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1) The plants of an area considered in general or as communities, but not taxonomically; the total plant cover in a particular area or on the Earth as a whole. 2) The total mass of plant life that occupies a given area. (Source: ALL / MGH)

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Günster A 1993. Does the timing and intensity of rain events affect resource allocation in serotinous desert plants?. Acta Oecologica 14 153-159

Website link:http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=4878158

Günster A 1992. Aerial seed banks of the central Namib: The distribution of serotinous plants in relation to climate and habitat. Journal of Biogeography 19 563-572

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2845775

Dean WRJ, Milton SJ 2001. Responses of birds to rainfall and seed abundance in the southern Karoo, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 47 (1) 101-121

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196300906931

Mainah J 2006. Socio and economic importance of Grewia flava to the people of western parts of Kweneng District and factors affecting its spatial distribution in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 38 11-19

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41235983

Bonyongo C 2005. Habitat utilization by Impala (Aepyceros melampus) in the Okavango Delta. Botswana Notes and Records 37 (Special Edition on Human Interactions and Natural Resource Dynamics in the Okavango Delta and Ngamiland) 227-235

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980416

Bonyongo MC, Mubyana T, Totolo O, Veenandaal EM 2002. Flooding and soil nutrient status in the Okavango Delta's seasonal floodplains. Botswana Notes and Records 34 123-130

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980328

Mainah J 2001. The distribution and association of Grewia flava with other species in the Kalahari environment. Botswana Notes and Records 33 115-127

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980302

Sebego RJG 1999. The ecology and distribution limits of Colophospermum mopane in southern Africa. Botswana Notes and Records 31 53-72

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Ringrose S, Lesolle D, Botshoma T, Gopolang B, Vanderpost C, Matheson W 1999. An analysis of vegetation cover components in relation to climatic trends along the Botswana Kalahari Transect. Botswana Notes and Records 31 33-52

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980237

Vanderpost C, Ringrose S, Matheson W 1998. Aspects of ecological change in the Botswana Kalahari. Botswana Notes and Records 30 121-138

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980209

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

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

Roodt V 1991. Common wild flowers of the Okavango Delta : medicinal uses and nutritional value.

Website link:https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4145253

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

Roodt V 1992. Shell field guide to the common trees of the Okavango Delta and Moremi Game Reserve.

Website link:https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10154432

Kaunda SK 1994. The possible effects of millipedes on the nutrient dynamics of an Acacia Savanna Woodland. Botswana Notes and Records 26 151-165

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40959190

Larsen TB 1992. The butterflies of the Gemsbok National Park in Botswana (Lepidoptera – Rhopalocera). Botswana Notes and Records 24 181-203

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979923

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

Child SC, Shaw PA 1990. A floating island in the Okavango: Some observations made by Brian Wilson. Botswana Notes and Records 22 51-55

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979854

Barker JF 1985. The distribution of "Acridoidea" (grass-hoppers) in relation to overgrazing. Botswana Notes and Records 17 141-148

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979744

Barker JF 1982. A preliminary study of the distribution of Acridoidea in relation to overgrazing in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 14 1-10

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979660

Linder HP, Strebel PM, Crowe TM 1980. Island biogeography and the "Acacia" clumps at the Nxai Pan, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 12 170-173

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980804

Johnson P 1980. New records of shorthorned grasshoppers from Botswana, with a description of Rhodesiana cuneicerca n. sp. ("Insecta: Acridomorpha"). Botswana Notes and Records 12 23-33

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980791

van Rensburg HJ 1971. Range Management in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 3 112-130

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979283

Gibbs Russell GE, Biegel HM 1973. Report on botanical collecting trips to Maun and the northern Okavango Delta. Botswana Notes and Records 5 154-169

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979389

Sommerlatte MWL 1975. A preliminary report on the number, distribution and movement of elephants in the Chobe National Park with notes on browse utilisation. Botswana Notes and Records 7 121-129

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979433

van Voorthuizen EG 1976. The Mopane Tree. Botswana Notes and Records 8 223-230

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979469

Citizen Science projects: Atlas of alien plants.

Website link:http://www.the-eis.com/atlas/

Trollope WSW 1982. Ecological Effects of Fire in South African Savannas. Ecology of Tropical Savannas 42 292-306

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-68786-0_14

Porter-Bolland E, Ellis EA, Guariguata MR, Ruiz-Mallén I, Negrete-Yankelevich S, Reyes-García V 2012. Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics. Forest Ecology and Management 268 6-17

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112711003215

Ringrose S 2003. Characterisation of riparian woodlands and their potential water loss in the distal Okavango Delta, Botswana. Applied Geography 34 (2) 281-302

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622803000201

Tooth S, McCarthy TS 2004. Controls on the transition from meandering to straight channels in the wetlands of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 29 (13) 1627-1649

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.1117/abstract

Ellery WN, McCarthy TS, Smith ND 2003. Vegetation, hydrology, and sedimentation patterns on the major distributary system of the Okavango fan, Botswana. Wetlands 23 (2) 357-375

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1672/11-20

McCarthy TS 1993. The great inland deltas of Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East) 17 (3) 275-291

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du Toit JT, Cumming DHM 1999. Functional significance of ungulate diversity in African savannas and the ecological implications of the spread of pastoralism. Biodiversity and Conservation 8 (12) 1643-1661

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1008959721342

Midgley JJ, Cowling RM, Hendricks H, Desmet PG, Esler K, Rundel P 1997. Population ecology of tree succulents (Aloe and Pachypodium) in the arid western Cape: decline of keystone species. Biodiversity and Conservation 6 (6) 869-876

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FB%3ABIOC.0000010407.65612.27

National Botanical Research Institute National Botanical Research Institute. Devil's claw - Harpagophytum procumbens and H. zeyheri.

Website link:http://www.nbri.org.na/sections/economic-botany/INP/sectors/Devils-claw

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

Juergens N 2014. Exploring common ground for different hypotheses on Namib fairy circles. Ecography 10.1111/ecog.01232

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.01232/abstract

Marloth R 1886. The "!naras." Acanthosicyos horrida Hook. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 5 (2) 229-233

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21560382.1886.9526231#.VJA7HGctApE

Evans LBP 1918. Note on the genus Terfezia; A truffle from the Kalahari. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 7 (1) 117-118

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359191809519550#.VI6772ctApE

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

van Jaarsveld E, Struck M 1995. The succulent flora of South Africa and Namibia: representation and distribution. Giornale botanico italiano 129 (1) 439-450

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11263509509436161#.VIgDf2ctBHg

O'Connor TG, Puttick JR, Hoffman MT 2014. Bush encroachment in southern Africa: changes and causes. African Journal of Range and Forage Science (Special Issue: Bush encroachment - changes, causes, consequences and cures) 31 (2) 67-88

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/10220119.2014.939996#.VIcKnmctBHg

Shackelton SE 1991. Autecological studies on grass species in southern Africa - A literature survey. Journal of the Grassland Society of southern Africa 8 (3) 114-120

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02566702.1991.9648275#.VIA8cGctBHg

Ndhlovu T, Milton-Dean SJ, Esler KJ 2011. Impact of Prosopis (mesquite) invasion and clearing on the grazing capacity of semiarid Nama Karoo rangeland, South Africa. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 28 (3) 129-137

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Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/10220119.2011.642095#.VIA4h2ctBHg

Bornman TG, Adams JB, Bezuidenhout C 2004. Adaptations of salt marsh to semi-arid environments and management implications for the Orange River mouth. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 125-131

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519173#.VIAMnmctBHg

Wellington JH 1952. Niger and Okovango - Physical and Human Factors in their Development. South African Geographical Journal 34 (1) 38-47

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1952.10559287#.VH1sOWctBHg

Townshend JRG, Justice CO 1986. Analysis of the dynamics of African vegetation using the normalized difference vegetation index. International Journal of Remote Sensing 7 (11) 1435-1445

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431168608948946#.VHyLw2ctBHg

Marloth R 1889. Some adaptations of south African plants to the climate. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 6 (1) 31-38

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21560382.1889.9526252#.VHx9NGctBHg

le Houerou HN 2005. Diffuse vs. contracted vegetation patterns: An objective demarcation between arid and desert vegetations. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences (Special Issue: The Changing Mediterranean: A Challenge for Landscape Ecology) 53 (3-4) 177-182

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1560/9D9J-R77R-QJ0A-6KGQ#.VHWPG2ctBHg