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Any observable action or response of an organism, group or species to environmental factors. (Source: LBC)

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de Piennaar U 1976. Observations on the nesting habits and predators of breeding colonies of Red-billed Queleas. Mitteilungen Ornitologische Arbeitsgruppe SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 12 (3) 3-6

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Nesting habitats and predators of breeding colonies of Red_billed Queleas.pdf	488.49 KB

van de Reep J, van de Reep S 1993. Cocky Bustard. Lanioturdus 27 50-52

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Cocky Bustard.pdf	546.6 KB

Gerstle K, Gerstle P 1993. From rags to riches. Lanioturdus 27 31-34

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From rags to riches.pdf	420.35 KB

Friede G 1995. Werbung eines Fahlregenpfeifers. Lanioturdus 28 44-45

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Werbung eines Fahlregenpfeifers_1995.pdf	143.61 KB

Henschel I 1997. Communication in our feathered friends. Lanioturdus 30 (2) 13-15

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Communication in our feathered friends.pdf	250.33 KB

Dedekind H 1997. Barbets and Honeyguides. Lanioturdus 30 (2) 9-10

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Barbets and Honeyguides_1997.pdf	240.19 KB

Friede G 1997. Bird parties. Lanioturdus 30 (1) 12-14

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Bird parties_1997.pdf	240.27 KB

Boix-Hinzen C 1997. Notes on misdirected feeding bahaviour. Lanioturdus 30 (4) 26-28

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Notes on misdirected feeding bahaviour.pdf	240.82 KB

Pollard CJW 1998. Dune Lark drinking water?. Lanioturdus 31 (3) 2-3

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Dune Lark drinking water_1998.pdf	124.86 KB

Boix-Hinzen C 1998. Sexual encounters in Violet Woodhoopoes. Lanioturdus 31 (1) 26-29

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Sexual encounters in Violet Woodhoopoes.pdf	240.11 KB

Branch B 1998. Feeding observations on raptors in Etosha. Lanioturdus 31 (4) 20

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Feeding observations on raptors in Etosha.pdf	142.38 KB

Jörges B 1972. Der Drosselwürger Lanioturdus torquatus: Eine Verhaltensbeobachtung. Mitteilungen Ornitologische Arbeitsgruppe SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 8 (1 - 2) 6 - 8

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Der Drosselwuerger_1972.pdf	342.35 KB

Wasiolka B, Blaum N, Jeltsch F, Henschel J 2009. Behavioural responses of the lizard Pedioplanis l. lineoocellata to overgrazing. Acta Oecologica 35 157-162

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Behavioural responses of the lizard Pedioplanis_2009.pdf	198.38 KB

Immelmann K, Immelmann G 1968. Zur Fortpflanzunsbiologie einiger Vögel in der Namib. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 19 329 - 339

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Zur Fortpflanzunsbiologie einiger Voegel in der Namib.pdf	6.03 MB

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 1988. Geographic variation in social behaviour of White-browed Sparrow-Weavers, Plocepasser mahali. South African Journal of Zoology 23 1 - 6

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Ferguson_1988_SA_J_Zool_23_sparrowweaver.pdf	416.22 KB

Jenkins AR 2000. Hunting mode and success of African Peregrines Falco peregrinus minoc does nesting habitat quality affect foraging efficiency?. Ibis 142 235-246

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Hunting mode and success of African Peregrines.pdf	1.07 MB

Mills MSL, Boix-Hinzen C, du Plessis MA 2005. Live or let live: life-history decisions of the breeding female Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri. Ibis 147 48-56

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Live or let live life_history decisions of the breeding female Monteiros Hornbill Tockus monteiri.pdf	226.23 KB

Kemp AC 2001. Concentration of nonbreeding Lesser Spotted Eagles Aquila pomarina at abundant food: a breeding colony of Redbilled Quelea quelea in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Acta Ornithologica 42 (4) 325-329

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Lesser Spotted Eagles at abundant food_Kruger NP_2001.pdf	750.91 KB

Simmons R, Mendelsohn J Cartwheeling flights courtship display or aggression. African Wildlife 70 (1) 7-8

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Cartwheeling flights courtship display or aggression.pdf	4.8 MB

Eifler D, Eifler M 2014. Escape tactics in the lizard Meroles cuneirostris. Amphibia-Reptilia 35 383-389

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Escape tactics in the lizard Meroles cuneirostris_2014.pdf	142.06 KB

Spiegel O, Harel R, Centeno-Cuadros A, Hatzofe O, Getz WM, Nathan R 2015. Moving beyond curve-fitting: using complementary data to assess alternative explanations for long movements of three vulture species. The American Naturalist 185 (2) E00-E12

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Spiegel_etal2015AmNat.pdf	617.22 KB

Prendini L, Weygold P, Wheeler WC 2005. Systematics of the Damon variegatus group of African whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi): Evidence from behaviour, morphology and DNA. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 5 (3) 203-236

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609205000425

Rathburn GB, Cowley TE 2008. Behavioural ecology of the black mongoose (Galerella nigrata) in Namibia. Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 73 (6) 444-450

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Behavioural ecology of the black mongoose_Galerella nigrata_in Namibia.pdf	287.85 KB

Cunningham P 2013. Meroles ctenodactylus (Smith, 1838) Diet. 22-23

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Meroles ctenodactylus.pdf	313.96 KB

Hughes JJ, Ward D 1993. Predation risk and distance to cover affect foraging behaviour in Namib Desert gerbils. Animal Behaviour 46 (6) 1243-1245

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347283713205

Trinkel M 2010. Prey selection and prey preferences of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. Ecological Research 25 (2) 413-417

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Prey selection and prey preferences of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta in the Etosha National Park.pdf	366.21 KB

Hayward MW, Hayward GJ, Druce DJ, Kerley GIH 2009. Do fences constrain predator movements on an evolutionary scale? Home range, food intake and movement patterns of large predators reintroduced to Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation 18 (4) 887-904

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-008-9452-y

Huchard E, Alvergne A, Féjan D, Knapp LA, Cowlishaw G, Raymond M 2010. More than friends? Behavioural and genetic aspects of heterosexual associations in wild chacma baboons. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64 (5) 769-781

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-009-0894-3

Hill PSM 2006. How do animals use substrate-borne vibrations as an information source?. Naturwissenschaften 96 (12) 1355-1371

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-009-0588-8

Maclean GL 1967. Die systematische Stellung der Flughühner (Pteroclididae). Journal für Ornithologie 108 (2) 203-217

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01671410

Clancey PA 1950. The sociable Weaver Philetairus socius (Latham) nesting on telephone poles. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 21 (1) 34

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1950.9638949#.VRJqbWc5ApE

Chittenden HN 1977. Nesting habits of the Chestnutbacked Finchlark. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 48 (3-4) 112

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1977.9634088#.VRurAGf9kpE

Mills MGL 1990. Comparative foraging behaviour. Kalahari Hyenas 71-129

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-1244-4_3

Williams JB, Tieleman BI Physiological Ecology and Behavior of Desert Birds. Current Ornithology 16 299-353

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4615-1211-0_6

Cade TJ 1965. Relations between raptors and Columbiform birds at a desert waterhole. Wilson Bulletin 77 340 - 345

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Relations between raptors and Columbiform birds at a desert waterhole.pdf	1.12 MB

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4159418

Rasmussen JL, Seely MK, Pietruszka RD 1991. The reproductive behavior of six species of Namib desert tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 4 (5) 567-582

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01048071

Lubyin YD, Henschel JR 1990. Foraging at the thermal limit: burrowing spiders (Seothyra, Eresidae) in the Namib desert dunes. Oecologia 84 (4) 461-467

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00328161

Brown CJ, Riekert BR, Morsbach RJ 1987. The breeding biology of the African Scops Owl. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 58 (2) 58 - 64

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1987.9634144#.VSZGomf9kpE

Muser B, Sommer S, Wolf H, Wehner R 2005. Foraging ecology of the thermophilic Australian desert ant, Melophorus bagoti. Australian Journal of Zoology 53 (5) 301-311

Website link:http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO05023.htm

Ward D, Seely MK 1996. Adaptation and Constraint in the Evolution of the Physiology and Behavior of the Namib Desert Tenebrionid Beetle Genus Onymacris. Evolution 50 (3) 1231-1240

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2410663?uid=4&sid=21102165041421

Hamilton III WJ, Penrith M-L 1977. Description of an individual possible hybrid tenebrionid beetle and the habitat preference of the parental species. The Canadian Entomologist 109 701-710

Website link:http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8554747

Masson MJ, Naris PM 2002. Seismic Sensitivity in the Desert Golden Mole (Eremitalpa granti): A Review. Journal of Comparative Psychology 116 (2) 158-163

Website link:http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2002-01245-008

Young AJ, Monfort SL, Clutton-Brock TH 2008. The causes of physiological suppression among female meerkats: A role for subordinate restraint due to the threat of infanticide?. Hormones and Behavior 53 (1) 131-139

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X07002140

Spong GF, Hodge SJ, Young AJ, Clutton-Brock TH 2008. Factors affecting the reproductive success of dominant male meerkats. Molecular Ecology 17 (9) 2287-2299

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03734.x/abstract;jsessionid=E72AC18B907DDB9E7A2DEFE801F3B771.d04t01

Clutton-Brock TH, Hodge SJ, Flower TP 2008. Group size and the suppression of subordinate reproduction in Kalahari meerkats. Animal Behaviour 76 689-700

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347208002005

Hodge SJ, Manica A, Flower TP, Clutton-Brock TH 2008. Determinants of reproductive success in dominant female meerkats. Journal of Animal Ecology 77 92-102

Website link:http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/9014

Madden JR, Kunc HJP, English S, Manser MB, Clutton-Brock TH 2009. Do meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pups exhibit strategic begging behaviour and so exploit adults that feed at relatively high rates?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63 (9) 1259-1268

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00265-009-0777-7

Prins HHT 1996. Ecology and behaviour of the African buffalo: Social inequality and decision making.

Website link:http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/book/978-0-412-72520-3

Short LL, Horne JFM 1985. Behavioral Notes on the Nest-Parasitic Afrotropical Honeyguides (Aves: Indicatoridae). American Museum Novitates 2825 1-46

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5229