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The maximum extent to which ground or soil area may be exploited without degradation or depletion. (Source: ALL)

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Stehn H 2008. Rangeland management.

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Rangeland Management_Helmut Stehn.pdf	16.16 MB

Kruger WA 1984. Konsep - Meesterplan: Kaudom Wildtuin.

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Konsep-Meestreplan_ Kaudom Wildtuin.pdf	3.54 MB

Espach C, Lubbe LG, Ganzin N 2010. Determining grazing capacity in Namibia with the aid of remote sensing. Agricola 20 41-61

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Determining grazing capacity in Namibia with aid of remote sensing.pdf	3.1 MB

Yount JD 1998. Human carrying capacity as an indicator of regional sustainability. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 51 (1-2) 507-509

Website link:https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-4976-1_39

Dean WRJ, Macdonald IAW 1994. Historical changes in stocking rates of domestic livestock as a measure of semi-arid and arid rangeland degradation in the Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 26 (3) 281-298

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196384710305

Wilson AD, Tupper GJ 1982. Concepts and Factors Applicable to the Measurement of Range Condition. Journal of Range Management 35 (6) 684-689

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3898238

Warren A 1995. Changing understandings of African pastoralism and the nature of environmental paradigms. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers New Series 20 (2) 193-203

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/622431

Heshmatti GA, Facelli JM, Conran JG 2002. The piosphere revisited: plant species patterns close to waterpoints in small, fenced paddocks in chenopod shrublands of South Australia. Journal of Arid environments 51 547-560

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196302909699

Ward D, Ngairorue BT, Kathena J, Samuels R, Ofran Y 1998. Land degradation is not a necessary outcome of communal pastoralism in arid Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 40 (4) 357 - 371

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014019639890458X

Ward D, Saltz D, Ngairorue BT 2004. Spatio-temporal rainfall variation and stock management in arid Namibia. Journal of Range Management 57 (2) 130 - 140

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/pss/4003910

Smit GN 2004. An approach to tree thinning to structure southern African savannas for long-term restoration from bush encroachment. Journal of Environmental Management 71 (2) 179 - 191

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479704000477

Burke A 2004. Range management systems in arid Namibia - what can livestock numbers tell us?. Journal of Arid Environments 59 (2) 387 - 408

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196304000345

Wessels KJ, Prince SD, Frost PE, van Zyl D 2004. Assessing the effects of human-induced land degradation in the former homelands of northern South Africa with a 1 km AVHRR NDVI time-series. Remote Sensing of Environment 91 (1) 47 - 67

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1563

Wessels KJ, Prince SD, Malherbe J, Small J, Frost PE, van Zyl D 2007. Can human-induced land degradation be distinguished from the effects of rainfall variability? A case study in South Africa. Journal of Arid Environment 68 (2) 271 - 297

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Can human_induced land degradation be distinguished from the effects of rainfall variability.pdf	1.45 MB

2002. 5.29 Livestock density.

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Fig 5.29 Livestock density.zip	143.89 KB

2002. 5.29 Livestock density - grid.

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Fig 5.29 Livestock density - grid.zip	143.89 KB

2002. 5.29 Livestock densities and carrying capacity.

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Fig 5.29 Livestock densities and carrying capacity.zip	143.89 KB

2002. 5.29 Livestock densities and carrying capacity - grid.

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Ringrose S, Matheson W, Tempest F 1992. Procedural considerations and results of Landsat Multi-Temporal Analyses concerned with range degradation (1972-1987) in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 24 205-215

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979924

Grunewald T 2017. Rangeland management practices of commercial cattle farmers in the highland savanna of Namibia.

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Masters Dissertation_Rangeland management in Highland Savanna.pdf	1.9 MB

Engler J-O, von Wehrden H, Baumgärtner S 2019. Determinants of farm size and stocking rate in Namibian commercial cattle farming. Land Use Policy (81) 232-246

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.10.009

Photo guide to estimate forage availability in Namibian rangelands.

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Photo guide to estimate forage availability in Namibian rangelands.pdf	9.86 MB

Kruger B, van der Waal C Overgrazing and overstocking.

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Overgrazing and Overstocking.pdf	682.21 KB

Website link:http://www.namibiarangelands.com/

Kruger B Aligning livestock numbers to available fodder: the best way to mitigate the impact of drought.

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Aligning livestock numbers to available fodder.pdf	695.28 KB

Early Warning System: Monitoring Namibia's rangelands from space.

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Early Warning System_Monitoring Namibias rangelands.pdf	671.68 KB

Website link:http://www.namibiarangelands.com/

Lohmann D, Tietjen B, Blaum N, Joubert DF, Jeltsch F 2012. Shifting thresholds and changing degradation patterns: Climate change effects on the simulated long-term response of a semi-arid savanna to grazing. Journal of Applied Ecology 49 (4) 814-823

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230823457_Shifting_thresholds_and_changing_degradation_patterns_Climate_change_effects_on_the_simulated_long-term_response_of_a_semi-arid_savanna_to_grazing

Amputu V, Joubert DF, Mapaure I 2019. Vegetation secondary succession in response to time since last fire in a broad-leaved savanna in central Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 3 (A) 56-65

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Vegetation secondary succession in response to time since last fire in a broad_leaved savanna in central Namibia.pdf	2.87 MB

Jonas Z 2004. Land use and its impact on the succulent Karoo.

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Land use and its impact on the succulent Karoo.pdf	3.18 MB

Cervenka N, Gokee E, McCarthy-Keeler E, Scurka M 2017. Assessing the carrying capacity of the Kuiseb River ecosystem for Topnaar livestock. Dartmouth in Namibia 2-33

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Assessing the Carrying Capacity of the Kuiseb River Ecosystem for Topnaar Livestock.pdf	996.38 KB

Sterk M, Santana Cubas F, Reinhard B, Reinhard F, Kleopas K, Jewell Z 2023. The importance of large pans and surrounding bushveld for black rhino (Diceros bicornis ssp. bicornis) habitat use in the Kalahari: implications for reintroduction and range expansion. Namibian Journal of Environment 7 (A) 1-13

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The importance of large pans and surrounding bushveld for black rhino habitat use in the Kalahari.pdf	549.84 KB

2014. Sustainable development of semi-arid grassland utilsation through optimised management of stock densities, recovery periods and carring capacity of organic cattle and sheep farming on the example of Springbockvley, Namibia.

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Sustainable development of semi_arid grassland_Springbockvley_Namibia.pdf	946.15 KB

Hoffmann JAH, Mouton AJ 1990. Ekonomiese implikasies van die vestiging en benutting van 100 ha bloubuffelgras op 'n 7 000 ha plaas. Agricola 8 43-45

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Ekonomiese implikasies van die vestiging en benutting van 100 ha bloubuffelgras op n 7 000 ha plaas.pdf	529.11 KB

van Wyk JAP 1988. Biomassa as basis vir bestokking. Agricola 6 12-16

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Biomassa as basis vir bestokking.pdf	1.02 MB

Venter PS 1985. Natuurlike weiding versus bloubuffel-aanplanting. Agricola 2 91-92

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Natuurlike weiding versus bloubuffel_aanplanting.pdf	222.85 KB

Perkins J 2010. Chapter 11: Range Ecology. Centre for Applied Research and Department of Environmental Affairs, 2010. Makgadikgadi Framework Management Plan 2

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Makgadikgadi Framework Management Plan_Chapter 11_Ecology_2010.pdf	1.61 MB

Burke A 2012. Determining carrying capacities in highly variable and unpredictable environments - A Namibian perspective. Dinteria 32 70 - 77

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Determining carrying capacities in highly variable and unpredictable environments_2012.pdf	448.29 KB

Maritz EGA 1998. Comparison of carcass mass in the Sandveld Stocking Trial. Agricola 10 91 - 93

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Comparison of carcass mass in the Sandveld Stocking Trial_1998.pdf	2.55 MB

Rothauge A, Abate AL, Smit GN 2004. Veld condition is affected by the frame size and stocking rate of free-ranging beef cattle. Agricola 14 40 - 42

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Veld condition is affected by the frame size and stocking rate of free ranging beef cattle_2004.pdf	1.32 MB

van Eck JAJ, van der Merwe PS 2004. The importance of a chemical after-care treatment programme on previous bush control areas: Economical implications. Agricola 14 7 - 13

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The importance of a chemical after care treatment programme on previous bush control areas_2004.pdf	7.43 MB

Rothauge A 2007. Some principles of sustainable rangeland management in Namibia. Agricola 17 7 - 15

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Some principles of sustainable rangeland management in Namibia_2007.pdf	654.09 KB

Lubbe LG 2005. Towards an updated carrying capacity map for Namibia: A review of the methodologies currently used to determine carrying capacity in Namibia. Agricola 15 33 - 39

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Towards an updated carrying capacity map for Namibia_2005.pdf	3.28 MB

Espach C, Lubbe LG, Ganzin N 2006. Determining grazing capacity in Namibia: Approaches and methodologies. Agricola 16 28 - 39

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Determining grazing capacity in Namibia_2006.pdf	1.07 MB

Bester FV, van Eck JAJ, Kölling H, van Rooyen B, Prinsloo R 2003. The influence of stocking rate on the grass layer in the Camel Thorn Savanna.

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Spotlight_066.pdf	2.57 MB

Bester FV 2003. Grazing register: Based on the biomass concept.

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Spotlight_067.pdf	2.67 MB

Bester FV, van Eck JAJ, Kölling H, van Rooyen B 2003. The influence of stocking rate on the grass yield in the Camel Thorn Savanna.

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Reed ER, Swanepoel J, Bester FV 2004. The influence of stocking rate on the utilization of individual grass species in the sward.

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Slippers R, Bester FV, van Eck JAJ, Kölling H, van Rooyen B 2004. The implementation of a fodder bank grazing system in the Camel Thorn Savanna.

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Spotlight_078.pdf	2.41 MB

Bester FV, Reed ER 2003. Grass yield in the Sandveld Camel Thorn Savanna: Rainfall vs stocking rate.

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Spotlight_071.pdf	2.74 MB

Bester FV, van Eck JAJ, Kölling H, van Rooyen B 2003. Grazing capacity in the Sandveld Camel Thorn Savanna of Namibia.

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Bester FV 2003. The influence of degree of defoliation on the grazing capacity in the Camel Thorn Savanna.

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