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environmental research

The study of the environment and its modifications caused by human activities. (Source: DIFID)


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Zhu B 2016. A Review on Late Quaternary Environmental Change in the Namibia, South-Western Africa. Journal of Earth Science and Climatic Change 7 (4) 1-9
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A Review on Late Quaternary Environmental Change in the Namibia_2016.pdf 706.76 KB
Schaumann G 1997. Application of the transient electromagnetic method for groundwater exploration in Namibia. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Geologie 43 (2) 70-74
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Application of the transient electromagnetic method for groundwater exploration in Namibia.pdf 4.88 MB
Shanyengana ES 1997. Gobabeb Training and Research Centre programme: appropriate technology for arid lands.
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Appropriate technology for arid lands_1997.pdf 45.97 MB
Wilkinson MJ 1988. Arid landscapes. The geomorphology of Southern Africa. 78-102
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Arid landscapes_The geomorphology of Southern Africa.pdf 13.14 MB
Lett C, Veitch J, Van der Lingen CD, Hutchings L 2007. Assessment of an environmental barrier to transport of ichthyoplankton from the southern to the northern Benguela ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 347 247-259
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Assessment of an environmental barrier to transport of ichthyoplankton_2007.pdf 2.35 MB
Rust U 1999. River-end deposits along the Hoanib River, northern Namib: archives of Late Holocene climatic variation on a subregional scale. South Africa Journal of Science 95 (4) 205-206
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River_end deposits along the Hoanib River_northern Namib.pdf 528.08 KB
McCarthy TS, Ellery WN 1998. The Okavango Delta. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 53 (2) 157-182
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The Okavango Delta_1998.pdf 9.51 MB
Fullman TJ 2009. Spatial dynamics of elephant impacts on trees in Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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Elephant impacts on trees in Chobe National Park.pdf 443.35 KB
Channing A 1975. Life histories of frogs in the Namib Desert. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 14 (1) 13
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Life Histories of Frogs in the Namib Desert.pdf 850.77 KB
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
Vohland K, Uhlig M, Marais E, Hoffman A, Zeller U 2005. Impact of different grazing systems on diversity, abundance and biomass of beetles (Coleoptera), a study from southern Namibia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 81 (2) 131-143
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mmnz.200510008/abstract
Krapf CBE, Stanistreet IG, Stollhofen H 2005. Morphology and Fluvio-Aeolian Interaction of the Tropical Latitude, Ephemeral Braided-River Dominated Koigab Fan, North-West Namibia. Fluvial Sedimentology VII
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781444304350.ch6/summary
Berger J 1997. Population Constraints Associated with the Use of Black Rhinos as an Umbrella Species for Desert Herbivores. Conservation Biology 11 (1) 69-78
Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95481.x/abstract
Gomez C, Delacourt C, Allemand P, Ledru P, Wackerle R 2005. Using ASTER remote sensing data set for geological mapping, in Namibia. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 30 (1-3) 97-108
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474706504002050
Heyns P 2008. Application of a basin management approach to groundwater utilization in the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 33 (8-13) 913-918
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147470650800171X
Wanke H, Wanke A 2007. Lithostratigraphy of the Kalahari Group in northeastern Namibia. Journal of African Earth Sciences 48 (5) 314-328
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X07000702
Stone AEC, Edmunds WM 2014. Naturally-high nitrate in unsaturated zone sand dunes above the Stampriet Basin, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 105 41-51
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196314000494
Hamandawana H, Chanda R, Eckardt E 2008. Reappraisal of contemporary perspectives on climate change in southern Africa's Okavango Delta sub-region. Journal of Arid Environments 72 (9) 1709-1720
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196308000621
Loope LL, Sanchez PG 1988. Biological invasions of arid land nature reserves. Biological Conservation 44 (1-2) 95-118
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0006320788900067
Thomas DSG, Burrough SL 2013. Luminescence-based dune chronologies in southern Africa: Analysis and interpretation of dune database records across the subcontinent. Quaternary International In Press
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618213007088
Fessehaye M, Abdul-Wahab SA, Savage MJ, Gherezghiher T, Hurni H 2014. Fog-water collection for community use. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 29 52-62
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032113006035
Wiggs GFS 2013. Dune morphology and dynamics. Treatise on Geomorphology, 11: Aeolian Geomorphology 201-218
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123747396003043
Douglas LR, Alie K 2014. High-value natural resources: Linking wildlife conservation to international conflict, insecurity, and development concerns. Biological Conservation 171 270-277
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320714000391
The Okavango Research Group.
Website link:http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/geosciences/research/okavango/6499/the_okavango_research_group.html
McCarthy TS, Franey NJ, Ellery WN, Ellery K 1993. The use of SPOT imagery in study of environmental processes of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. South Africa Journal of Science 89 (9) 432-436
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The use of SPOT imaginary in the study of environmental processes of the Okavango Delta.pdf 447.91 KB
International Institute for Environment and Development.
Website link:http://pubs.iied.org/
du Plessis WP 1999. Linear regression relationships between NDVI, vegetation and rainfall in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 42 (4) 235-260
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196399905050
Oldeland J, Dorigo W, Lieckfeld L, Lucieer A, Jürgens N 2010. Combining vegetation indices, constrained ordination and fuzzy classification for mapping semi-natural vegetation units from hyperspectral imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 114 (6) 1155-1166
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425710000258
Gründlingh ML 1999. Surface currents derived from satellite-tracked buoys off Namibia. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 46 (1-2) 453-473
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064598000964
Mapani BS 2005. Groundwater and urbanisation, risks and mitigation: The case for the city of Windhoek, Namibia. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 30 (11-16) 706-711
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474706505000823
Bao H, Thiemens MH, Heine K 2001. Oxygen-17 excesses of the Central Namib gypcretes: spatial distribution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 192 (2) 125-135
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X01004460
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
Willis SG, Hole DG, Collingham YC, Hilton G, Rahbek C, Huntley B 2009. Assessing the Impacts of Future Climate Change on Protected Area Networks: A Method to Simulate Individual Species' Responses. Environmental Management 43 (5) 836-845
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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
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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
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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
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Jürgens N, Gotzmann IH, Cowling RM 1999. Remarkable medium-term dynamics of leaf succulent Mesembryanthemaceae shrubs in the winter-rainfall desert of northwestern Namaqualand, South Africa. Plant Ecology 142 (1-2) 87-96
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Remarkable medium_term dynamics of leaf succulent Mesembryanthemaceae shrubs.pdf 24.37 KB
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1009862025821
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
Leistner OA, Werger MJA 1973. Southern kalahari phytosociology. Vegetatio 28 (5-6) 353-399
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02386499
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
van Damme P 1998. Wild Plants as Food Security in Namibia and Senegal. The Arid Frontier 41 229-247
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-4888-7_12
Clousley-Thompson JL 1996. Community Processes. Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands 127-167
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Clousley-Thompson JL 1991. Interspecific Relationships, Feeding Specializations and Species Diversity. Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles 147-168
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-75337-4_8
Skarpe C 1986. Plant community structure in relation to grazing and environmental changes along a north-south transect in the western Kalahari. Vegetatio 68 (1) 3-18
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Krumbach T 1916. Deutsch-Südwestafrika im Lichte biogeographisch-historischer Forschung. Naturwissenschaften 4 (26) 372-375
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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
Jürgens N 1997. Floristic biodiversity and history of African arid regions. Biodiversity and Conservation 6 (3) 495-514
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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
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