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Grassland cover nearly one-fifth of the Earth's land surface. They include savannah, the prairies of North America, and the steppes of Russia and Central Asia. Grassland ecosystems support thousands of different species, above and below the ground, and have a vital part to play maintaining the ecological balance of the world. (Source: WRIGHT)

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Wagner TC, Hane S, Joubert DF, Fischer C 2016. Herbaceous legume encroachment reduces grass productivity and density in arid rangelands. Plos ONE 11 (11) e0166743

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Herbaceous Legume Encroachment Reduces Grass Productivity and Density in Arid Rangelands.pdf	1.86 MB

Hines C, Mendelsohn J 1998. Whitebellied Korhaan in Namibia: A first record from the Andoni grasslands. Lanioturdus 31 (1) 19-21

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Whitebellied Korhaan in Namibia_A first record from the Andoni grasslands.pdf	242.32 KB

Leggett K, Fennessy J, Schneider S 2004. A study of animal movement in the Hoanib River catchment, northwestern Namibia. African Zoology 39 (1) 1-11

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A study of animal movement in the Hoanib River catchment_northwestern Namibia_2004.pdf	5.29 MB

Cramer MD, Barger NN 2013. Are Namibian "Fairy Circles" the consequence of self-organizing spatial vegetation patterning?. Plos ONE 8 (8) e70876

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Are Namibian Fairy Circles the consequence of self_organizing spatial vegetation patterning_2013.pdf	1.77 MB

Seely MK 1978. Standing crop as an index of precipitation in the Central Namib grassland. Madoqua 11 (1) 61-68

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Standing crop as an index of precipitation in the Central Namib grassland.pdf	544.86 KB

Graz P 2008. The woody weed encroachment puzzle: gathering pieces. Ecohydrology 1 (4) 340-348

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Graz_2008.pdf	141.88 KB

Behnke RH 1998. Grazing Systems in the Northern Communal Areas of Namibia. A summary of NOLIDEP socio-economic research of range management.

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Grazing Systems in the Northern Communal Areas of Namibia_RH Behnke.pdf	20.49 MB

Zimmermann J, Higgins SI, Grimm V, Hoffmann J, Linstäder A 2010. Grass mortality in semi-arid savanna: The role of fire, competition and self-shading. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 12 (2010) 1-8

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Grass mortality in Semi_arid savanna.pdf	267.58 KB

Joubert D, Powell LA, Schacht WH 2014. Visual obstruction as a method to quantify herbaceous biomass in southern African semi-arid savannas. African Journal of Range and Forage Science

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Visual obstruction as a method to quantify herbaceous biomass in southern African semi_arid savannas.pdf	1.64 MB

Johnson SD, Harris LF, Proches S 2009. Pollination and breeding systems of selected wildflowers in a southern African grassland community. South African Journal of Botany 75 (4) 630-645

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629909002464

Jankowitz WJ, van Rooyen MW, Shaw D, Kaumba JS, van Rooyen N 2008. Mysterious circles in the Namib Desert. South African Journal of Botany 74 (2) 332-334

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S025462990700395X

Veenendaal EM, Ernst WHO, Modise GS 1996. Reproductive effort and phenology of seed production of savanna grasses with different growth form and life history. Vegetatio 123 (1) 91-100

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00044891

Huntley BJ 1982. Southern African Savannas. Ecology of Tropical Savannas 42 101-119

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-68786-0_6

Leistner OA 1996. The subcanopy flora in the dynamics of the Kalahari Thornveld. The Biodiversity of African Plants 163-179

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-0285-5_23

Ernst WHO, Veenendaal EM, Kebakile MM 1992. Possibilities for dispersal in annual and perennial grasses in a savanna in Botswana. Vegetatio 102 (1) 1-11

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00031700

Seymour CL 2008. Grass, rainfall and herbivores as determinants of Acacia erioloba (Meyer) recruitment in an African savanna. Plant Ecology 197 (1) 131-138

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Grass_rainfall and herbivores as determinants of Acacia erioloba recruitment in an African savanna.pdf	629.03 KB

Higgins S, Bond WJ, Trollope WSW 2000. Fire, resprouting and variability: a recipe for grass-tree coexistence in savanna. Journal of Ecology 88 213-229

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2648525

Bond WJ, Midgley GF, Woodward FI 2003. The importance of low atmospheric CO2 and fire in promoting the spread of grasslands and savannas. Global Change Biology 9 973-982

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00577.x/abstract

Milton SJ, Dean WRJ 2000. Disturbance, drought and dynamics of desert dune grassland, South Africa. Plant Ecology 150 (1-2) 37-51

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1026585211708

Ebner M, Miranda T, Roth-Nebelsick A 2011. Efficient fog harvesting by Stipagrostis sabulicola (Namib dune bushman grass). Journal of Arid Environments 75 (6) 524-531

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Efficient fog harvesting by Stipagrostis sabulicola.pdf	5.38 MB

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196311000061

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

Yeaton RI 1990. The structure and function of the Namib Dune grasslands: species interactions. Journal of Arid Environments 18 (3) 343-349

Website link:http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19910743775.html

Yeaton RI 1998. Structure and Function of the Namib Dune Grasslands: Characteristics of the Environmental Gradients and Species Distributions. Journal of Ecology 76 (3) 744-758

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2260571

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

Kepe T, Scoones I 1999. Creating Grasslands: Social Institutions and Environmental Change in Mkambati Area, South Africa. Human Ecology 27 (1) 29-53

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4603307

Watkinson AR, Ormerod SJ 2001. Grasslands, grazing and biodiversity: editors' introduction. Journal of Applied Ecology 38 (2) 233-237

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00621.x/full

Albrecht CF, Joubert JJ, de Rycke PH 2001. Origin of the enigmatic, circular, barren patches ("Fairy Rings") of the pro-Namib. South African Journal of Science 97 23-27

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Origin of the enigmatic_circular_barren patches of the pro_Namib.pdf	513.21 KB

Becker T 2007. The phenomenon of Fairy Circles in Kaokoland (NW Namibia). Basic and Applied Dryland Research 1 (2) 121-137

Website link:http://www.badr-online.de/fairy_circles_kaokoland

Grube S 2001. Soil modification by the harvester termite Hodotermes mossambicus (Isoptera; Hodotermitidae) in a semiarid savanna grassland of Namibia. Sociobiology 37 (3B) 757 - 767

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/soil-modification-harvester-termite-hodotermes-mossambicus-isoptera-hodotermitidae-semiarid-savanna-grassland-namibia-3/

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

Ward D, Ngairorue BT 2000. Are Namibia's grasslands desertifying?. Journal of Range Management 53 138 - 144

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/pss/4003273

Jacobson KM 1997. Moisture and substrate stability determine VA-mycorrhizal fungal community distribution and structure in an arid grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 35 59 - 75

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Moisture and substrate stability determine VA_mycorrhizal fungal community distribution and structure in an arid grassland.pdf	149.29 KB

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196385701401

Goldberg K 2001. Zambesian flooded grasslands (AT0907).

Website link:http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0907_full.html

Deshmukh IK 1984. A common relationship between precipitation and grassland peak biomass for East and southern Africa. African Journal of Ecology 22 (2) 181 - 186

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1984.tb00693.x/abstract

Blench R, Sommer F 1999. Understanding rangeland biodiversity.

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Understanding rangeland biodiversity.pdf	344.52 KB

Becker T, Getzin S 2000. The fairy circles of Kaokoland (North-West Namibia) - origin, distribution, and characteristics. Basic and Applied Ecology 1 (2) 149 - 159

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439179104700201

Harmse CJ, Kellner K, Dreber N 2016. Restoring productive rangelands: A comparative assessment of selective and non-selective chemical bush control in a semi-arid Kalahari savanna. Journal of Arid Environments 135 39-49

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196316301434

Tarnita CE, Bonachela JA, Sheffer E, Guyton JA, Coverdale TC, Long RA, Pringle RM 2017. A theoretical foundation for multi-scale regular vegetation patterns. Nature 541 398-401

Website link:http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v541/n7637/full/nature20801.html

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

Hoetzel S, Dupont LM, Wefer G 2015. Miocene–Pliocene vegetation change in south-western Africa (ODP Site 1081, offshore Namibia). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 423 102-108

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018215000516

Zhang H, Sinclair R 2015. Namibian fairy circles and epithelial cells share emergent geometric order. Ecological Complexity 22 32-35

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476945X15000069

Burke A 1997. Is the grass always greener at some sites? - A contribution to patch dynamics in arid regions. Tropical Ecology 38 125-127

Barnard P 1987. Foraging site selection by 3 raptors in relation to grassland burning in a montane habitat. African Journal of Ecology 25 (1) 35 - 45

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1987.tb01088.x/abstract

Vlieghe K, Picker M, Ross-Gillespie V, Erni B 2015. Herbivory by subterranean termite colonies and the development of fairy circles in SW Namibia. Ecological Entomology 40 42-49

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/een.12157/abstract

Juergens N 2014. Exploring common ground for different hypotheses on Namib fairy circles. Ecography 10.1111/ecog.01232

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.01232/abstract

Kopij G 2005. Diet of larks in South African grassland. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 76 (1-2) 82-84

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306520509485477#.VHg_-mctBHg

Mayra MJ, Vanselow KA, Samimi C 2018. Fire regimes at the arid fringe: A 16-year remote sensing perspective (2000–2016) on the controls of fire activity in Namibia from spatial predictive models. Ecological Indicators 91 324-337

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X18302759

Schneibel A, Stellmes M, Frantz D, Finckh M, Revermann R 2013. Cusseque - Earth Observation. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 55-57

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Cusseque-Earth Observation.pdf	2.23 MB

Revermann R, Maiato F, Gomes A, Lages F, Finckh M 2013. Cusseque - Vegetation. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 59-63

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Cusseque_Vegetation.pdf	3.1 MB

Müller MAN 1985. Invasive alien plants in commercial grazing areas, urban areas, diamond areas and Hereroland. Invasive alien organisms in South West Africa/Namibia 1-5

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Invasive alien plants in commercial grazing areas_Urban areas_Diamond areas and Hereroland with maps.pdf	416.92 KB