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ecosystem research

Study of the ways in which plants, animals, and microbes interact with each other and with their physical environment and of the processes involving the circulation, transformation and accumulation of both matter, especially nutrient materials, and energy. (Source: CULTER / PARCORa)


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Peate DW 1997. The Paraná-Etendeka Province. Large Igneous Provinces: Continental, Oceanic, and Planetary Flood Volcanism
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Timler FK, Zepernick B 1987. German Colonial Botany. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 100 (1) 143-168
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Meinertzhagen R 1950. The Namib of South West Africa. Ibis 92 (4) 567-573
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1950.tb01764.x/abstract
Hamandawana H, Chanda R 2010. Natural and human dimensions of environmental change in the proximal reaches of Botswana's Okavango Delta.. The Geographical Journal 176 (1) 58-76
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2009.00339.x/abstract
Brook GA, Srivastava P, Marais E 2006. Characteristics and OSL minimum ages of relict fluvial deposits near Sossus Vlei, Tsauchab River, Namibia, and a regional climate record for the last 30?ka. Journal of Quaternary Science 21 (4) 347-362
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Burke A 2008. How sampling effort affects biodiversity measures in an arid succulent karoo biodiversity hotspot. African Journal of Ecology 46 (4) 488-499
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00884.x/abstract
Burke A 2005. Endemic plants of the arid succulent karoo in Namibia: towards hypotheses for their evolution. Ecography 28 (2) 171-180
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0906-7590.2005.04143.x/abstract
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
Hulley GC, Hook SJ, Manning E, Lee S-Y, Fetzer E 2009. Validation of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) version 5 land surface emissivity product over the Namib and Kalahari deserts. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres (1984-2012) 114 (D19) 16
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2009JD012351/abstract
Viljoen PJ 1989. Spatial distribution and movements of elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the northern Namib Desert region of the Kaokoveld, South West Africa/Namibia. Journal of Zoology 219 (1) 1-19
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02561.x/abstract
Winemiller KO, Kelso-Winemiller LC 1994. Comparative ecology of the African pike, Hepsetus odoe, and tigerfish, Hydrocynus forskahlii, in the Zambezi River floodplain. Journal of Fish Biology 45 (2) 211-225
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1994.tb01301.x/abstract
Dinter K 1925. Index der aus Deutsch-Südwestafrika bis zum Jahre 1917 bekannt gewordenen Pflanzenarten. XVIII. Feddes Repertorium 22 (4-12) 108-112
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fedr.19250220408/abstract
Shaw PA, Thomas DSG, Nash DJ 1992. Late Quaternary fluvial activity in the dry valleys (mekgacha) of the Middle and Southern Kalahari, southern Africa. Journal of Quaternary Science 7 (4) 273-281
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.3390070402/abstract
Winemiller KO, Kelso-Winemiller LC 1996. Comparative ecology of catfishes of the Upper Zambezi River floodplain. Journal of Fish Biology 49 (6) 1043-1061
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01777.x/abstract
Vonrichter W, Osterberg R 1977. The nutritive values of some major food plants of lechwe, puku and waterbuck along the Chobe River, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 15 (2) 91-97
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1977.tb00383.x/abstract
Milzow C, Kgotlhang L, Kinzelbach W, Meier P, Bauer-Gottwein P 2009. The role of remote sensing in hydrological modelling of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Environmental Management 90 (7) 2252-2260
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479708000480
Danin A 1996. Adaptations of Stipagrostis species to desert dunes. Journal of Arid Environments 34 (3) 297-311
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196396901111
Danin A, Orshan G 1995. Circular arrangement of Stipagrostis ciliata clumps in the Negev, Israel and near Gokaeb, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 30 (3) 307-313
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196305800059
Newsham AJ, Thomas DSG 2011. Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia. Global Environmental Change 21 (2) 761-770
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378010001160
Heinl M, Frost P, Vanderpost C, Sliva J 2007. Fire activity on drylands and floodplains in the southern Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Arid Environments 68 (1) 77-87
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196306001236
Mees F, van Ranst E 2011. Euhedral sparitic calcite in buried surface horizons in lake basins, southwestern Kalahari, Namibia. Geoderma 163 (1-2) 109-118
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706111000899
Pricope NG, Binford MW 2012. A spatio-temporal analysis of fire recurrence and extent for semi-arid savanna ecosystems in southern Africa using moderate-resolution satellite imagery. Journal of Environmental Management 100 72-85
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479712000321
Haddon IG, McCarthy TS 2005. The Mesozoic–Cenozoic interior sag basins of Central Africa: The Late-Cretaceous–Cenozoic Kalahari and Okavango basins. Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (1-3) 316-333
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X05001238
Nash DJ, Meadows ME, Gulliver VL 2006. Holocene environmental change in the Okavango Panhandle, northwest Botswana. Quaternary Science Reviews 25 (11-12) 1302-1322
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379105002982
Wolski P, Savenije HHG 2006. Dynamics of floodplain-island groundwater flow in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Hydrology 320 (3-4) 283-301
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169405003513
McCarthy TS, Humphries MS, Mohamed I, le Roux P, Verhagen BTh 2012. Island forming processes in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Geomorphology 179 249-257
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X12004163
Humphries MS, McCarthy TS, Cooper GRJ, Stewart RA, Stewart RD 2014. The role of airborne dust in the growth of tree islands in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Geomorphology 206 307-317
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X13005199
Wanke H, Wanke A 2007. Water quality for game in drylands: A case study from the Khaudum National Park, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 70 (3) 553-559
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196307000493
Rohde RF, Moleele NM, Mphale M, Allsopp N, Chanda R, Hoffman MT, Magole L, Young E 2006. Dynamics of grazing policy and practice: environmental and social impacts in three communal areas of southern Africa. Environment: Science and Policy 9 (3) 302-316
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901106000207
Hesp PA, Hastings K 1998. Width, height and slope relationships and aerodynamic maintenance of barchans. Geomorphology 22 (2) 193-204
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X97000706
Zhu B, Yu J 2014. Aeolian sorting processes in the Ejina desert basin (China) and their response to depositional environment. Aeolian Research 12 111-120
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875963713001031
Scholten JC, Fietzke J, Mangini A, Garbe-Schönberg C-D, Eisenhauer A, Schneider R, Stoffers P 2008. Advection and scavenging: Effects on 230Th and 231Pa distribution off Southwest Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 271 (1-4) 159-169
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X08002288
Bourke MC 2010. Barchan dune asymmetry: Observations from Mars and Earth. Icarus 205 (1) 183-197
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103509003819
Neish CD, Lorenz RD, Kirk RL, Wye LC 2010. Radarclinometry of the sand seas of Africa's Namibia and Saturn's moon Titan. Icarus 208 (1) 385-394
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103510000424
Senut B, Pickford M, Segalen L 2009. Neogene desertification of Africa. Comptes Rendus Geoscience 341 (8-9) 591-602
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631071309000790
Fujioka T, Chappell J 2011. Desert landscape processes on a timescale of millions of years, probed by cosmogenic nuclides. Aeolian Research 3 (2) 157-164
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875963711000140
Göttsche F-M, Hulley GC 2012. Validation of six satellite-retrieved land surface emissivity products over two land cover types in a hyper-arid region. Remote Sensing of Environment 124 149-158
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425712002131
Amit R, Enzel Y, Grodek T, Crouvi O, Porat N, Ayalon A 2010. The role of rare rainstorms in the formation of calcic soil horizons on alluvial surfaces in extreme deserts. Quaternary Research 74 (2) 177-178
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033589410000529
Stone A 2012. Dune generations in the east of the northern Namib Sand Sea. Quaternary International 279-280 471
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618212026201
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Lancaster N 1983. Controls of Dune Morphology in the Namib Sand Sea. Developments in Sedimentology 38 261-289
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Owen JJ 2013. Hillslope Processes in Arid Environments. Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences Treatise on Geomorphology: Volume 7: Mountain and Hillslope Geomorphology 7 363-374
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123747396001858
Burke A 2014. Natural recovery of dwarf shrubs following topsoil and vegetation clearing on gravel and sand plains in the southern Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 100-101 18-22
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196313001614
Walden J, White K, Drakes NA 1996. Controls on dune colour in the Namib sand sea: preliminary results. Journal of African Earth Sciences 22 (3) 349-353
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0899536296000115
Gaughan AE, Waylen PR 2012. Spatial and temporal precipitation variability in the Okavango-Kwando-Zambezi catchment, southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 82 19-30
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Harris A, Carr AS, Dash J 2014. Remote sensing of vegetation cover dynamics and resilience across southern Africa. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 28 131-139
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Wiegand K, Saltz D, Ward D, Levin SA 2008. The role of size inequality in self-thinning: A pattern-oriented simulation model for arid savannas. Ecological Modelling 210 (4) 431-445
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380007004152
Linhoss AC, Munoz-Carpena R, Allen MS, Kiker G, Mosepele K 2012. A flood pulse driven fish population model for the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Ecological Modelling 228 27-38
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380011006107
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