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Henschel JR, Wassenaar TD 2022. Tenebrionid beetle diversity increases with aridity across the Namib Desert. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 69 65-88

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Leader GM, Marks T, Efraim K, Marais E 2022. Anibtanab: An earlier and middle stone age site in the Namib sand sea. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 69 89-102

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Marks TP 2022. New research at Mirabib Rockshelter. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 69 103-114

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Vogt R, Marais E, Maggs-Kölling G, Göttsche F-M, Cermak J, Seely MK 2022. A decade of solar and terrestrial radiation monitoring at Gobabeb for BSRN. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 69 141-159

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Pietersen DW, McKechnie AE, Jansen R 2014. A review of the anthropogenic threats faced by Temminck’s ground pangolin, Smutsia temminckii, in southern Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 44 (2) 167-178

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Review of the anthropogenic threats faced by ground pangolins in southern Africa.pdf	330.56 KB

Beck A 2009. Electric fence induced mortality in South Africa.

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Lee ATK, Macray MB, Ryan PG, Alexander GJ 2021. Tortoise mortality along fence lines in the Karoo region of South Africa. Journal for Nature Conservation 59

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Tortoise mortality along fence lines in the Karoo region of South Africa.pdf	368.16 KB

Scott L, Neumann FH 2018. Pollen-interpreted palaeoenvironments associated with the Middle and Late Pleistocene peopling of southern Africa. Quaternary International 1-16

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Pollen_interpreted palaeoenvironments associated with the Middle and Late Pleistocene peopling of southern Africa.pdf	714.49 KB

Powell LL, vaz Pinto P, Mills MSL, Baptista NL, Costa K, Dijkstra KDB, Gomes AL, Guedes P, Júlio T, Monadjem A, Palmeirim AF, Russo V, Melo M 2023. The last Afromontane forests in Angola are threatened by fires. Nature Ecology and Evolution

Website link:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02025-9

Robertson A 2023. How well do CHIRPS precipitation estimates relate to measured rainfall in Namibia?. Namibian Journal of Environment 7 (C) 1-7

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di Martino M, Coletta A, Battagliere ML, Virelli M 2019. Roter Kamm, Namibia. Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters 109-111

Website link:https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-05451-9_20

Fouché J, Reilly BK, de Crom EP, Baeumchen YK 2022. Diet of spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) on farmlands in Namibia. Food Webs 33 e00262

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352249622000441?via%3Dihub=

Muntifering JR, Guerier A, Beytell P, Stratford K 2023. Population parameters, performance and insights into factors influencing the reproduction of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis in Namibia. Oryx 57 (5) 659-669

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Population parameters_performance and insights into factors influencing the reproduction of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis in Namibia_2023.pdf	308.5 KB

Nikodemus A, Trubin A, Huertas Bernal DC, Kapuka A, Hajek M, Ndeinoma A, Purwestri RC 2023. Unveiling the impact of climate variability on forest fire occurrence in Namibia: A modelling study. Research Square

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Unveiling the impact of climate variability on forest fire occurrence in Namibia A modelling study.pdf	683.85 KB

Vikram S, Ramond J-B, Ortiz M, Maggs-Kölling G, Pelser K, Cowan DA 2023. Soil fungal diversity and assembly along a xeric stress gradient in the central Namib Desert. Fungal Biology 127 (4) 997-1003

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Soil fungal diversity and assembly along a xeric stress gradient in the central Namib Desert.pdf	264.92 KB

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614623000284?via%3Dihub=

Oliveira S, Fehn A-M, Amorim B, Stoneking M, Rocha J 2023. Genome wide variation in the Angolan Namib desert reveals unique Pre-Bantu ancestry. bioRxiv

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Perez R, Aron S 2023. Protective role of trehalose in the Namib desert ant Ocymyrmex robustior. Journal of Experimental Biology 226 (3)

Website link:https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-abstract/226/3/jeb245149/286983/Protective-role-of-trehalose-in-the-Namib-desert?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Clements M, Washington R 2023. Summer dust emissions from the Etosha Pan, Namibia: The role of the Namib Anabatic-Sea Breeze System. JGR Atmospheres 128 (6)

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Summer dust emissions from the Etosha Pan_The role of the Namib Anabatic_Sea Breeze System.pdf	3.63 MB

Molini U, Aikukutu G, Roux J-P, Kemper J, Ntahonshikira C, Marruchella G, Khaiseb S, Cattoli G, Dundon WG 2020. Avian Influenza H5N8 Outbreak in African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus), Namibia, 2019. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 56 (1) 214-218

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Stander PE, Noci G, Eikelboom L, Sander P, Vallat F 2023. An evaluation of the simultaneous utilisation of the northern Namib coastline by desert-adapted lions (Panthera leo) and recreational shore anglers, during the 2022/2023 Torra Bay Campsite season, in the Skeleton Coast National Park. Namibian Journal of Environment 7 (B) 1-8

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An evaluation of the simultaneous utilisation of the northern Namib coastline by desert_adapted lions.pdf	806.04 KB

Mendelsohn J, Shangano E, Shatipamba F 2023. About fairies of all sizes. Conservation and the Environment in Namibia 34-41

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Naha D, Périquet S, Kilian JW, Kupferman CA, Hoth-Hanssen T, Beasley JC 2023. Fencing affects movement patterns of two large carnivores in Southern Africa. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11 (1031321)

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Renda S, Périquet S, Le Roux A 2023. Blown away? Wind speed and foraging success in an acoustic predator. Mammal Research 68 215-221

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Snider MH, Athreya VR, Balme GA, Bidner LR, Farhadinia MS, Fattebert J, Gompper ME, Gubbi S, Hunter LTB, Isbell LA, MacDonald DW, Odden M, Owen CR, Slotow R, Spalton JA, Stein AB, Steyn V, Vanak AT, Weise FJ, Wilmers CC, Kays R 2021. Home range variation in leopards living across the human density gradient. Journal of Mammalogy 102 (4) 1138-1148

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Home range variation in leopards living across the human density gradient.pdf	530.39 KB

Stratford KJ, Guerier AS, Crawford SJ, Stratford SMC, Schmidt-Küntzel A, Bishop JM 2021. Female southern white rhinoceros can select mates to avoid inbreeding. Journal of Heredity 112 (4) 385-390

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Female southern white rhinoceros can select mates to avoid inbreeding.pdf	282.28 KB

Périquet S, Fritz H, Revilla E, MacDonald DW, Loveridge AJ, Mtare G, Valeix M 2021. Dynamic interactions between apex predators reveal contrasting seasonal attraction patterns. Oecologia 195 51-63

Website link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-020-04802-w

Weise FJ, Tomeletso M, Stein AB, Somers MJ, Hayward MW 2020. Lions Panthera leo Prefer killing certain cattle Bos taurus types. Animals 10 (4)

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Khwaja H, Buchan C, Wearn OR, Bahaa-El-Din L, Bantlin D, Bernard H, Bitariho R, Bohm T, Borah J, Brodie J, Chutipong W, du Preez B, Ebang-Mbele A, Edwards S, Fairet E, Frechette JL, Garside A, Gibson L, Giordano A, Gopi GV, Granados A, Gubbi S, Harich F, Haurez B, Havmoller RW, Helmy O, Isbell LA, Jenks K, Kalle R, Kamjing A, Khamcha D, Kiebou- Opepa C, Kinnaird M, Kruger C, Laudisoit A, Lynam A, Macdonald SE, Mathai J, Metsio Sienne J, Meier A, Mills D, Mohd- Azlan J, Nakashima Y, Nash HC, Ngoprasert D, Nguyen A, O'Brien T, Olson D, Orbell C, Poulsen J, Ramesh T, Reeder DA, Reyna R, Rich LN, Rode-Margono J, Rovero F, Sheil D, Shirley MH, Stratford K, Sukumal N, Suwanrat S, Tantipisanuh N, Tilker A, van Berkel T, van der Weyde LK, Varney M, Weise F, Wiesel I, Wilting A, Wong ST, Waterman C, Challender DWS 2019. Pangolins in global camera trap data: Implications for ecological monitoring. Global Ecology and Conservation 20 e00769

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Pangolins in global camera trap data_Implications for ecological monitoring.pdf	373.81 KB

Potgieter GC, Weise FJ, Wachter B, Melzheimer J, Wiesel I, Stratford K 2016. Comment on Rust et al.: Human-carnivore conflict in Namibia is not simply about black and white. Society and Natural Resources 30 (10) 1299-1303

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08941920.2017.1283077?journalCode=usnr20

Dueker S, Willows-Munro S, Perrin MR, Abebe YD, Annorbah NND, Mwangi E, Madindou IR, Tekalign W, Wondimagegnehu M, Mori E, Mzumara TI, Brown C, Bryson U, Ndithia H, Dodman T, van der Zwan H, van der Sluis R, Phiri CR, Karimanzira A, Martin R 2023. Conservation status and threats to lovebirds: knowledge gaps and research priorities. Ostrich - Journal of African Ornithology 94 (1)

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Conservation status and threats to lovebirds_knowledge gaps and research priorities.pdf	430.06 KB

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306525.2023.2206674

Bryson U, Paijmans DM, Boorman M 2023. Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac: comparative biometrics, moult data and criteria for the determination of age and sex. Namibian Journal of Environment 7 (D) 41-56

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Bryson U, Paijmans DM 2023. Mountain Wheatear Myrmecocichla monticola: comparative biometrics, moult and breeding data, and criteria for the determination of age and sex. Namibian Journal of Environment 7 (D) 20-40

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Bryson U, Paijmans DM 2023. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) Linnaeus, 1758 on its non-breeding grounds: comparative biometrics, moult data and criteria to determine age and sex. Namibian Journal of Environment 7 (D) 1-19

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Red-backed Shrike_Lanius collurio_Linnaeus.pdf	1.75 MB

Scogings PF, Mopipi K 2008. Effects of water, grass and N on responses of Acacia karroo seedlings to early wet season simulated browsing: Leaf N, fibre and tannin concentrations. Journal of Arid Environments 72 509-522

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Effects of water_grass and N on responses of Acacia karroo seedlings to early wet season simulated browsing.pdf	183.98 KB

Bird TL, Chobolo LL, Ndaba A 2022. Southern African vernacular names of Solifugae (Arachnida) and their meanings. African Entomology 30 e10696

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Sevket S, Pickford M 2022. Red rock hares (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) past and present in southern Africa, and a new species of Pronolagus from the early pleistocene of Angola. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 24 67-97

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Red rock hares past and present in southern Africa_new species of Pronolagus from the early pleistocene of Angola.pdf	1.26 MB

Goin FA, Crespo VD, Pickford M A new adapisoriculid mammal (Eutheria) from the early-middle Eocene of Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 25 56-65

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A new adapisoriculid mammal from the early_middle Eocene of Namibia.pdf	840.09 KB

Rosina VV, Kruskop SV, Pickford M 2022. Odontological characters of African molossid bats (Molossidae, Chiroptera, Mammalia) in the context of studies of the Miocene bat assemblages from Berg Aukas I, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 24 17-32

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Klopper RR, van Wyk AE 2001. The genus Salsola (Chenopodiaceae) in southern Africa: Systematic significance of leaf anatomy. South African Journal of Botany 67 (4) 540-551

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The genus Salsola in southern Africa_Systematic significance of leaf anatomy.pdf	3.62 MB

Veloso JMV, Böhm C, Schween JH, Löhnert U, Crewell S 2023. A comparative study of the atmospheric water vapor in the Atacama and Namib Desert. Preprint submitted to Global and Planetary Change

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Loiseau O, Manzitto-Tripp EA, Swanepoel W, Dexter KG 2023. Net diversification rates of the woody plant genus Petalidium (Acanthaceae) are highest in the ancient and arid Namib Desert. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11 1193728

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Net diversification rates of the woody plant genus Petalidium are highest in the ancient and arid Namib Desert.pdf	386.56 KB

Shiweda M, Shivute F, Sales AR, Pereira MJ 2023. Climate change and anthropogenic factors are influencing the loss of habitats and emerging human-elephant conflict in the Namib Desert. Sustainability 15 12400

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Climate Change and Anthropogenic Factors Are Influencing the Loss of Habitats and Emerging Human–Elephant Conflict in the Namib Desert.pdf	1.51 MB

Gunter F, Oldeland J, Picker MD, Henschel JR, Jürgens N 2023. Cryptic subterranean diversity: regional phylogeography of the sand termite Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri, 1908 in the wider Namib region. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 23 139-150

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Jürgens N, Gröngröft A, Gunter F 2023. Evolution at the arid extreme: the influence of climate on sand termite colonies and fairy circles of the Namib Desert. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378 20220149

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le Roux CJG 2010. The grazing capacity of the plains in the Etosha national park. Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa 14 (1) 89-93

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00725560.1979.9648866

Krecek RC, Boomker J, Penzhorn BL, Scheepers L 1990. Internal Parasites of Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) from Etosha National Park, Namibia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 26 (3) 395-397

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van Schalkwyk DL, McMillin KW, Witthuhn RC, Hoffman LC 2010. The contribution of wildlife to sustainable natural resource utilization in Namibia: A review. Sustainability 2 (11) 3479-3499

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The contribution of wildlife to sustainable natural resource utilization in Namibia A review.pdf	401.23 KB

Liu X, Zhou J 2021. Assessment of the continuous extreme drought events in Namibia during the last decade. Water 13 2942

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Assessment of the continuous extreme drought events in Namibia during the last decade.pdf	1.32 MB

O'Bryan CJ, Allan JR, Suarez-Castro AF, Delsen DM, Buij R, McClure CJW, Rehbein JA, Virani MZ, McCabe JD, Tyrrell P, Negret PJ, Greig C, Brehony P, Kissling WD 2022. Human impacts on the world's raptors. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 624896

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Eiki N, Maake M, Lebelo S, Sakong B, Sebola N, Mabelebele M 2022. Survey of Ethnoveterinary Medicines used to treat lLivestock diseases in Omusati and Kunene Regions of Namibia. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 9 762771

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Survey of Ethnoveterinary Medicines used to treat lLivestock diseases in Omusati and Kunene Regions of Namibia.pdf	704 KB