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A community of organisms and their physical environment interacting as an ecological unit. (Source: LBC)

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Gardiner M, Matros-Goreses A, Roberts C, Seely M 2006. Site Characterisation for Kuiseb Riparian Ecosystems.

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Site Characterisation for Kuiseb Riparian Ecosystems.pdf	1.81 MB

Loris K, Jürgens N, Veste M 2001. Zonobiom III: Die Namib-Wüste im südwestlichen Afrika (Namibia, Südafrika, Angola). In: Sustainable land use in deserts. Sustainable land use in deserts 441-498

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Die Namib Wueste im SW Afrika_Teil1_2001.pdf	42.96 MB

Iipinge JN 2004. Productivity of detritus in the different ecosystems and factors affecting decomposition rate in the Kuiseb River.

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Productivity of detritus in the different ecosystems in the Kuiseb River.pdf	10.33 MB

Hüser K 1976. Kalkkrusten im Namib-Randbereich des mittleren Südwestafrika. Methodische Probleme ihrer Geländeanalyse und ihr morphologischer Aussagewert. Geomethodica 15 51-81

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Kalkkrusten im Namib_Randbereich des mittleren Suedwestafrika.pdf	15.53 MB

Faulkner DK 1988. Environment Southwest: Africa - the central Namib Desert. Environment Southwest 8-11

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Environment Southwest_Africa the central Namib Desert.pdf	7.2 MB

Matros A, Gardiner M 2004. Gobabeb WADE Site Characterization.

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Gobabeb WADE Site Characterization.pdf	4.64 MB

Koch C 1961. Some aspects of abundant life in the vegetationless sand of the Namib Desert dunes positive psammotropism in tenebrionid-beetles. Journal of the South West African Scientific Society 15 9-34

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Some aspects of abundant life in the vegetationless sand of the Namib Desert dunes positive psammotropism in tenebrionid beetles.pdf	1.89 MB

Thorstad EB, Hay CJ, Naesje TF, Chanda B, Okland F 2003. Space use and habitat utilisation of tigerfish and the two cichlid species nembwe and threespot tilapia in the Upper Zambezi River - Implications for fisheries management.

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Space use and habitat utilisation of tigerfish and the two cichlid species.pdf	3.27 MB

Strohbach BJ, Ntesa C, Kabajani MW, Shidolo EK, D'Alton CD 2015. Prosopis encroachment along the Fish River at Gibeon, Namibia. I. Habitat preferences, population densities and the effect on the environment. Dinteria 35 53-73

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Prosopis encroachment along the Fish River at Gibeon.pdf	830.16 KB

Muheua S, Zimmermann I 2009. Helminth management in sheep for healthy rangeland.

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Helminth management in sheep for healthy rangeland.pdf	6.55 MB

Lohmann D, Falk T, Rossmanith E, Blaum N, Tietjen B, Kirk M, Jeltsch F 2009. Application of an ecological-economic rangeland management model for interactive role-plays, scientific analyses and training purposes.

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Application of an ecological_economic rangeland management model_2009.pdf	1.14 MB

Honsbein D 2009. The influence of thermo-chemical conversion on rangeland condition.

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The influence of thermo_chemical conversion on rangeland condition.pdf	2.96 MB

Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) 2008. Background information and species management guidelines for Namibia's rare and valuable wildlife - roan antelope, sable antelope and tsessebe.

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Background information and species management guidelines for Namibias rare and valuable wildlife_Roan_Sable_Tsessebe A5.pdf	3.4 MB

2015. Survey development and implementation in preparation of a De-bushing Advisory Service (DAS).

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Debushing Advisory Service Demand Survey 2015.pdf	2.9 MB

Thomas DSG, Shaw PA 1991. The Kalahari Environment.

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The_Kalahari_Environment.pdf	18.68 MB

Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) 2004. Environmental and Social Assessment (Volume 1) of the World Bank/Global Environmental Facility Project entitled Integrated Community-Based Ecosystem Management (ICEMA) Namibia.

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Integrated Community_Based Ecosystem Management_ICEMA.pdf	20.3 MB

Vanderpost C, Ringrose S 2008. Human impacts, water resources and ecosystem maintenance in the Okavango Delta. 183-188

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Human impacts_water resources and ecosystems maintenace in the Okavango Delta.pdf	2.69 MB

Burke A 2007. Eleven steps to rehabilitation in the Succulent Karoo and Namib Desert.

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Eleven steps to rehabilitation in the succulent karoo and namid desert.pdf	6.73 MB

Irish J 2012. Biodiversity scoping study for EPL 2902.

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Biodiversity scoping study for EPL 2902_2012.pdf	1.08 MB

Holm E, Scholtz CH 1980. Structure and pattern of the Namib Desert dune ecosystem at Gobabeb. Madoqua 12 (1) 5-39

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Structure and patterns of the Namib Desert dune ecosystem_Gobabeb.pdf	3.66 MB

Joubert DF, Zimmermann I, Winschiers-Theophilus W, Fendler J 2010. Poster Presentation: An expert system for bush encroachment in Namibia.

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Control of Invasive Woody Species_Poster Presentation_2010.pdf	171.42 KB

Picker MD, Ross-Gillespie V, Vlieghe K, Moll E 2012. Ants and the enigmatic Namibian fairy circles – cause and effect?. Ecological Entomology 37 (1) 33-42

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01332.x/abstract

Mitlöhner R 2014. Colophospermum mopane. Enzyklopädie der Holzgewächse: Handbuch und Atlas der Dendrologie

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527678518.ehg1997046/abstract

Mitlöhner R 2014. Baikiaea plurijuga. Enzyklopädie der Holzgewächse: Handbuch und Atlas der Dendrologie 1-6

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527678518.ehg1995033/abstract

Sumaila UR, Vasconellos M 2000. Simulation of ecological and economic impacts of distant water fleets on Namibian fisheries. Ecological Economics 32 (3) 457-464

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800999001202

Bethune S, Amakali M, Roberts K 2005. Review of Namibian legislation and policies pertinent to environmental flows. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 30 (11-16) 894-902

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Review of Namibian legislation and policies pertinent to environmental flows.pdf	206.33 KB

Reyers B 2013. Conserving Biodiversity Outside Protected Areas. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity Second Edition 289-305

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123847195003592

Heymans JJ, Sumaila UR, Christensen V 2009. Policy options for the northern Benguela ecosystem using a multispecies, multifleet ecosystem model. Progress in Oceanography 83 (1-4) 417-425

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007966110900069X

Ludynia K, Kemper J, Roux J-P 2012. The Namibian Islands' Marine Protected Area: Using seabird tracking data to define boundaries and assess their adequacy. Biological Conservation 156 136-145

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320711004320

Zeidler J, Robertson M, Klintenberg P 1999. Measurement and monitoring of environmental change through indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem function.

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

Huntley BJ 1978. Ecosystem conservation in southern Africa. Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa 31 1333-1384

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-9951-0_41

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

Robinson MD, Seely MK 1980. Physical and biotic environments of the southern Namib dune ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 3 (3) 183-203

Website link:http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19802606675.html;jsessionid=F6F8EDA82AF09F06CFE62C5D342E054D?gitCommit=4.13.29

Schlesinger WH, Reynolds JF, Cunningham GL, Huenneke LF, Jarrell WM, Virginia RA, Whitford WG 1990. Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification. Science 247 (4946) 1043-1048

Website link:http://www.sciencemag.org/content/247/4946/1043.short

Fisher SG, Gray LJ, Grimm NB, Busch DE 1982. Temporal succession in a Desert Stream Ecosystem following Flash Flooding. Ecological Monographs 52 (1) 93-110

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2937346?uid=4&sid=21101927235761

Segalen L, Renard M, Pickford M, Senut B, Cojan I, le Callonnec L, Rognon P 2002. Environmental and climatic evolution of the Namib Desert since the Middle Miocene: the contribution of carbon isotope ratios in ratite eggshells. Comptes Rendus Geoscience 334 (12) 917-924

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631071302018370

Kogan FN 1998. A typical pattern of vegetation conditions in southern Africa during El Nino years detected from AVHRR data using three-channel numerical index. International Journal of Remote Sensing 19 (18) 3688-3694

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/014311698213902

Lockwood JA, Lockwood DR 1993. Catastrophe Theory: A unified paradigm for rangeland ecosystem dynamics. Journal of Range Management 46 (4) 282-288

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4002459

Scoones I 1992. Coping with Drought: Responses of Herders and Livestock in Contrasting Savanna Environments in Southern Zimbabwe. Human Ecology 20 (3) 293-314

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4603055

Southgate RI, Masters P, Seely MK 1996. Precipitation and biomass changes in the Namib Desert dune ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 33 (3) 267-280

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196396900646

Roux DJ, Rogers KH, Biggs HC, Ashton PJ, Sergeant A 2006. Bridging the Science–Management Divide: Moving from Unidirectional Knowledge Transfer to Knowledge Interfacing and Sharing. Ecology and Society 11 (1) 4

Website link:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art4/

Krogh SN, Zeisset MS, Jackson E, Whitford WG 2002. Presence/absence of a keystone species as an indicator of rangeland health. Journal of Arid Environments 50 (3) 513-519

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196301909000

Zeidler J, Hanrahan S, Scholes M 2002. Land-use intensity affects range condition in arid to semi-arid Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 52 (3) 389-403

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196302909900

Rapport DJ 1998. Biodiversity, and saving the earth. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 49 (2-3) 169-175

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1005865718918?LI=true

Hochschild V, Märker M, Rodolfi G, Staudenrausch H 2003. Delineation of erosion classes in semi-arid southern African grasslands using vegetation indices from optical remote sensing data. Hydrological Processes 17 (5) 917-928

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.1170/abstract

Parr TW, Sier ARJ, Battarbee RW, Mackay A, Burgess J 2003. Detecting environmental change: science and society—perspectives on long-term research and monitoring in the 21st century. The Science of the Total Environment 310 (1-3) 1-8

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969703002572

Dahlberg AC 2000. Interpretations of environmental change and diversity: a critical approach to indications of degradation — the case of Kalakamate, Northeast Botswana. Land Degradation and Development 11 (6) 438-451

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1099-145X(200011/12)11:6%3C549::AID-LDR413%3E3.0.CO;2-5/abstract

Ludwig JA, Coughenour MB, Liedloff AC, Dyer R 2001. Modelling the resilience of Australian savanna systems to grazing impacts. Environment International 27 167-172

Website link:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11697665

Tegler B, Sharp M, Johnson MA 2001. Ecological monitoring and assessment networks proposed core monitoring variables: an early warning of environmental change. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 67 (1-2) 29-56

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1006479516184?LI=true