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The science concerned with the geographical distribution of animal and plant life. (Source: MGH)

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Kohler SA, Connan M, Hill JM, Mablouké C, Bonnevie B, Ludynia K, Kemper J, Huisanem J, Underhill LG, Cherel Y, McQuiad CD, Jaquemet S 2011. Geographic variation in the trophic ecology of an avian rocky shore predator, the African black oystercatcher, along the southern African coastline. Marine Ecology Progress Series 435 235-249

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Roer H 1981. Weitere Untersuchungen zur Anpassung des Namibwüstenkäfers Onymacris r. rugatipennis (Haag 1875, Col.: Tenebrionidae, Adesmiini) an das Trockenflußbett des Kuiseb in Südwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie 3 218-222

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Roer H 1977. Aktionsraum und Anpassung des Namibwüstenkäfers Onymacris r. rugatipennis an das Trockenflussbett des Kuiseb in Südwestafrika. Zoologisches Jahrbuch, Abteilung für Systematik 104 560-576

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Areas and adaptation of the Namib Desert beetle_1977.pdf	9.36 MB

Burke A, Rügheimer S, Nanyeni L 2015. A plant checklist for the Bismarckberge in the central highlands of Namibia. Dinteria 35 3-12

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A plant checklist for the Bismarckberge in the central highlands of Namibia_2015.pdf	318.07 KB

Dean WRJ 1997. The distribution and biology of nomadic birds in the Karoo, South Africa. Journal of Biogeography 24 769-779

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Dean 1997 Nomadic Birds of Karoo.pdf	918.39 KB

Watters BR, Wildekamp RH, Shidlovskiy KM 2014. Description and biogeography of Nothobranchius capriviensis, a new species of annual killifish from the Zambezi Region of Namibia (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Journal of the American Killifish Association 47 (4-6) 97-133

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Watters Wildekamp Shidlovskiy JAKA July-Dec 2014 Notho special issue Optimized.pdf	4.5 MB

Bauer AM, Lamb T, Branch WR, Babb RD 2001. New records of two rare snakes from northern Namibia, with comments on the trans-Kunene distribution of mopaneveld squamates (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetozoa 14 (1/2) 75-79

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New records of two rare snakes from northern Namibia.pdf	2.11 MB

Mausfeld P, Vences M, Schmitz A, Veith M 2000. First Data on the Molecular Phylogeography of Scincid Lizards of the Genus Mabuya. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17 (1) 11-14

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Molecular Phylogeography of Scincid Lizards.pdf	57.49 KB

Linder HP, de Klerk HM, Born J, Burgess ND, Fjeldsa J, Rahbek C 2012. The partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biogeography 39 (7) 1189-1205

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02728.x/abstract

Sole CL, Scholtz CH, Bastos ADS 2005. Phylogeography of the Namib Desert dung beetles Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Biogeography 32 (1) 75-84

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01124.x/abstract

Stigall AL, Hembree DI, Gierlowski-Kordesch EH, Wiesmiller HC 2014. Evidence for a dioecious mating system in Early Jurassic Hardapestheria maxwelli gen. et sp. nov. (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata) from the Kalkrand Formation of Namibia. Palaeontology 57 (1) 127-140

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12055/abstract

Burke A 2013. Succulent plants on arid inselbergs. Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 208 (5-6) 321-329

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Succulent plants on arid inselbergs.pdf	1.16 MB

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367253013000583

Thulin M, Johansson ANB 1996. Taxonomy and biogeography of the anomalous genus Wellstedia. The Biodiversity of African Plants 73-86

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-0285-5_11

Bruyns PV 2000. Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Stapeliads. Plant Systematics and Evolution 221 (3-4) 227-244

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01089295

Burke A 2005. Vegetation types of mountain tops in Damaraland, Namibia. Biodiversity and Conservation 14 (6) 1487-1506

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-004-9788-x

Krumbach T 1916. Deutsch-Südwestafrika im Lichte biogeographisch-historischer Forschung. Naturwissenschaften 4 (26) 372-375

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01495956

Prendini L 2005. Scorpion Diversity and Distribution in Southern Africa: Pattern and Process. African Biodiversity 25-68

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-24320-8_2

Werger JA 1978. Biogeographical division of southern Africa. Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa 31 145-170

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-9951-0_7

Cowling RM, Esler KJ, Rundel PW 1999. Namaqualand, South Africa – an overview of a unique winter-rainfall desert ecosystem. Plant Ecology 142 (1-2) 3-21

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Namaqualand_South Africa_an overview of a unique winter_rainfall desert ecosystem.pdf	362.79 KB

Werger MJA 1978. Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa. Monographiae Biologicae 31

Website link:http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-009-9951-0/page/2

Fet V, Polis GA, Sissom WD 1998. Life in Sandy Deserts: The Scorpion Model. Journal of Arid Environments 39 (4) 609-622

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196397903864

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

Born J, Lindner HP, Desmet P 2007. The Greater Cape Floristic Region. Journal of Biogeography 34 (1) 147-162

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01595.x/abstract;jsessionid=C05C135A82518E94DE7C064A1E37DB84.d03t02?systemMessage=Wiley%20Online%20Library%20will%20be%20disrupted%20on%2015%20December%20from%2010%3A00-12%3A00%20GMT%20%2805%3A00-07%3A00%20EST%29%20for%20esse

Burke A 2007. Plant endemism in the central Namib Desert. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9 283-297

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Proches S, Marshall DJ 2002. Diversity and biogeography of southern African intertidal Acari. Journal of Biogeography 29 (9) 1201-1215

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00772.x/abstract

Thibault JC, Patrimonio O, Torre J 1992. Does the diurnal raptor community of Corsica (Western Mediterranean) show insular characteristics?. Journal of Biogeography 19 (4) 363 – 373

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2845564

Burke A 2002. Island-Matrix Relationships in Nama Karoo Inselberg Landscapes. Part I: Do Inselbergs Provide a Refuge for Matrix Species?. Plant Ecology 160 (1) 79 - 90

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/20051236

Burke A, Esler KJ, Pienaar E, Barnard P 2003. Species richness and floristic relationships between mesas and their surroundings in southern Africa Nama Karoo. Diversity and Distributions 9 (1) 43 - 53

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/species-richness-and-floristic-relationships-between-mesas-and-their-surroundings-in-southern-african-nama-karoo/

Burke A 2006. Savanna trees in Namibia - Factors controlling their distribution at the arid end of the spectrum. Flora 201 (3) 189 - 201

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367253005001271

Burke A 2002. Island-matrix relationship in Nama Karoo inselberg landscapes. Part II: Are some inselbergs better sources than others?. Plant Ecology 158 41 - 48

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/islandmatrix-relationships-in-nama-karoo-inselberg-landscapes-part-ii-are-some-inselbergs-better-sources-than-others/

Lluch JR 2002. Marine benthic algae of Namibia. Algae 66 (3) 0 - 5

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/marine-benthic-algae-of-namibia/

Archibald S, Nickless A, Govender N, Scholes RJ, Lehsten V 2010. Climate and the inter-annual variability of fire in southern Africa: A meta-analysis using long-term field data and satellite-derived burnt area data. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19 794 - 809

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4580

Harrison TD 2002. Preliminary assessment of the biogeography of fishes in South African estuaries. Marine and Freshwater Research 53 (2) 479 - 490

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Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2156

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Root T 1988. Environmental factors associated with avian distributional boundaries. Journal of Biogeography 15 489 – 505

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2845278

Burke A 2001. Determinants of inselberg floras in arid Nama Karoo landscapes. Journal of Biogeography 28 (10) 1211 - 1220

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/827603

Cotgreave P, Harvey PH 1994. Associations among biogeography, phylogeny and bird species diversity. (2) 46 - 55

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2999668

Hammond W, Griffiths C 2005. Biogeographical patterns in the fauna associated with southern African mussel beds. African Zoology 41 (1) 123-130

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2006.11407342

Medina MF, Bauer AM, Branch WR, Schmitz A, Conradie W, Nagy ZT, Hibbitts TJ, Ernst R, Portik DM, Nielsen SV, Colston TJ, Kusamba C, Behangana M, Rödel M-O, Greenbaum E 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100 409-423

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316300604

Sebego RJG 1999. The ecology and distribution limits of Colophospermum mopane in southern Africa. Botswana Notes and Records 31 53-72

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Barker JF 1983. Towards a biogeography of the Kalahari: Part 2 - can the Kalahari be divided?. Botswana Notes and Records 15 93-98

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979685

Barker JF 1983. Towards a biogeography of the Kalahari: Part 1 - to which region does the Kalahari belong?. Botswana Notes and Records 15 85-91

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979684

Craig AJFK 1985. The distribution of the Pied Starling, and southern African biogeography. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 56 (1-3) 123-131

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1985.9639580#.VIAcRmctBHg

Bauer AM, Lamb T 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the Pachydactylus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae). African Journal of Herpetology 54 (2) 105-129

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Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.2005.9635525#.VG2yy1ItBHg

Suhling F, Martens A, Marais E 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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Bauer AM 1999. Evolutionary scenarios in the Pachydactylus Group geckos of southern Africa: new hypotheses. African Journal of Herpetology 48 (1-2) 53-62

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.1999.9651072#.VGnu81ItBHg

Jullien M, Thiollay J-M 1996. Effects of rain-forest disturbance and fragmentation - comparative changes of the raptor community along natural and human-made gradients in French-Guiana. Journal of Biogeography 23 (1) 7 - 25

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2699.1996.00963.x/abstract

Irish J 1994. Systematics and biogeography of southern African Lepismatidae (Thysanura): current progress and future prospects. Acta Zoologica Fennici (195) 81-86

Irish J 1996. Biogeography and systematics of South African Lepismatidae (Thysanura, Insecta: II: The Central Nama Karoo Biome: material and methods. Researches of the National Museum (12) 163-169

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Irish J 1994. Biogeography and systematics of South African Iepismatidae (Thysanura, Insecta): I: the Orange Free State: systematics. Researches of the National Museum (10) 464-485

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