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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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2006. A ground-penetrating radar survey of late Holocene fluvial sediments in NW Namibian river valleys: characterization and comparison. Journal of the Geological Society 163 923-936
1975. Chacma baboon tactics during intertroop encounters. Journal of Mammalogy
56 (4) 857-870
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1379657
1975. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Nahrungsketten in der Namib Wüste (Südwestafrika). Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie Wien 1975 197-210
1984. A reappraisal of the cenozoic stratigraphy in the Kuiseb valley of the central Namib desert. Proceedings of an International Symposium by the South African Society for Quaternary Research. Late Cainozoic palaeoclimates of the Southern Hemisphere 455-464
1973. Contributions to the history and protohistory of the Topnaar strandloper settlement at the Kuiseb river mouth near Walvis Bay. South African Archaeological Bulletin 28 (111/112) 73-77
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3888563
1988. Tertiary events in the Tumas River basin, central Namib Desert: geology and geomorphology of the Naarip plain. 137-164
2010. Space use of the spotted sand lizard (Pedioplanis l. lineoocellata) under different degradation states. African Journal of Ecology
48 (1) 96-104
2002. Hoanib River flood deposits of Namib Desert interdunes as analogues for thin permeability barrier mudstone layers in aeolianite reservoirs. Sedimentology
49 719-736
1996. Holocene climatic optimum in Southwest Africa-evidence from the marine clay mineral record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 122 77-78
2015. Mapping the interactions between rivers and sand dunes: Implications for fluvial and aeolian geomorphology. Geomorphology 231 246-257
2015. A classification scheme for fluvial–aeolian system interaction in desert-margin settings. Aeolian Research 17 67-88
2015. Namibian fairy circles and epithelial cells share emergent geometric order. Ecological Complexity 22 32-35
2015. Low field metabolic rates for geckos of the genus Rhoptropus may not be surprising. Journal of Arid Environments
113 35-42
2016. Environmental requirements for germination of dispersion units of Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. fil.. Journal of Arid Environments
125 116-121
2015. Spatial distribution in the photosynthetic efficiency of Welwitschia in the central Namib dessert. South African Journal of Botany
98 206
2016. Understanding the spatial and temporal patterns of photosynthetic efficiency of Welwitschia mirabilis in the central Namib Desert. South African Journal of Botany
103 348-349
2015. Rapid age assessment in the Namib Sand Sea using a portable luminescence reader. Quaternary Geochronology
30 (B) 134-140
2015. A morphometric comparison of the Namib and southwest Kalahari dunefields using ASTER GDEM data. Aeolian Research 19 (A) 87-95
2016. Ecological niche separation of two sympatric insectivorous lizard species in the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments
124 225-232
2016. Insights into the pollination requirements of the only African wild tobacco, Nicotiana africana (Solanaceae) from the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 125 64-67
2016. Rapid assessment of Namib Sand Sea sediment chronologies? Testing a portable luminescence reader against full OSL dating. Quaternary International
404 (B) 200-201
2016. Age and significance of Holocene valley fills in the Skeleton Coast, Namibia. Quaternary International 404 (B) 197-198
2016. Evidence of vegetation change in Late Quaternary deposits of the Namib Desert and boundary region. Quaternary International 404 (B) 186
2016. Designing a new science-policy communication mechanism for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. Environmental Science and Policy 63 122-131
2014. Sulphur isotopes in the central Namib Desert ecosystem. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa (Special Issue: A festschrift for Professor Mary Seely)
69 (3) 217-233
Downloadable files:
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| Sulphur isotopes in the central Namib Desert ecosystem.pdf | 322.78 KB |
2004. Restoring tire tracks: lessons from the southern Namib. Ecological Restoration 22 269-274
Website link:http://er.uwpress.org/content/22/4/269.extract
1997. Is the grass always greener at some sites? - A contribution to patch dynamics in arid regions. Tropical Ecology 38 125-127
1994. Phenological niches of coexisting serotinous plants in the Namib Desert. Journal of Tropical Ecology 10 531-544
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2559987
1992. Aerial seed banks of the central Namib: The distribution of serotinous plants in relation to climate and habitat. Journal of Biogeography 19 563-572
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2845775
2008. Integrating indigenous technical knowledge and modern scientific knowledge for biodiversity conservation and human livelihoods in the southern Kalahari, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records
39 (Tourism as a Sustainable Development Factor) 75-88
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41236635
2001. The distribution and association of Grewia flava with other species in the Kalahari environment. Botswana Notes and Records 33 115-127
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980302
1998. Aspects of ecological change in the Botswana Kalahari. Botswana Notes and Records
30 121-138
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980209
1985. The distribution of "Acridoidea" (grass-hoppers) in relation to overgrazing. Botswana Notes and Records 17 141-148
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979744
1984. Mapping the Kalahari Desert. Botswana Notes and Records 16 107-116
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979719
1981. On the conservation of natural resources, with special reference to the Kalahari in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 13 141-143
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979645
1981. A comment on Kalahari wildlife and the Khukhe fence. Botswana Notes and Records 13 111-118
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979642
1981. An assessment of the impact of fences on large herbivore biomass in the Kalahari. Botswana Notes and Records 13 107-110
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979641
1989. An ecological perspective of lark (Alaudidae) distribution and diversity in the southwest-arid zone of Africa. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 60 (1) 27 - 34
2005. Degradation of linear dunes in Northwest Ngamiland,Botswana and the implications for luminescence dating of periods of aridity. Quaternary International 135 (1) 83-90
1990. Winter foraging behavior of the Dune Lark in the Namib desert, and the effect of prolonged drought on behavior and population size. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 61 (1 - 2) 77 - 80
2004. Airborne dust deposition in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, and its impact on landforms. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
29 (5) 565-577
2014. Paleohydrology of extraordinary floods along the Swakop River at the margin of the Namib Desert and their paleoclimate implications. Quaternary Science Reviews
103 (1) 153-169
2009. Desert detritivory: Nutritional ecology of a dung beetle (Pachysoma glentoni) subsisting on plant litter in arid South African sand dunes. Journal of Arid Environments
73 (12) 1090-1094
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| Nutritional ecology of a dung beetle subsisting on plant litter in arid South African sand dunes.pdf | 1.45 MB |
2015. Herbivory by subterranean termite colonies and the development of fairy circles in SW Namibia. Ecological Entomology
40 42-49