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A wide, open, comparatively barren tract of land with few forms of life and little rainfall. (Source: MGH)
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1971. Land between two deserts: South West Africa.
Website link:http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2573801
1980. Die Dünen-Namib: Entstehung und Dynamik eines Ergs.
Website link:http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1598850
1976. Geomorphologie der küstennahen Zentralen Namib (Südwestafrika).
Website link:http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1039890
2011. Euphorbia caput-medusae L. - A journey from the foggy Cape of Storms to the arid windblasted sands of the Namib Desert (part 1). Euphorbia World
7 (2)
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| Euphorbia caput_medusae_Part 1.pdf | 1.48 MB |
2007. Late Holocene environmental change in the northwestern Namib Desert margin: New fossil pollen evidence from hyrax middens. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
249 (1 - 2) 1 - 17
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| Late Holocene environmental change in the northwestern Namib Desert margin_Hyrax_2007.pdf | 1.28 MB |
1996. The Kuiseb river as a linear oasis in the Namib desert. African Journal of Ecology 34 (1) 39 - 47
2005. Caloplaca testudinea V. Wirth & Kärnefelt sp. nov. and C. rubelliana (Ach.) Lojka, new to southern Africa. Mycological Progress 4 (4) 299 - 302
1996. The succulent Euphorbia species of the Richtersveld and Souther Namib Desert (Sperrgebiet). The Euphorbia Journal 10 99 - 133
2008. Infection of the cones and seeds of Welwitschia mirabilis by Aspergillus niger var. Phoenicis in the Namib-Naukluft Park. South African Journal of Botany 74 (1) 41 - 50
1998. Land degradation is not a necessary outcome of communal pastoralism in arid Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments
40 (4) 357 - 371
2004. Spatio-temporal rainfall variation and stock management in arid Namibia. Journal of Range Management 57 (2) 130 - 140
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/pss/4003910
1985. Geomorphology of a Coastal Desert: The Namib, South West Africa/Namibia. Journal of Coastal Research 1 (4) 329 - 342
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/pss/4297083
2001. Namibian savanna woodlands (AT1316).
Website link:https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at1316
2001. Namib desert (AT1315).
2001. Kaokoveld desert (AT1310).
1998. Vegetation and climate changes during the last 21 000 years in S.W. Africa based on a marine pollen record. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 7 127 - 140
2000. Variation in material transport and water chemistry along a large ephemeral river in the Namib Desert. Freshwater Biology 44 481 - 491
1991. Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of misteltoes growing on nitrogen and non-nitrogen fixing hosts and on CAM plants in the Namib desert confirm partial heterotrophy. Oecologia 88 (4) 457 - 462
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
1978. Ecological Relationships of Desert Fog Zone Lichens. The Bryologist 81 (2) 277 - 293
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/pss/3242189
1953. Distribution of Welwitschia mirabilis. Ameriacan Journal of Botany 40 (4) 280 - 285
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/pss/2438668
2006. High levels of genetic variation exist in Aspergillus niger populations infecting Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. Journal of Heredity
97 (3) 270 - 278
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| High levels of genetic variation exist in Aspergillus niger populations infecting Welwitschia mirabilis.pdf | 182.24 KB |
2011. Evidence for a geochemical origin of the mysterious circles in the Pro-Namib desert. Journal of Arid Environments 75 (5) 446 - 456
2007. Water relations and carbon dioxide exchange of epiphytic lichens in the Namib fog desert. Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 202 (6) 479 - 487
2006. Water relations and CO2 exchange of the terrestrial lichen Teloschistes capensis in the Namib fog desert: Measurements during two seasons in the field and under controlled conditions. Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 201 (4) 268 - 280
2006. The influence of multi-scale environmental variables on the distribution of terricolous lichens in a fog desert. Journal of Vegetation Science 17 (6) 831 - 838
2005. Terricolous lichens in the northern Namib Desert of Namibia: Distribution and community composition. The Lichenologist
37 (1) 77 - 91
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| Terricolous lichens in the northern Namib Desert of Namibia.pdf | 317.99 KB |
2006. Do vehicle track disturbances affect the productivity of soil-growing lichens in a fog desert?. Functional Ecology
20 (3) 548 - 556
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| Do vehicle track disturbances affect the productivity of soil_growing lichens in a fog desert.pdf | 328.75 KB |
2007. Community-driven local level monitoring: Recording environmental change to support multi-level decision-making in Namibia. Secheresse
18 (4) 336 - 341
Website link:http://www.jle.com/e-docs/00/04/39/F7/article.phtml
2008. Evaluating the recharge mechanism of the Lower Kuiseb Dune area using mixing cell modeling and residence time data. Journal of Hydrology
358 (3 - 4) 304 - 316
1999. Transport, retention, and ecological significance of woody debris within a large ephemeral river. Journal of the North American Benthological Society
18 (4) 429 - 444
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1468376
2003. A First Assessment of Genetic Variation in Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. Journal of Heredity
94 (3) 212 - 217
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| A First Assessment of Genetic Variation in Welwitschia mirabilis.pdf | 172.23 KB |
1997. Moisture and substrate stability determine VA-mycorrhizal fungal community distribution and structure in an arid grassland. Journal of Arid Environments
35 59 - 75
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| Moisture and substrate stability determine VA_mycorrhizal fungal community distribution and structure in an arid grassland.pdf | 149.29 KB |
2002. Island-Matrix Relationships in Nama Karoo Inselberg Landscapes. Part I: Do Inselbergs Provide a Refuge for Matrix Species?. Plant Ecology 160 (1) 79 - 90
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/20051236
1999. The evolution of the morphological framework of the central Namib desert, Namibia, since the early Cretaceous. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography 81 (3) 443 - 458
1993. Microhabitat differentiation among serotinous plants in the Namib Desert. Journal of Vegetation Science 4 (5) 585 - 590
2001. Dust and loessic alluvial deposits in Northwestern Namibia (Damaraland, Kaokoveld): Sedimentology and palaeoclimatic evidence based on luminescence data. Quaternary International 76 - 77
2008. Dynamics of Flood Water Infiltration and Ground Water Recharge in Hyperarid Desert. Ground Water 46 (3) 450 - 461
Website link:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18194313
1987. The origin of vegetation circles on stony soils of the Namib Desert near Gobabeb, South West Africa/Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 13 237 - 243
1997. Flora of the Pro-Namib Desert Swakop River catchment, Namibia: Community classification and implications for desert vegetation sampling. Journal of Arid Environments 36 (2) 271 - 290
2003. Species richness and floristic relationships between mesas and their surroundings in southern Africa Nama Karoo. Diversity and Distributions 9 (1) 43 - 53
2003. Towards a density measure for assessments of arid plant populations - examples from the southern Namib Desert. African Journal of Ecology 41 (3) 254 - 256
2003. The role of Namibian inselbergs in contributing to local and regional plant species richness. Biodiversity and Conservation 12 (3) 469 - 486