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Ecosystems found on high-mountains at low latitudes. Mountain ecosystems are very vulnerable. They are increasingly sensitive to soil erosion, landslide and rapid loss of habitat and genetic diversity. Widespread poverty and an increase in the numbers of mountain inhabitants lead to deforestation, cultivation of marginal lands, excessive livestock grazing, loss of biomass cover and other forms of environmental degradation. Because little is known about mountain ecosystems, Agenda 21 has proposed the establishment of a global mountain database. This is essential for the launch of programmes that would contribute to the sustainable development of mountain ecosystems. The proposals also focus on promoting watershed development and alternative employment for people whose livelihoods are linked to practices that degrade mountains. (Source: WRIGHT)

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van den Elzen P 1979. Observations sur l'Herpétofaune du Waterberg (Namibie). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 29 171-182

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Observations sur Herpetofaune du Waterberg.pdf	3.7 MB

Prendini L, Bird TL 2008. Scorpions of the Brandberg Massif, Namibia: Species richness inversely correlated with altitude. African Invertebrates 49 (2) 77-107

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Scorpions of the Brandberg Massif.pdf	2.43 MB

Stein AB, Erckie B, Fuller TK, Marker LL 2010. Camera trapping as a method for monitoring rhino populations within the Waterberg Plateau Park, Namibia. Pachyderm 48 67-70

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Camera trapping as a method for monitoring rhino populations within the Waterberg Plateau Park.pdf	626.01 KB

von Ludwiger K 1981. Kaffernadlerbeobachtung von 1970-1980. Lanioturdus 17 (1) 1-3

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Kaffernadlerbeobachtung von 1970_1980.pdf	412.26 KB

Bridgeford PA, Bridgeford M 1993. More birds of the Naukluft Mountains. Lanioturdus 27 64-66

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More birds of the Naukluft Mountains.pdf	219.74 KB

Duffield-Harding J 1997. May field trip to Arbeid Adelt, Namib-Naukluft Mountains. Lanioturdus 30 (2) 24-27

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May field trip to Arbeid Adelt_Namib_Naukluft Mountains.pdf	252.48 KB

Dürr MR 2004. Sociable Weavers nesting on a cliff-face. Lanioturdus 37 (2) 19

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Sociable Weavers nesting on a cliff_face.pdf	133.35 KB

Simmons RE 2001. A helicopter survey of Cape Vultures, Black Eagles and other cliff-nesting raptors around the Waterberg Plateau, Namibia. Lanioturdus 34 (3) 23-29

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Helicopter survey of raptors_Waterberg.pdf	440.82 KB

van Jaarsveld E, Swanepoel W 2007. The discovery of the Kaoko aloe, Aloe kaokoensis. Veld and Flora 93 1-4

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The discovery of the Kaoko aloe_ Aloe kaokoensis.pdf	415.02 KB

Burke A, Rügheimer S, Nanyeni L 2015. A plant checklist for the Bismarckberge in the central highlands of Namibia. Dinteria 35 3-12

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A plant checklist for the Bismarckberge in the central highlands of Namibia_2015.pdf	318.07 KB

Brown CJ 1984. Birds of the Natal Alpine Belt. The Lammergeyer 33 1-13

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Birds of the Natal alpine belt_1984.pdf	670.41 KB

Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) 1996. Concepts relating to a future management plan for the Greater Brandberg Area Erongo/Kunene Regions, Namibia, May 1996.

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Concept relating to a future managemen plan for the greater brandberg area.pdf	13.41 MB

Kilian JW 2000. Aerial survey of Wildlife on the Waterberg Plateau Park.

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Aerial Survey of wildlife on the waterberg plateau park_ September 2000.pdf	4.11 MB

van den Elzen P 1983. Zur Herpetofauna des Brandberges, Südwest-Afrika. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 34 (1-3) 293-309

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Zur Herpetofauna des Brandberges.pdf	1.4 MB

Nordenstam B 1982. The Brandberg revisited. Dinteria 16 3-5

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Dinteria_16_1982_1.pdf	423.54 KB

Hoal BG 1989. Isotopic evolution of the Middle to Late Proterozoic Awasib Mountain terrain in southern Namibia. Precambrian Research 45 (1-3) 175-189

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0301926889900387

Matmon A, Mushkin A, Enzel Y, Grodek T 2013. Erosion of a granite inselberg, Gross Spitzkoppe, Namib Desert. Geomorphology 201 52-59

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X13003152

Viles HA, Taylor MP, Nicoll K, Neumann S 2007. Facies evidence of hydroclimatic regime shifts in tufa depositional sequences from the arid Naukluft Mountains, Namibia. Sedimentary Geology 195 (1-2) 39-53

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0037073806002053

Wittneben M 2003. Vegetation of the Brandberg Mountain, Namibia.

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/vegetation-brandberg-mountain-namibia/

Irish J 2002. Namibian Mountains: Biodiversity potential based on topography, Windhoek.

Burke A 2003. How special are Etendeka mesas? Flora and elevation gradients in an arid landscape in north-west Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 55 (4) 747 - 764

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196302002938

Burke A 2004. From plains to inselbergs: Species in special habitats as indicators for climate change?. Journal of Biogeography 31 831 - 841

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00984.x/full

Burke A 2001. Classification and ordination of plant communities of the Naukluft Mountains, Namibia. Journal of Vegetation Science 12 (1) 53 - 60

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/pss/3236673

Burke A 2004. Vegetation types of the Brukkaros Mountain - a hide-out for some winter-rain related species and range resources?. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 51 97 - 113

Website link:http://www.namibiana.de/de/journal-vol-51-2003.html

Wesolowska W 2006. Jumping spiders from the Brandberg massif in Namibia (Araneae: Salticidae). African Entomology 14 (2) 225-256

Website link:http://journals.co.za/content/ento/14/2/EJC32698

Kirk-Spriggs AH, Evenhuis NL 2008. A new species of Psiloderoides Hesse (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) from the Brandberg Massif, Namibia. African Entomology 16 (1) 122-126

Website link:http://journals.co.za/content/ento/16/1/EJC32751

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

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

2002. Dâures – Biodiversity of the Brandberg Massif, Namibia. Biodiversity and Conservation 11 (3) 559-560

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1016741310163

Rennie JVL 1935. On the flora of a high mountain in South-West Africa. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 23 (3) 259-263

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359193509518896#.VI6x72ctApE

Cairncross B, Bahmann U 2006. Minerals from the Goboboseb Mountains: Brandberg Region, Namibia. Rocks and Minerals 81 (6) 442-457

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Minerals from the Goboboseb Mountains.pdf	4.43 MB

Burke A 2012. The effect of altitude on arid inselbergs along a bioclimatic gradient. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48) 3011-3023

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2012.725779#.VGRr8lItBHg

Jankowitz WJ 1983. Die plantekologie van die Waterberg Platopark.

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/11070.1/2238

Giess W 1982. Weitere Neunachweise zur Flora des Brandberges. Dinteria 16 7-9

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Weitere Neunachweise zur Flora des Brandberges_1982.pdf	300.35 KB

Moisel L 1982. Wanderungen im Brandbergmassiv mit einem Nachtrag zur Pflanzenliste des Brandberges. Dinteria 16 21-26

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Wanderungen im Brandbergmassiv mit einem Nachtrag zur Pflanzenliste des Brandberges_1982.pdf	496.85 KB

van Neer M, Breunig P 1999. Contribution to the archaeozoology of the Brandberg, Namibia. Cimbebasia 15 127-140

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Contribution to the archaeozoology of the Brandberg.pdf	955.96 KB

Picker MD, Samways MJ 1978. Faunal diversity and endemicity of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa - A first assessment. Biodiversity and Conservation (5) 591-606

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Faunal diversity and endemicity of the Cape Peninsula.pdf	4.62 MB

Strohbach BJ, Adank WF, Coetzee ME, Jankowitz WJ 2019. A baseline description of the soils and vegetation of Farm Klein Boesman, Khomas Region, Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment (3) 37-55

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A baseline description of the soils and vegetation of Farm Klein Boesman.pdf	2.97 MB
52-Data Set-437-1-10-20190822.zip	339.29 KB

Zompro O, Adis J, Bragg PE, Naskrecki P, Meakin K, Wittneben M, Saxe V 2003. A new genus and species of Mantophasmatidae (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea) from the Brandberg Massif, Namibia, with notes on behaviour. Cimbebasia 19 13-24

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A new genus and species of Mantophasmatidae from the Brandberg Massif.pdf	668.63 KB

Marais E, Martini JEJ, Irish J 1995. Gaub As (Namibie occidentale) Une grotte dans de la dolomie megacristalline hydrothermale. Karstologia 25 (2) 51-54

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Gaub As Cave 1995.pdf	5.68 MB

Chase Grey JN, Kent VT, Hill RA 2013. Evidence of a high density population of harvested leopards in a montane environment. PLoS ONE 8 (12)

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Evidence of a high density population of harvested leopards in a montane environment.PDF	650.42 KB

Hoal BG 1989. Proterozoic crustal evolution of the Awasib Mountain terrain, southern Namibia, with speical reference to the volcanic Haiber flats formation.

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Proterozoic crustal evolution of the Awasib Mountain terrain.pdf	8.95 MB

Rutherford MC 1972. Notes on the Flora and Vegetation of the Omuverume Plateau-Mountain, Waterberg, South West Africa. Dinteria 8 3-55

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Omavurume Plateau.pdf	33.18 MB

Treichel C, Strohbach BJ, Carr S, Loots S, Neckel A 2021. Euryops walterorum, a declining restricted-range endemic of the Greater Gamsberg. Namibian Journal of Environment 5 (A) 25-38

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Euryops walterorum_a declining restricted_range endemic of the Greater Gamsberg.pdf	10.1 MB
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Appendix 1.pdf	5.75 MB

Burke A 2005. A biodiversity treasure trove on Windhoek's doorstep. Flamingo 52-55

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flamingo-Jun2005-WDH.pdf	2.24 MB

Burke A 2004. A puzzling volcano called Brukkaros. Flamingo 31-33

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flamingo-Oct2004-Brukkaros.pdf	1.4 MB

1970. Mountain Catchment Areas Act 63 of 1970.

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ACT_1970_09_63_Mountain Catchment Areas Act.pdf	71.38 KB

van Jaarsveld E, Voigt W 2003. Climbing cliffs in the kaokoveld: Botanical exploration in northern Namibia. Veld and Flora (December 2003) 152-155

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Climbing cliffs in the kaokoveld_Botanical exploration in northern Namibia.pdf	350.23 KB

Burke A, Rügheimer S, Nanyeni S, Klaassen E 2013. An annotated plant checklist of the southern Nubib Mountains (2516AA). Dinteria 33 (2-2) 66-776

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An annotated plant checklist of the southern Nubib Mountains_2013.pdf	1.13 MB

Gosling LM 2012. Population ecology of Hartmann's mountain zebra: comparisons between protected areas in southern Namibia. Mountain Zebra Project.

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Mountain Zebra Project - Progress Report 2012_revised version.docx	675.17 KB