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A wide, open, comparatively barren tract of land with few forms of life and little rainfall. (Source: MGH)

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Strauß J, Lakes-Harlan R 2009. The evolutionary origin of auditory receptors in Tettigonioidea: the complex tibial organ of Schizodactylidae. Naturwissenschaften 96 (1) 143-146

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-008-0450-4

Jürgens N 2001. Aspects of botanical biodiversity in southern African arid regions - An outline of concepts and results. Biodiversity 53-70

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-06071-1_5

Rotmann KWG 1987. The collection, utilization and potential farming of red seaweeds in Namibia. Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium 41 301-305

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-4057-4_45

von Willert DJ, Brinckmann E, Scheitler B, Thomas DA, Treichel S 1979. The activity and malate inhibition/stimulation of phosphoenolpyruvate-carboxylase in crassulacean-acid-metabolism plants in their natural environment. Planta 147 (1) 31-36

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00384587

Gloudsley-Thompson JL 1975. The Desert as a Habitat. Rodents in Desert Environments 28 1-13

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-010-1944-6_1

Gibson AC 1996. Plant Life Forms of Warm Desert Climates. Structure-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants 1-22

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-60979-4_1

Nørgaard T, Henschel JR, Wehner R 2007. Use of local cues in the night-time navigation of the wandering desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae, Sparassidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 193 (2) 217-222

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-006-0178-6

Brain C 1992. Deaths in a desert baboon troop. International Journal of Primatology 13 (6) 593-599

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02551255

von Willert DJ, Eller BM, Werger MJA, Brinckmann E 1990. Desert succulents and their life strategies. Vegetatio 90 (2) 133-143

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00033023

Jürgens N 2001. Remarkable Differences in Desertification Processes in the Northern and Southern Richtersveld (Northern Namaqualand, Republic of South Africa). Sustainable Land Use in Deserts 177-187

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-59560-8_18

Skadhauge E 1981. Problems of Life in the Desert, of Migration, and of Egg-Laying. Osmoregulation in Birds 156-174

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-81585-0_10

Eccles NS, Esler KJ, Cowling RM 1999. Spatial pattern analysis in Namaqualand desert plant communities: evidence for general positive interactions. Plant Ecology 142 (1-2) 71-85

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1009857824912

Milton SJ 1991. Plant spinescence in arid southern Africa: does moisture mediate selection by mammals?. Oecologia 87 (2) 279-287

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00325267

Marsh AC 1985. Microclimatic factors influencing foraging patterns and success of the thermophilic desert ant, Ocymyrmex barbiger. Insectes Sociaux 32 (3) 286-296

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02224917

Schmiedel U, Jürgens N 2004. Habitat ecology of southern African quartz fields: studies on the thermal properties near the ground. Plant Ecology 170 (2) 153-166

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Hamilton WJ 1985. Demographic consequences of a food and water shortage to desert Chacma Baboons, Papio ursinus. International Journal of Primatology 6 (5) 451-462

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02735570

Joubert EC, Harms TM, Muller A, Hipondoka M, Henschel JR 2012. A CFD study of wind patterns over a desert dune and the effect on seed dispersion. Environmental Fluid Mechanics 12 (1) 23-44

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10652-011-9230-3

Birkhofer K, Henschel J, Lubin Y 2012. Effects of extreme climatic events on small-scale spatial patterns: a 20-year study of the distribution of a desert spider. Oecologia 170 (3) 651-657

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-012-2342-8

Knetsch G 1937. Übersicht über die Geologie des südlichen Lüderitzlandes. Geologische Rundschau 28 (3-4) 208-223

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Overview of the geology in the southern Lüderitz area_Preview.pdf	118.93 KB

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01802820

Schmiedel U, Jürgens N 1999. Community structure on unusual habitat islands: quartz-fields in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa. Plant Ecology 142 (1-2) 57-69

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Community structure on unusual habitat islands.pdf	27.07 KB

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1009818210799

Nørgaard T, Henschel JR, Wehner R 2003. Long-distance navigation in the wandering desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola: can the slope of the dune surface provide a compass cue?. Journal of Comparative Psychology A 189 (11) 801-809

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-003-0455-6

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

Clousley-Thompson JL 1991. Avoidance of Environmental Extremes. Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles 29-51

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-75337-4_3

Breckle S-W, Yair A, Veste M 2008. General Conclusions – Sand Dune Deserts, Desertification, Rehabilitation and Conservation. Arid Dune Ecosystems 200 441-459

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-75498-5_30

Lubke RA 2013. Restoration of Dune Ecosystems Following Mining in Madagascar and Namibia: Contrasting Restoration Approaches Adopted in Regions of High and Low Human Population Density. Restoration of Coastal Dunes 199-215

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-33445-0_13

Harris L, Jones J, Schnitzer K 2012. Monuments in the Desert: A Maritime Landscape in Namibia. Journal of Maritime Archaeology 7 (1) 111-140

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11457-012-9087-8

Turner JS, Henschel JR, Lubin YD 1993. Thermal constraints on prey-capture behavior of a burrowing spider in a hot environment. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 33 (1) 35-43

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00164344

Veste M, Heusinkveld BG, Berkowicz SM, Breckle S-W, Littmann T, Jacobs AFG 2008. Dew Formation and Activity of Biological Soil Crusts. Arid Dune Ecosystems 200 305-318

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-75498-5_21

Clousley-Thompson JL 1991. Water Balance and Nitrogenous Excretion. Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles 80-101

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-75337-4_5

Mignon P 2010. Spitzkoppe: The World of Granite Landforms. Geomorphological Landscapes of the World 155-162

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-3055-9_16

Phillips J 1956. Aspects of the ecology and productivity of some of the more arid regions of Southern and Eastern Africa. Vegetatio 7 (1) 38-68

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00578536

Carp B 1961. African Jacana in the Namib desert. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 32 (2) 99

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1961.9633078#.VRLQMGc5ApE

Pietruszka RD, Hanrahan SA, Mitchell D, Seely MK 1986. Lizard herbivory in a sand dune environment: the diet of Angolosaurus skoogi. Oecologia 70 (4) 587-591

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00379909

Nel JAJ, Loutit R, Braby R, Somers MJ 2013. Resource dispersion, territory size and group size of black-backed jackals on a desert coast. Acta Theriologica 58 (2) 189-197

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-012-0112-y

Buffstein R, Campbell WE, Jarvis JUM 1985. Identification of crystalline allantoin in the urine of African Cricetidae (Rodentia) and its role in their water economy. Journal of Comparative Psychology B 155 (4) 493-499

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00684680

Lubin Y, Henschel J 1996. The influence of food supply on foraging behaviour in a desert Spider. Oecologia 105 (1) 64-73

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00328792

von Willert DJ 1994. Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. fil. - das Überlebenswunder der Namibwüste. Naturwissenschaften 8 (10) 430-442

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Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01136642

Burke A, Kyläkorpi L, Rydgren B, Schneeweiss R 2008. Testing a Scandinavian Biodiversity Assessment Tool in an African Desert Environment. Environmental Management 42 (4) 698-706

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-008-9128-0

Cade TJ 1965. Relations between raptors and Columbiform birds at a desert waterhole. Wilson Bulletin 77 340 - 345

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4159418

Jacobson KM, Jacobson PJ, Miller OK 1993. The mycorrhizal status of Welwitschia mirabilis. Mycorrhiza 3 (1) 13-17

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The mycorrhizal status of Welwitschia mirabilis.pdf	3 MB

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00213462

von Willert DJ, Brinckmann E 1986. Sukkulenten und ihr Überleben in Wüsten. Naturwissenschaften 73 (2) 57-69

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00365828

Desmet PG, Cowling RM 1999. Biodiversity, habitat and range-size aspects of a flora from a winter-rainfall desert in north-western Namaqualand, South Africa. Plant Ecology 142 (1-2) 23-33

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1009814109891

Goudie AS 2009. Global Deserts and Their Geomorphological Diversity. Geomorphology of Desert Environments 9-20

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-5719-9_2

Büdel B, Darienko T, Deutschewitz K, Dojani S, Friedl T, Mohr KI, Salisch M, Reisser W, Weber B 2009. Southern African Biological Soil Crusts are Ubiquitous and Highly Diverse in Drylands, Being Restricted by Rainfall Frequency. Microbial Ecology 57 (2) 229-247

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Southern African Biological Soil Crusts are Ubiquitous and Highly Diverse in Drylands.pdf	1.47 MB

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00248-008-9449-9

Walter H 1985. Zonobiome of the Subtropical Arid Climate with Deserts. Vegetation of the Earth and Ecological Systems of the Geo-biosphere 113-147

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-96859-4_5

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

Kaseke KF, Mills AJ, Esler K, Henschel J, Seely MK, Brown R 2012. Spatial Variation of "Non-Rainfall" Water Input and the Effect of Mechanical Soil Crusts on Input and Evaporation. Pure and Applied Geophysics 169 (12) 2217-2229

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00024-012-0469-5

Lancaster N 2009. Dune Morphology and Dynamics. Geomorphology of Desert Environments 557-595

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-5719-9_18

Buffstein R 1985. The effect of a high fibre diet on energy and water balance in two Namib desert rodents. Journal of Comparative Psychology B 155 (2) 211-218

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00685215

Rasmussen JL, Seely MK, Pietruszka RD 1991. The reproductive behavior of six species of Namib desert tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 4 (5) 567-582

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01048071