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Any large woody perennial plant with a distinct trunk giving rise to branches or leaves at some distance from the ground. (Source: CED)

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de Winter B 1968. Some observations on the Genus Commiphora in South and South-West Africa. Trees in South Africa XX (1) 1 - 12

Vetter S 2001. Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands (AT0726).

Website link:https://secure.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0726_full.html

Vetter S 2001. Angolan Mopane woodlands (AT0702).

Website link:https://secure.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0702_full.html

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

Spriggs A 2001. Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands (AT0709).

Website link:https://secure.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0709_full.html

Smit GN 2005. Tree thinning as an option to increase herbaceous yield of an encroached semi-arid savanna in South Africa. BMC Ecology 5 (4)

Website link:http://www.springerlink.com/content/89n57mr668701423/

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

Wessels D Mopane Woodland Management.

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Shackelton CM 2002. Growth and fruit production of Sclerocarya birrea in the South African lowveld. Agroforestry Systems 55 (39) 175 - 180

Website link:http://www.springerlink.com/content/u85458703r388527/

Schulze ED, Gebauer G, Ziegler H, Lange OL 1991. Estimates of nitrogen fixation by trees on an aridity gradient in Namibia. Oecologia 88 451 - 455

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/pss/4219815

Schachtschneider K, February EC 2010. The relationship between fog, floods, groundwater and tree growth along the lower Kuiseb River in the hyperarid Namib. Journal of Arid Environments 74 (12) 1632 - 1637

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196310001692

Rohde RF, Hoffman MT 2011. The historical ecology of Namibian rangelands: Vegetation change since 1876 in response to local and global drivers. Science of the Total Environment 416 276 - 288

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969711012617

Richter CGF, Snyman HA, Smit GN 2001. The influence of tree density on the grass layer of three semi-arid savanna types of southern Africa. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 18 (2) 103 - 109

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/the-influence-of-tree-thinning-on-the-establishment-of-herbaceous-plants-in-a-semiarid-savanna-of-southern-africa/

Poynton RJ 1988. Prosopis: South West Africa/Namibia, 22-26/02/1988: Field Notes. 22 - 26

Munthali CRY, Chirwa PW, Akinnifesi KK 2011. Genetic variation among and within provenances of Adansonia digitata L. (Baobab) in seed germination and seedling growth from selected natural populations in Malawi. Agroforestry Systems

Website link:http://www.springerlink.com/content/t12m48r7h6506616/

Mwitwa JP, Munthali CRY, van Wyk G 2008. Heritability of shoot die-back and root biomass in sixteen Pterocarpus angolensis (Fabaceae) half-sib families from Malawi, Namibia and Zambia. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science 70 (3) 221 - 226

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/SF.2008.70.3.5.666

Leakey R 2005. Domestication potential of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp. Caffra) in South Africa and Namibia: 3. Multiple trait selection. Agroforestry Systems 64 (1) 51 - 59

Website link:http://www.springerlink.com/content/n11504k745440423/

Leakey R, Shackleton S, du Plessis P 2005. Domestication potential of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp caffra)in South Africa and Namibia: 1. Phenotypic variation in fruit traits. Agroforestry Systems 64 (1) 25 - 35

Website link:http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/5711/

Leakey R, Pate K, Lombard C 2005. Domestication potential of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp caffra) in South Africa and Namibia: 2. Phenotypic variation in nut and kernel traits. Agroforestry Systems 64 (1) 37 - 49

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Katjiua M, Ward D 2007. Pastoralists perceptions and realities of vegetationchange and browse consumption in the northern Kalahari, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 69 (4) 716 - 730

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196306004204

Geldenhuys CJ 1977. The effect of different regimes of annual burning on two woodland communities in Kavango. South African Forestry Journal 103 (1) 32 - 42

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00382167.1977.9629467

Fujioka Y 2005. Vegetation changes and use of palms as a building material by Ovambo Agro-Pastoralists in North-Central Namibia. African Study Monographs 30 89 - 105

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Fichtler E, Trouet V, Beeckman H, Coppin P, Worbes M 2004. Climatic signals in tree rings of Burkea africana and Pterocarpus angolensis from semiarid forests in Namibia. Trees - Structure and Function 18 (4) 442 - 451

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Favier C, Aleman J, Bremond L, Dubois MA, Freycon V, Yangakola J-M 2012. Abrupt shifts in African savanna tree cover along a climatic gradient. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21 (8) 787-797

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00725.x/abstract

Caylor KK, Shugart HH, Rodriguez-Iturbe I 2005. Tree Canopy Effects on Simulated Water Stress in Southern African Savannas. Ecosystems 8 (1) 17 - 32

Website link:http://www.springerlink.com/content/ua4fjykycexgx5y1/

Burke A 2006. Savanna trees in Namibia - Factors controlling their distribution at the arid end of the spectrum. Flora 201 (3) 189 - 201

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367253005001271

Bucini G, Hanan NP 2007. A continental-scale analysis of tree cover in African savannas. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16 (5) 93 - 605

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00325.x/full

Bond W, Midgley GF, Woodward F 2003. What controls South African vegetation-climate or fire?. South African Journal of Botany 69 (1) 79 - 91

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de Beer Y, Kilian W, Versfeld W, van Aarde RJ 2006. Elephants and low rainfall alter woody vegetation in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 64 412 - 421

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196305001527

van Aarde R, de Beer Y, Guldemond R 2004. Elephants, drought and woody vegetation in Namibia's Etosha National Park. Transactions of the Royal Society of SA 59 (2) 123

Website link:http://www.sabinet.co.za/abstracts/royalsa/royalsa_v59_n2_a15.html

Mtwisha L, Farrant JM, Brandt W, Hlongwane C, Lindsey GG 2007. ASP53, a thermostable protein from Acacia erioloba seeds that protects target proteins against thermal denaturation. Functional Plant Biology 34 (2) 139 - 149

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1827

Komakech Otim C 2008. Growth potential of alternative eucalyptus species for mid and high altitude sites in the summer rainfall region in South Africa.

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3889

Vogel JC, Fuls A 2005. Life-span of leadwood trees. South African Journal of Science 101 98 - 100

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1951

Scholes RJ, Dowty PR, Caylor K, Parsons DAB, Frost PGH, Shugart HH 2002. Trends in savanna structure and composition along an aridity gradient in the Kalahari. Journal of Vegetation Science 13 (3) 419 - 428

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Trends in savanna structure and composition along an aridity gradient in the Kalahari.pdf	218.38 KB

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2027

Rösner S, Giesselmann UC, Meyer J, Schwager M, Wiegand T, Lück-Vogel M, Brandl R 2010. Coloniality of birds in the Kalahari - spatial distribution of trees and nests of the Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius). Biodiversity in southern Africa 2 179-183

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Coloniality of birds in the Kalahari_spatial distribution of trees and nests of the Sociable Weaver.pdf	1.52 MB

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4830

Scholes B 2006. Trees, fires and elephants: Applying ecological theory to science-society issues in southern Africa. 29

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2751

Vogel M, Strohbach M 2009. Monitoring of savanna degradation in Namibia using Landsat TM/ETM+ data. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 3 III - 931

Website link:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http%3A//ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/5403226/5417750/05417925.pdf%3Farnumber%3D5417925&authDecision=-203

Curtis B, Mannheimer C 2005. Tree Atlas of Namibia.

Website link:http://www.nbri.org.na/projects/tree-atlas

Namibia Biomass industry Group (N-BiG).

Website link:http://www.n-big.org/

Wynberg RP, Laird SA 2007. Less is often more: governance of a non-timber forest product, marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra) in southern Africa. The International Forestry Review 9 (1) 476-490

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/43740293

Fischer C, Kollmann J, Wagner TC 2015. How does the seed fate of Crotalaria podocarpa DC, a highly competitive herbaceous legume in arid rangelands, contribute to its establishment probability?. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 17 (5) 405-411

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1433831915000682

Bello I, Shehu MW, Musa M, Aswami MZ, Mahmud R 2016. Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. (Sausage tree): Phytochemistry and pharmacological review of a quintessential African traditional medicinal plant. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 189 253-276

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874116303300

Makita C, Chimuka L, Steenkamp P, Cukrowska E, Madala E 2016. Comparative analyses of flavonoid content in Moringa oleifera and Moringa ovalifolia with the aid of UHPLC-qTOF-MS fingerprinting. South African Journal of Botany 105 116-122

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629916002507

van Holsbeeck S, de Cauwer V, de Ridder M, Fichtler E, Beeckman H, Mertens J 2016. Annual diameter growth of Pterocarpus angolensis (Kiaat) and other woodland species in Namibia. Forest Ecology and Management 373 1-8

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Annual diameter growth of Pterocarpus angolensis and other woodland species in Namibia.pdf	2.2 MB

Tenbergen B, Günster A, Schreiber K-F 1995. Harvesting runoff: the minicatchment technique - an alternative to irrigated tree plantations in semiarid regions. Ambio 24 72-76

Website link:http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=SE9510571

Roodt V 1998. Trees and shrubs of the Okavango Delta: medicinal uses and nutritional value.

Website link:https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4145190

Heath A 2009. Field guide to the plants of northern Botswana, including the Okavango Delta: useful in countries and geographical areas adjacent to northern Botswana in the Zambesi Basin.

Website link:https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8527097

Rashford J 1987. The Baobab tree and seasonal hunger in Africa: The case of the San. Botswana Notes and Records 19 57-68

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979788

Peringuey L 1884. Insects injurious to forest trees in South Africa. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 4 (1) 15-25

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21560382.1884.9526194#.VLOV-2ctApE

Marloth R 1886. The Acacias of southern Africa. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 5 (2) 267-274

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21560382.1886.9526237#.VIqcAWctDcs