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Scientific study made in the open air to collect information that can not be obtained in a laboratory. (Source: PHCa / DUNSTEa)

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Wharton RA, Reddick GA 2014. Solifuges (Arachnida: Solifugae) as predators and prey. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 69 (3) 213-216

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0035919X.2014.961045

Moll E, Moll A, Picker M, Ross-Gillespie V, Swart R, Smuts S, Xaba P 2011. Seed-collecting ants that run fairy rings around scientists or the mystery of the bare patches. Veld and Flora 97 (1) 27-29

Website link:http://journals.co.za/content/veld/97/1/EJC113638

van Jaarsveld E 2008. Desert grapes: an expedition to the remote reaches of the southern Namib: Namib flora. Veld and Flora 94 (2) 82-86

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van Jaarsveld E 2009. Kleinduimpie grass: Dregeochloa pumila, the only succulent grass in the world: Namib desert flora. Veld and Flora 95 (1) 19-21

Website link:http://journals.co.za/content/veld/95/1/EJC113328

Portik DM, Bauer AM, Jackman TR 2010. The phylogenetic affinities of Trachylepis sulcata nigra and the intraspecific evolution of coastal melanism in the western rock skink. African Zoology 45 (2) 147-159

Website link:http://journals.co.za/content/afzoo/45/2/EJC18163

Ramey RR, Brown LM Desert-dwelling Elephants in the Hoarusib, Hoanib, and Uniab Rivers. Reports of 2011 - 2015. Pachyderm

Website link:http://desertelephantconservation.org/NewsAndReports.html#2011 Heading

Leggett KEA, Brown LM, Ramey RR 2011. Matriarchal associations and reproduction in a remnant subpopulation of desert-dwelling elephants. Pachyderm 49 20-32

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Macko S, Soderberg K, Henschel J, Billmark K, Swap R 2010. Linking fog water use by plants in the coastal Namib Desert to carbon and nitrogen cycles along aridity gradients.

Website link:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009AGUFM.B51A0291M

Lubin Y, Henschel J 1996. The influence of food supply on foraging behaviour in a desert spider. Oecologia 105 (1) 64-73

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00328792

Polis GA, Barnes JD, Seely MK, Henschel JR, Enders MM 1998. Predation as a major cost of reproduction in Namib Desert tenebrionid beetles. Ecology 79 (7) 2560-2566

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079%5B2560:PAAMCO%5D2.0.CO;2/full

Robinson MD 1990. Summer field energetics of the Namib desert dune lizard Aporosaura anchietae (Lacertidae), and its relation to reproduction. Journal of Arid Environments 18 (2) 207-215

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/216814047_Summer_field_energetics_of_the_Namib_Desert_dune_lizard_Aporosaura_anchietae_Lacertidae_and_its_relation_to_reproduction

Lloyd P, Little RM, Crowe TM 2000. Investigator Effects on the Nesting Success of Arid-Zone Birds. Journal of Field Ornithology 71 (2) 227-235

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4514483

Coaton WGH 1971. Five new termite genera from South West Africa (Isoptera: Termitidae).

Website link:http://archives.unam.edu.na/index.php/coaton-w-g-h-five-new-termite-genera-from-south-west-africa-isoptera-termitidae-w-g-h-coaton-windhoek-state-museum-1971

Lawrence RF 1975. The Chilopoda of South West Africa.

Website link:http://archives.unam.edu.na/index.php/lawrence-r-f-chilopoda-of-south-west-africa-windhoek-state-museum-1975

Munting J 1969. Observations on some armoured scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) from South West Africa and neighbouring territories. Cimbebasia 1 (A) 115-161

Website link:http://archives.unam.edu.na/index.php/munting-j-observations-on-some-armoured-scale-insects-homoptera-coccoidea-diaspididae-from-south-west-africa-and-neighbouring-territories-j-munting-windhoek-state-museum-1969

Canaris AG, Kinsella JM, Braby R 2003. Helminth parasite communities in two species of shorebirds (Charadrii) from Namibia. Comparative Parasitology 70 (2) 155-161

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.1654/4069

Gess SK, Gess FW 2004. A comparative overview of flower visiting by Non-Apis Bees in the semi-arid to arid areas of southern Africa. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77 (4) 602-618

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/25086245

Hammond W, Griffiths C 2005. Biogeographical patterns in the fauna associated with southern African mussel beds. African Zoology 41 (1) 123-130

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2006.11407342

Steffen S, Mucina L, Kadereit G 2010. Revision of Sarcocornia (Chenopodiaceae) in South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique. Systematic Botany 35 (2) 390-408

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40802450

Bolin JF, Maass E, Musselman LJ 2011. A New Species of Hydnora (Hydnoraceae) from Southern Africa. Systematic Botany 36 (2) 255-260

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.1600/036364411X569453

Mahr D 2011. The Many Faces of Pachypodium lealii. Cactus and Succulent Journal 83 (3) 123-129

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.2985/0007-9367-83.3.123

Branch WR, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Heinicke M 2011. A New Species of the Pachydactylus weberi Complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Namibrand Reserve, Southern Namibia. Breviora 524 1-15

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Williamson G 2011. A new Drimia sp. from the Namib Desert in Namibia. Cactus and Succulent Journal 83 (6) 286-289

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.2985/0007-9367-83.6.286

Williamson G 2012. The remarkable Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herb. (Amaryllidaceae); survivor from the northern tropical savanna woodlands to the South African semi-arid Karoo. Cactus and Succulent Journal 84 (2) 88-91

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.2985/0007-9367-84.2.88

Giovanni C, Conti E 2013. Opening and closing of burrows by the Namibian spider Ariadna sp. (Araneae: Segestriidae) in a year of heavy rainfall. The Journal of Arachnology 41 (2) 215-218

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/23610292

Dumbacher JP, Rathbun GB, Osborne TO, Griffin M, Eiseb SJ 2014. A new species of round-eared sengi (genus Macroscelides) from Namibia. Journal of Mammalogy 95 (3) 443-454

Website link:http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-159

Evans JS, Eifler DA, Eifler MA 2017. Sand-diving as an escape tactic in the lizard Meroles anchietae. Journal of Arid Environments 140 1-5

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Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196317300058

Frost PGH, Siegfried WR, Burger AE 1976. Behavioural adaptations of the Jackass penguin, Spheniscus demersus to a hot, arid environment. Journal of Zoology 179 (2) 164-187

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1976.tb02289.x/abstract

du Preez P, Naidoo R 2010. Movement and disease status of African buffalo in a transfrontier conservation area in Caprivi Region.

Website link:http://www.met.gov.na/about-met/scientific-services/275/

Hensman MC, Owen-Smith N, Parrini F, Bonyongo CM Home range occupation and habitat use of sable antelope in the Okavango Delta region of northern Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 52 (2) 237-245

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.12111/full

Rahlo SJ, Milton SJ, Esler KJ, Barnard P 2010. The distribution of invasive Pennisetum setaceum along roadsides in western South Africa: the role of corridor interchanges. Weed Research 50 (6) 537-543

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3180.2010.00801.x/abstract

Collingham YC, Huntley B, Altwegg R, Barnard P, Beveridge OS, Gregopry RD, Mason LR, Oschadleus HD, Simmons RE, Willis SG, Green RE 2014. Prediction of mean adult survival rates of southern African birds from demographic and ecological covariates. Ibis

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.12195/abstract

Ulfstrand S, Alerstam T 1977. Bird communities of Brachystegia and Acacia woodlands in Zambia - A quantitative study with special reference to the significance of habitat modification for the Palaearctic migrants. Journal für Ornithologie 118 (2) 156-174

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01648316

Wasiolka B, Jeltsch F, Henschel J, Blaum N 2010. Space use of the spotted sand lizard (Pedioplanis l. lineoocellata) under different degradation states. African Journal of Ecology 48 (1) 96-104

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01085.x/abstract

Meyer JJM, Senejoux F, Heyman HM, Meyer NL, Meÿer MA 2015. The occurrence of triterpenoids from Euphorbia gummifera inside the fairy circles of Garub in the southern Namibian pro-desert. South African Journal of Botany 98 10-15

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629915000204

Haacke WD 2008. A new leaf-toed gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from south-western Angola: original article. African Journal of Herpetology 57 (2) 85-92

Website link:http://reference.sabinet.co.za/document/EJC19256

Goldberg SR 2007. Reproductive cycle of the Namibian striped skink, Trachylepis sparsa (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Africa: short communication. African Zoology 42 (2) 289-293

Website link:http://reference.sabinet.co.za//document/EJC18041

Goldberg SR 2006. Reproductive cycle of the Namib giant ground gecko, Chondrodactylus angulifer (Squamata: Gekkonidae): short communication. African Zoology 41 (2) 308-311

Website link:http://reference.sabinet.co.za/document/EJC18001

Swanepoel W, van Jaarsveld E, Voigt W, van Wyk F, Versfeld F 2009. The Otjihipa Mountains Expedition: botanical exploration in Namibia: Kaokoveld centre of endemism. Veld and Flora 95 (1) 12-18

Website link:http://reference.sabinet.co.za/document/EJC113329

Dean WRJ, Milton SJ 2001. Responses of birds to rainfall and seed abundance in the southern Karoo, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 47 (1) 101-121

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196300906931

Mbaiwa JE, Thakadu OT, Darkoh MBK 2008. Indigenous knowledge and ecotourism-based livelihoods in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 39 (Tourism as a Sustainable Development Factor) 62-74

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41236634

McFarlane MJ, Eckardt FD 2006. Lake deception: A new Makgadikgadi Palaeolake. Botswana Notes and Records 38 195-201

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41236000

Mainah J 2006. Socio and economic importance of Grewia flava to the people of western parts of Kweneng District and factors affecting its spatial distribution in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 38 11-19

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41235983

Roodt V 1998. Trees and shrubs of the Okavango Delta: medicinal uses and nutritional value.

Website link:https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4145190

Roodt V 1991. Common wild flowers of the Okavango Delta : medicinal uses and nutritional value.

Website link:https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4145253

Roodt V 1992. Shell field guide to the common trees of the Okavango Delta and Moremi Game Reserve.

Website link:https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10154432

Ritter R, Mann PM 1995. Discovery and exploration of two new caves in the Northwest District. Botswana Notes and Records 27 1-12

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980030

Kaunda SK 1994. The possible effects of millipedes on the nutrient dynamics of an Acacia Savanna Woodland. Botswana Notes and Records 26 151-165

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40959190

Merron GS 1993. A synopsis of presentations and discussions on the fish and fishery in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 25 133-140

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979988

Dangerfield JM, Veendendaal EM, Riddoch BJ, Black H 1992. Termites and land use in south-east Botswana: Variety and abundance of termite surface features. Botswana Notes and Records 24 165-179

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979922