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A soft-bodied insect of the order Isoptera; individuals feed on cellulose and live in colonies with a caste system comprising three types of functional individuals: sterile workers and soldiers, and the reproductives. Also known as white ant. (Source: MGH)

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von Maltzahn H 1975. Schwärmende Termiten in Südwestafrika ziehen auch Wintergäste an. Ornithologische Arbeitsgruppe SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 11 (8/9) 4-5

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Jensen RAC 1972. The Steppe Eagle Aquilla nipalensis and other termite-eating raptors in South West Africa. Madoqua I 1 (5) 73 - 76

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Jensen_1972_Madoqua_Ser_1_5_Steppe_Eagle.pdf	912.24 KB

Bauer AM, Russell AP, Edgar BD 1989. Utilization of the termite Hodotermes mossambicus (Hagen) by gekkonid lizards near Keetmanshoop, South West Africa. African Zoology 24 (4) 239-242

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Utilization of the termite Hodotermes mossambicus by gekkonid lizards near Keetmanshoop.pdf	322.94 KB

Ferguson JWH 1989. Preferred habitat of White-browed Sparrow Weavers Plocepasser mahali. South African Journal of Zoology 24 (1) 1 - 10

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Preferred habitat of White_browed Sparrow Weavers Plocepasser mahali.pdf	699.56 KB

Thomson N 2008. Observations at a Termite "Take-Away". Lanioturdus 41 (1) 19-20

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Sako A, Mills AJ, Roychoudhury AN 2009. Rare earth and trace element geochemistry of termite mounds in central and northeastern Namibia: Mechanisms for micro-nutrient accumulation. Geoderma 153 (1-2) 217-230

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706109002596

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

Turner S Termite Research.

Website link:http://www.esf.edu/efb/turner/termitePages/termiteStruct.html

Augus D 2006. Ant Colony Optimisation: From Biological Inspiration to an Algorithmic Framework.

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Ant Colony Optimisation_From Biological Inspiration to an Algorithmic Framework.pdf	100.34 KB

Wehner R 1987. Spatial organization of foraging behavior in individually searching desert ants, Cataglyphis (Sahara desert) and Ocymyrmex (Namib Desert). From Individual to Collective Behavior in Social Insects 15-42

Website link:http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12816268?selectedversion=NBD5388628

Termigradation - Termites and their uses.

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

Zeidler J, Hanrahan S, Scholes M 2002. Land-use intensity affects range condition in arid to semi-arid Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 52 (3) 389-403

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196302909900

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/

Grube S 2002. The fairy circles of Kaokoland (Northwest Namibia) - is the harvester termite Hodotermes mossambicus the prime causal factor in circle formation?. Basic and Applied Ecology 3 (4) 367 - 370

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/the-fairy-circles-of-kaokoland-northwest-namibia-is-the-harvester-termite-hodotermes-mossambicus-the-prime-causal-factor-in-circle-formation/

Verlinden A, Seely MK, Hillyer A 2006. Settlement, trees and termites in Central North Namibia: A case of indigenous resource management. Journal of Arid Environments 66 307 - 335

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014019630500282X

Naudé Y, van Rooyen MW, Rohwer ER 2011. Evidence for a geochemical origin of the mysterious circles in the Pro-Namib desert. Journal of Arid Environments 75 (5) 446 - 456

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196310003563

Symes CT, Woodborne SM 2010. Estimation of food composition of Hodotermes mossambicus (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae) based on observations and stable carbon isotope ratios. Insect Science 00 1 - 6

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4770

von Maltzahn H 1954. A termite feast. Bokmakierie 6 5

Website link:http://witsbirdclub.org.za/downloads/

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

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

Gaerdes JH 1960. Yellow Billed Kites Milvus migrans feeding on harvester termites. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 31 (4) 177

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1960.9632667#.VRLMU2c5ApE

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

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

Miller WR, Mason TR 2000. Stellavelum arborensis igen., sp. nov., Stellavelum uncinum igen., isp. nov. and Termitichnus namibiensis isp. nov.; New Ichnofossils from Cenozoic deposits of Namaqualand, South Africa. Ichnos: An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces 7 (3) 195-215

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10420940009380160#.VHg632ctBHg

Mbata KJ 2018. Annotated checklist of cockroaches and termites of Zambia (Arthropoda: Insecta; Blattodea). Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions 404-415

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Annotated checklist of cockroaches and termites of Zambia.pdf	995.49 KB

2002. 4.18 Termite diversity.

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Fig 4.18 Termite diversity.zip	143.89 KB

van der Westhuizen GCA, Eicker A 1991. The 'Omajowa' or 'Termitenpilz', Termitomyces sp. (Agaricales) of Namibia. South African Journal of Botany (57) 67-70

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The Omajowa or Termitenpilz of Namibia.pdf	6.36 MB

Coaton WGH, Sheasby JL 1972. Preliminary report on a survey of the termites (Isoptera) of South West Africa. Cimbebasia Memoir (2) 108-109

Website link:https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21880275?q=&versionId=26348902

Dangerfield JM, McCarthy TS, Ellery WN 1998. The mound-building termite Macrotermes michaelseni as an ecosystem engineer. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14 507 - 520

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The mound_building termite Macrotermes michaelseni as an ecosystem engineer.pdf	1.8 MB

Ellery WN, McCarthy TS, Dangerfield JM 1998. Biotic Factors in Mima Mound development: Evidence from the Floodplains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. International Journal of Ecology and Enviromental Sciences 24 293 - 313

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Biotic Factors in Mima Mound development_1988.pdf	1.2 MB

McCarthy TS, Ellery WN, Dangerfield JM 1998. The role of Biota in the initiation and growth of islands of the floodplain of the Okavango Alluvial Fan, Botswana. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 23 291 - 316

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The role of Biota in the initiation and growth of islands of the floodplain of the Okavango Alluvial Fan.pdf	1.71 MB

Getzin S, Wiegand K, Wiegand T, Yizhaq H, von Hardenberg J, Meron E 2015. Clarifying misunderstandings regarding vegetation self-organisation and spatial patterns of fairy circles in Namibia: A response to recent termite hypotheses. Ecological Entomology (40) 669–675

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Clarifying misunderstandings regarding vegetation self_organisation and spatial patterns of fairy circles in Namibia.pdf	1.13 MB

Grohmann C 2010. Termite mediated heterogeneity of soil and vegetation patterns in a semi‐arid savanna ecosystem in Namibia.

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Termite mediated heterogeneity of soil and vegetation patterns in a semi_arid savanna ecosystem in Namibia.pdf	2.31 MB

Yamashina C 2013. Variation in savanna vegetation on termite mounds in north-eastern Namibia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 29 559-562

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Variation in savanna vegetation on termite mounds in north_eastern Namibia.pdf	256.63 KB

Arshad MA 1982. Influence of the termite Macrotermes michaelseni (Sjost) on soil fertility and vegetation in a semi-arid savannah ecosystem. Agro-Ecosystems 8 47–58

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0304374682900142

Vlieghe K 2016. The ecology of Namibian fairy circles and the potential role of sand termites (Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri) in their origin.

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The ecology of Namibian fairy circles and the potential role of sand termites in their origin_2016.pdf	1.92 MB

Cramer MD, von Holdt JRC, Uys VM, Midgley JJ 2017. The present and likely past climatic distribution of the termite Microhodotermes viator in relation to the distribution of heuweltjies. Journal of Arid Environments 146 35-43

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The present and likely past climatic distribution of the termite Microhodotermes viator in relation to the distribution of heuweltjies.pdf	2.1 MB

Jürgens N, Gunter F, Oldeland J, Groengroeft A, Henschel JR, Oncken I, Picker MD 2020. Largest on earth: Discovery of a new type of fairy circle in Angola supports a termite origin. Ecological Entomology

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Discovery of a new type of fairy circle in Angola supports a termite origin.pdf	2.68 MB

Wildermuth B, Oldeland J, Arning C, Gunter F, Strohbach B, Jürgens N 2022. Spatial patterns and life histories of Macrotermes michaelseni termite mounds reflect intraspecific competition: insights of a temporal comparison spanning 12 years. Ecography 2022 e06306

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Spatial patterns and life histories of Macrotermes michaelseni termite mounds.pdf	669.08 KB

Jumbam KR, Périquet S, Dalerum F, Le Roux A 2019. Spatial and temporal variation in the use of supplementary food in an obligate termite specialist, the bat-eared fox. African Zoology 54 (1) 63-71

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2019.1596754

Jürgens N, Gunter F 2022. Bare areas caused by Hodotermes mossambicus in the northern Namib Desert. Fairy circles of the Namib Desert - Ecosystem engineering by subterranean social insects 7 286-291

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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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Gunter F, Jürgens N, Henschel JR 2023. Observations on the diversity of termites in Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 8 187-192

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Observations on the diversity of termites.pdf	836.34 KB

Zeidler J 1997. Distribution of termites (Isoptera) throughout Namibia - environmental connections.

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Distribution of termites throughout Namibia_environmental connections.pdf	26.93 MB

Getzin S, Holch S, Yizhaq H, Wiegand K 2022. Plant water stress, not termite herbivory, causes Namibia's fairy circles. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 57

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Plant water stress_not termite herbivory_causes Namibias fairy circles.pdf	1.18 MB

Wildermuth B, Oldeland J, Jürgens N 2021. A beneficial relationship: associated trees facilitate termite colonies (Macrotermes michaelseni) in Namibia. Ecosphere 12 (7)

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