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

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Trollope WSW, Trollope LA 2004. Prescribed burning in African grasslands and savannas for wildlife management.

Website link:http://ag.arizona.edu/oals/ALN/aln55/trollope.html

Smith N, de Klerk H 2007. Geo-information pyramids for up-to-date and flexible conservation plans: A case study for Transfrontier Conservation Areas. South African Journal of Science 103 442 - 448

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Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14996

Nangula S, Oba G 2004. Effects of artificial water points on the Oshana ecosystem in Namibia. Environmental Conservation 31 (01) 47 - 54

Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/44520731

Bond W, Midgley GF, Woodward F 2003. What controls South African vegetation-climate or fire?. South African Journal of Botany 69 (1) 79 - 91

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Brown Hyena Research Project.

Website link:http://www.strandwolf.org/

O'Farrell PJ, de Lange WJ, le Maitre D, Reyers B, Blignaut JN, Milton SJ, Atkinson D, Egoh B, Maherry A, Colvin C, Cowling RM 2011. Possibilities and pitfalls presented by a pragmatic approach to ecosystem service valuation in an arid biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Arid Environments 75 (6) 612 - 623

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Possibilities and pitfalls presented by a pragmatic approach to ecosystem service valuation in an arid biodiversity hotspot.pdf	473.33 KB

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4893

Taljaard S, Monteiro PS, Botes WAM 2006. Structured ecosystem-scale approach to marine water quality management. Water SA 32 (4) 535 - 542

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/541

Reyers B, van Wilgen BW, Nel JL 2008. Making the most of South Africa's natural capital. Science 2008 12

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2538

O'Farrell PJ, Reyers B, le Maitre DC, Milton SJ, Egoh B, Maherry A, Colvin C, Atkinson D, de Lange W, Blignaut JN 2010. Multi-functional landscapes in semi arid environments: Implications for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Landscape Ecology 25 1231 - 1246

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Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4495

Lusher JA 1984. Water quality criteria for the South African coastal zone.

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2019

Zhang J, Gilbert D, Gooday AJ, Levin L, Naqvi SWA, Middelburg JJ, Scranton M, Ekau W, Peña A, Dewitte B, Oguz T, Monteiro PMS, Urban E, Rabalais NN, Ittekkot V, Kemp WM, Ulloa O, Elmgren R, Escobar-Briones E, van der Plas AK 2010. Natural and human-induced hypoxia and consequences for coastal areas: Synthesis and future development. Biogeosciences 7 1443 - 1467

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5033

van Jaarsveld AS, Biggs R, Scholes RJ, Bohensky E, Reyers B, Lynam T, Musvoto C, Fabricius C 2005. Measuring conditions and trends in ecosystem services at multiple scales: The Southern African millennium ecosystem assessment (SAFMA) experience. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 360 (1454) 425 - 441

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Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1921

Scholes RJ, Biggs R 2005. Biodiversity intactness index. Nature 434 (7029) 45 - 49

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2026

Crawford RJM, Ryan PG, Williams AJ 1991. Seabird consumption and production in the Benguela and Western Agulhas ecosystems. South African Journal of Marine Science 11 357-375

Website link:http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nisc/sajms/1991/00000011/00000001/art00020;jsessionid=j6n95e9s5ae3.alexandra

Crawford RJM, Shannon LV, Pollock DE 1987. The Benguela ecosystem. Part IV. The major fish and invertebrate resources. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review 25 353-505

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/iroh.19880730415/abstract

Shannon LV, Crawford RJM, Brundrit GB, Underhill LG 1988. Responses of fish populations in the Benguela ecosystem to environmental change. Journal Du Conseil 45 5 – 12

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/45.1.5

Thuiller W, Midgley GF, Hughes GO, Bomharb B, Drew G, Rutherford MC, Woodward FI 2006. Endemic species and ecosystem sensitivity to climate change in Namibia. Global Change Biology 12 (5) 759 - 776

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Endangered Wildlife Trust.

Website link:http://www.ewt.org.za/

Huntley BJ 1984. Characteristics of South African biomes, in Ecological Effects of Fire in South Africa Ecosystems. Springer: Berlin 1 – 17

Website link:https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-69805-7_1

The Mountain Zebra Project.

Website link:http://www.nnf.org.na/mountainzebraproject.htm

Succulent Karoo Ecosystem Project (SKEP).

Website link:http://www.nnf.org.na/SKEP/skepindex.htm

Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF).

Website link:http://www.nnf.org.na/

Benguela Current Commission (BCC).

Website link:http://www.benguelacc.org/

Werger MJA 1986. The Karoo and southern Kalahari. Ecosystems of the world. Hot deserts and arid shrublands 283 - 359

Walter H 1986. The Namib Desert. Ecosystems of the world: Hot deserts and arid shrublands 245-282

2002. 4.02 Biomes and vegetation types in Namibia - biomes.

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2002. 4.01 Biomes in Africa.

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Greve M, Lykke AM, Fagg CW, Gereau RE, Lewis GP, Marchant R, Marshall AR, Ndayishimiye J, Bogaert J, Svenning J-C 2016. Realising the potential of herbarium records for conservation biology. South African Journal of Botany 105 317-323

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629915304543

Sonderberg K, Henschel J, Swap RJ, Macko SA 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

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Barker JF 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

Biggs R 1975. An ecological survey of Chief's Island and the adjacent floodplain. Botswana Notes and Records 7 203-204

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979446

Lindenmayer D, Likens GE 2009. Adaptive monitoring: a new paradigm for long-term research and monitoring. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24 (9) 482-486

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534709001219

Aranibar JN, Macko SA, Anderson IC, Epstein HE, Feral CJ, Hipondoka M, Potgieter A, Shugart HH 2001. Does Nutrient Dynamics Determine C3-C4 Plant Abundance in Southern African Ecosystems?. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001 Abstrackt (A51A-0023)

Website link:http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259967706_Does_Nutrient_Dynamics_Determine_C3-C4_Plant_Abundance_in_Southern_African_Ecosystems

Andersson L, Gumbricht T, Hughes D, Kniveton D, Ringrose S, Savenije H, Todd M, Wilk J, Wolski P 2003. Water Flow Dynamics in the Okavango River Basin and Delta - A prerequisite for the Ecosystems of the Delta. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 28 (20-27) 1165-1172

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474706503002067

Roux J-P, Shannon LJ 2004. Ecosystem approach to fisheries management in the northern Benguela: the Namibian experience. African Journal of Marine Science 26 (1) 79-93

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Lombard AT 1996. Global change, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. South African Journal of Science (92) 115-116

Ellery WN, McCarthy TS 1994. Principles for the sustainable utilization of the Okavango Delta ecosystem, Botswana. Biological Conservation 70 159 - 168

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Sandström C, Wennberg DiGasper S, Öhman K 2013. Conflict resolution through ecosystem-based management: the case of Swedish moose management. International Journal of the Commons (7) 549–570

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Combes C 1996. Parasites, biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Biodiversity and Conservation (5) 953–962

Website link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00054413

Zigelski P, Gomes A, Finckh M 2019. Chapter 7: Suffrutex Dominated Ecosystems in Angola. Biodiversity of Angola - Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis 109-121

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Getzin S, Yizhaq H 2019. Unusual Namibian fairy circle patterns in heterogeneous and atypical environments. Journal of Arid Environments (164) 85-89

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.01.017

Kopij G, Paxton M 2019. Seasonal variation in waterbird assemblage in the Mahango Game Reserve, north-eastern Namibia. Water SA (45) 259-265

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Harper-Simmonds L, Mendelsohn J, Roux J-P, Pallett J, Brown C, Middleton A, Kruse J Development of an Inventory of Ecosystem Services in Namibia.

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Ellery WN, McCarthy TS 1967. Wetland dynamics and conservation: Identifying key factors in the Okavango delta, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 31 323 - 332

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Dangerfield JM, McCarthy TS, Ellery WN 1998. The mound-building termite Macrotermes michaelseni as an ecosystem engineer. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14 507 - 520

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McCarthy TS, Ellery WN, Bloem A 1998. Some observations on the geomorphological impact of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius L) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 36 44 - 56

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McCarthy TS, McIver JR, Verhagen BTh 1991. Groundwater evolution, chemical sedimentation and carbonate brine formation on an island in the Okavango Delta swamp, Botswana. Applied Geochemistry 6 577 - 595

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Ellery K, Ellery WN, McCarthy TS, Cairncross B, Oelofse R 1989. A peat fire in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, and its importance as an ecosystem process. African Journal of Ecology 27 7 - 21

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Shackleton C, Shackleton S, Gambiza J, Nel E, Rowntree K, Urquhart P 2008. Links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: Situation analysis for arid and semi-arid lands in southern Africa. Consortium on Ecosystems and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (CEPSA).

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Hanke W, Böhner J, Dreber N, Jürgens N, Schmiedel U, Wesuls D, Dengler J 2014. The impact of livestock grazing on plant diversity: an analysis across dryland ecosystems and scales in southern Africa. Ecological Applications 24 (5) 1188–1203

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