45-54

Garcia-Heras M-S, Mougeot F, Arroyo B, Avery G, Avery M, Simmons RE 2017. Is the Black Harrier Circus maurus a specialist predator? Assessing the diet of a threatened raptor species endemic to southern Africa. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 88 (1) 1-8

Website link:https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2016.1257515

Leggett K, Fennessy J, Schneider S 2003. Seasonal distributions and social dynamics of elephants in the Hoanib River catchment, northwestern Namibia. African Zoology 38 (2) 305-316

Website link:http://journals.co.za/content/afzoo/38/2/EJC17882

Kolowski JM, Holekamp KE 2009. Ecological and anthropogenic influences on space use by spotted hyaenas. Journal of Zoology 277 23-36

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00505.x/full

Carr AS, Chase BM, Boom A, Medina-Sanchez J 2016. Stable isotope analyses of rock hyrax faecal pellets, hyraceum and associated vegetation in southern Africa: Implications for dietary ecology and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Journal of Arid Environments 134 33-48

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196316301148

Murray IW, Fuller A, Lease HM, Mitchell D, Wolf BO, Hetem RS 2015. Low field metabolic rates for geckos of the genus Rhoptropus may not be surprising. Journal of Arid Environments 113 35-42

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196314001906

Simmons RE, Smith PC, Macwhirter RB 1986. Hierarchies among Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) harems and the costs of polygyny. Journal of Animal Ecology 55 (3) 755 - 771

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4414

Komen J, Myer E 1988. European Reed Warblers in Namibia. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 59 (3) 142 - 143

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1988.9633715#.VSY80Gf9kpE

Slotow R, Goodfriend W 1996. Ecogeographic variation in body-size and shape of Cape Sparrows (Passer melanurus) in southern Africa. Journal of Zoology 238 (2) 279 - 286

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05394.x/abstract

Broadley DG 1966. Studies on the ecology and ethology of African lizards. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 2 (1) 6-16

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1966.9650693#.VHhA-GctBHg

Conti E, Barbagallo E, Battiato S, Marletta A, Costa G, Samperi F 2014. Do habitat features affect the composition of silk proteins by Namibian arid-adapted Ariadna spiders (Araneae: Segestriidae)?. Italian Journal of Zoology 82 (1) 48-60

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Do habitat features affect the composition of silk proteins by Namibian arid_adapted Ariadna spiders.pdf	2.03 MB

Hoffmann LAC 1988. Note on the ecology of the horned adder Bitis caudalis (A. Smith) from Gobabeb, Namib Naukluft Park. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 35 (1) 33-34

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1988.9650205#.VGNe_VItBHg

Louw GN, Seely MK 1982. Ecology of desert organisms.

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