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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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Kambataku JR 1996. Desert research at Gobabeb. Namibia Environment 1 143

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Desert research at Gobabeb_1996.pdf	1.78 MB

Lawrence RF 1966. New and little known scorpions and solifuges from the Namib Desert and South West Africa. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station (29) 1-11

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New and little known scorpions and solifuges from the Namib Desert.pdf	1.45 MB

Cunningham P, Maartens L, Prickett M 2018. A contribution to the reptiles of the Kunene River Mouth area. Namibian Journal of Environment (2) 1-8

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A contribution to the reptiles of the Kunene River Mouth area.pdf	2.07 MB

Parris R, Child G 1979. The importance of pans to wildlife in the Kalahari and the effect of human settlement on these areas. South African Journal of Wildlife Research (3) 1-8

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The importance of pans to wildlife in the Kalahari and the effects of human settlement on these areas.pdf	794 KB

Hitchkock RK, Yellen JE, Gelburd DJ, Osborn AJ, Crowell AL 1996. Subsistence Hunting and Resource Management among the Ju/'Hoansi of Northwestern Botswana. African Study Monographs (17) 153-220

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Subsistence hunting and resource managment_Botswana.pdf	8.33 MB

2002. 2.13 The Kalahari and recent deserts - rivers.

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Fig 2.13 The kalahari and recent deserts.zip	143.89 KB

Gottlieb TR, Eckardt FD, Venter ZS, Cramer MD 2019. The contribution of fog to water and nutrient supply to Arthraerua leubnitziae in the central Namib Desert, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments (161) 35-46

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.11.002

Evans SE, Dueker ME, Logan JR, Weathers KC 2019. The biology of fog: results from coastal Maine and Namib Desert reveal common drivers of fog microbial composition. Science of The Total Environment (647) 1547-1556

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The biology of fog_2019.pdf	1.42 MB

Seymour RS, Withers PC, Weathers WW 1998. Energetics of burrowing, running, and free-living in the Namib Desert golden mole (Eremitalpa namibensis). Journal of Zoology (244) 107-117

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00012.x

Conti E, Costa G, Liberatori G, Vannuccini ML, Protano G, Nannoni F, Corsi I 2018. Ariadna spiders as bioindicator of heavy elements contamination in the Central Namib Desert. Ecological Indicators (95) 663-672

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.08.014

Li B, Wang L, Kaseke KF, Vogt R, Li L, Seely MK 2018. The impact of fog on soil moisture dynamics in the Namib Desert. Advances in Water Resources (113) 23-29

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.01.004

Winter S, Fennessy J, Fennessy S, Janke A 2018. Matrilineal population structure and distribution of the Angolan giraffe in the Namib desert and beyond. Ecological Genetics and Genomics (7-8) 1-5

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egg.2018.03.003

Scott L, Romera GG, Marais E, Brook GA 2018. Pollen in fossil hyrax dung from Marine Isotope Stages 2 and 3 reveals past environments in Namibia. Quaternary International (464) 260-272

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.06.054

Moreno-Casasola P 2018. Dunes. Encyclopedia of Ecology Second Edition 467-472

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63768-0.00328-0

Andersen H, Cermak J, Solodovnik I, Lelli L, Vogt R 2018. Spatiotemporal dynamics of fog and low clouds in the Namib unveiled with ground and space-based observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physic

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of fog and low clouds in the Namib.pdf	1.32 MB

Ramond J-B, Woodborne S, Hall G, Seely M, Cowan D 2018. Namib Desert primary productivity is driven by cryptic microbial community N-fixation. Scientific Reports (8)

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Namib Desert primary productivity is driven by cryptic microbial community N_fixation.pdf	1.92 MB

Feder A, Zimmermann R, Stollhofen H, Caracciolo L, Garzanti E, Andreani L 2018. Fluvial-aeolian sedimentary facies, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert. Journal of Maps (14) 630-643

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1526719

Stander P 2019. Lions (Panthera leo) specialising on a marine diet in the Skeleton Coast Park, Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment (3) 1-10

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Lions specialising on a marine diet in the Skeleton Coast Park.pdf	3.29 MB

Andersen H, Cermak J 2018. First fully diurnal fog and low cloud satellite detection reveals life cycle in the Namib. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (11) 5461-5470

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First fully diurnal fog and low cloud satellite detection reveals life cycle in the Namib.pdf	2.19 MB

León-Sobrino C, Ramond J-B, Maggs-Kölling G, Cowan DA 2018. Nutrient acquisition, rather than stress response over diel cycles, drives microbial transcription in a dessicated Namib Desert soil. bioRxiv

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Nutrient acquisition_drives microbial transcription in a dessicated Namib Desert soil..pdf	6.78 MB

Bombi P 2018. Potential impacts of climate change on Welwitschia mirabilis populations in the Namib Desert, southern Africa. Journal of Arid Land (10)

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Potential impacts of climate change on Welwitschia mirabilis populations in the Namib Desert.pdf	1.08 MB

Woyo E, Amadhila E 2018. Desert tourists experiences in Namibia: A Netnographic Approach. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure (7) 1-13

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Desert tourists experiences in Namibia.pdf	559.17 KB

Monadjem A, Conenna I, Taylor P, Schoeman C 2018. Species richness patterns and functional traits of the bat fauna of arid Southern Africa. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy (29)

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Species richness patterns and functional traits of the bat fauna of arid Southern Africa.pdf	2.01 MB

Kinahan J 2018. A ritual assemblage from the third millennium BC in the Namib Desert and its implications for the archaeology and rock art of shamanic performance. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa (53) 40-62

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2018.1423757

Adhikari B, Wang L 2018. Groundwater and soil moisture - potential sources of fog in the Namib Desert?.

Website link:https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2018AM/webprogram/Paper321475.html

Kirchhof S, Hetem RS, Lease HM, Miles D, Mitchell D, Müller J, Rödel M-O, Sinervo B, Wassenaar TD, Murray IW 2017. Thermoregulatory behavior and high thermal preference buffer impact of climate change in a Namib Desert lizard. Ecosphere (8)

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Thermoregulatory behavior and high thermal preference buffer impact of climate change in a Namib Desert lizard.pdf	3.3 MB

Collins CE, Higham TE 2017. Individuals of the common Namib Day Gecko vary in how adaptive simplification alters sprint biomechanics. Scientific Reports (7)

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Individuals of the common Namib Day Gecko vary in how adaptive simplification alters sprint biomechanics.pdf	2.92 MB

Hinchliffe G, Bollard-Breen B, Cowan D, Doshi A, Gillman LN, Maggs-Kölling G, de los Ríos A, Pointing SB 2017. Advanced Photogrammetry to Assess Lichen Colonization in the Hyper-Arid Namib Desert. Frontiers in Microbiology (8)

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Advanced Photogrammetry to Assess Lichen Colonization in the Hyper_Arid Namib Desert.pdf	3.48 MB

Krug J 2017. Tree water potentials supporting an explanation for the occurrence of Vachellia erioloba in the Namib Desert (Namibia). Forest Ecosystems (4)

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Tree water potentials supporting an explanation for the occurrence of Vachellia erioloba in the Namib Desert.pdf	1.21 MB

von Holdt J, Eckardt F, Wiggs GFS 2017. Landsat identifies aeolian dust emission dynamics at the landform scale. Remote Sensing of Environment (198) 229-243

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Landsat identifies aeolian dust emission dynamics at the landform scale.pdf	5.54 MB

Lamb T, Marais E, Bond JE 2017. A second locality for the Namib darkling beetle Onymacris brainei (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera) and first report on its molecular phylogenetic placement. ZooKeys (687) 63-72

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A second locality for the Namib darkling beetle Onymacris brainei.pdf	1.19 MB

Schmidt I, Bubenzer O 2017. Am Rande der Namib-Wüste: Neue geoarchäologische Untersuchungen zur Besiedlungsgeschichte des südlichen Namibia.

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At the dege og the Namib desert.PDF	4.2 MB

Tripp EA, Erica Tsai Y-H, Zhuang Y, Dexter KG 2017. RADseq dataset with 90% missing data fully resolves recent radiation of Petalidium (Acanthaceae) in the ultra‐arid deserts of Namibia. Ecology and Evolution (2017)

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RADseq dataset with 90persent missing data fully resolves recent radiation of Petalidium.pdf	1.53 MB

von Holdt JR, Eckardt FD 2017. Dust activity and surface sediment characteristics of the dustiest river in southern Africa: the Kuiseb River, Central Namib. South African Geographical Journal

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Dust activity and surface sediment characteristics of the dustiest river in southern Africa_the Kuiseb River.pdf	2.77 MB

Petuch EJ, Berschauer D 2017. A New Athleta Volute from Namibia, Southwestern Africa. The Festivus (1) 136-139

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A New Athleta Volute from Namibia.pdf	3.18 MB

Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) 2013. Management Plan for Namib Sand Sea World Heritage Site 2013-2018.

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Management Plan_Namib Sand Sea.pdf	37.38 MB

Roberts CS, Seely M, Ward D, Mitchell D, Campbell JD 2008. Body temperatures of Namib Desert tenebrionid beetles: their relationship in laboratory and field. Physiological Entomology (16) 463-475

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Body temperatures of Namib Desert tenebrionid beetles.pdf	4.59 MB

Jacobson K 1996. Macrofungal ecology in the Namib desert: a fruitful or futile study?. McIlvainea (12) 21-32

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Macrofungal ecology in the Namib desert.pdf	2.48 MB

Wirth V, Loris K, Müller J 2007. Lichens in the fog zone of the Central Namib and their distribution along an ocean in-land transect. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (95) 555-582

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263965792_Lichens_in_the_fog_zone_of_the_Central_Namib_and_their_distribution_along_an_ocean_in-land_transect

Lange OL, Green TGA, Meyer A, Zellner H 2008. Epilithic Lichens in the Namib Fog Desert: Field Measurements of Water Relations and Carbon Dioxide Exchange. Sauteria (15) 283-302

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Epilithic Lichens in the Namib Fog Desert.pdf	2.45 MB

Wessels DCJ, Wessels LA, Holzapfel WH 1979. Preliminary Report on Lichen-Feeding Coleoptera Occurring on Teloschistes capensis in the Namib Desert, South West Africa. The Bryologist (82) 270-273

Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/3242084

Wirth V, Bungarz F 2009. Lecidelletum crystallinae, a lichen community on gypsum crusts of the Namib Desert including the new species Buellia sipmanii. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (99) 405-410

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Lecidelletum crystallinae_a lichen community on gypsum crusts of the Namib Desert.pdf	782.25 KB

Wirth V 2010. Flechtengesellschaften der Namibwüste. Carolinea (68) 49-60

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Flechtengesellschaften der Namibwueste.pdf	531.4 KB

Schultz C 2006. Remote sensing the distribution and spatiotemporal changes of major lichen communities in the Central Namib Desert.

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Remote sensing the distribution and spatiotemporal changes of major lichen communities in the Central Namib Desert.pdf	18.74 MB

Kärnefelt I 1988. Two closely related species of Caloplaca (Teloschistaceae, Lichenes) from the Namib Desert. Bothalia (18) 51-56

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Two closely related species of Caloplaca from the Namib Desert.pdf	1.45 MB

Sérusiaux E, Wessels DCJ 1984. Santessonia (Lecanorales, Buelliaceae) in the Namib desert (South West Africa). Mycotaxon (19) 479-502

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Santessonia the Namib desert.pdf	15.14 MB

Lawrence RF 1972. New psammophilous Solifugae, chiefly from desert regions of the Kalahari and South West Africa. Madoqua (1) 97-116

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New psammophilous Solifugae_chiefly from desert regions of the Kalahari and South West Africa.pdf	1.77 MB

Ronca S, Ramond J-B, Jones BE, Seely M, Cowan DA 2015. Namib Desert dune/interdune transects exhibit habitat-specific edaphic bacterial communities. Frontiers in Microbiology (6)

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Namib Desert dune_interdune transects exhibit habitat_specific edaphic bacterial communities.pdf	1.45 MB

Gottlieb TR 2017. The contribution of fog to the moisture and nutritional supply of Arthraerua leubnitziae in the central Namib Desert, Namibia.

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The contribution of fog to the moisture and nutritional supply of Arthraerua leubnitziae in the central Namib Desert_Tunehafo Gottlieb thesis.pdf	3.69 MB

Mulder C, Conti E, Costa G 2019. Belowground thermoregulation in Namibian desert spiders that burrow their own chemostats. Oecologica (96) 18-23

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2019.02.003