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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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Heydinger J, Muzuma U, Brassine M, Vinjevold R, Packer C 2024. Examining rural livelihoods relevant to human-lion conflict interventions within the communal conservancies of the Kunene Region, Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 9 (A) 1-17

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Heydinger J, Packer C, Tsaneb J 2019. Desert-adapted lions on communal land: Surveying the costs incurred by, and perspectives of, communal-area livestock owners in northwest Namibia. Biological Conservation 236 496-504

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320718319244?via%3Dihub=

Heydinger J 2023. Community conservation and remote sensing of the desert-adapted lions in northwest Namibia. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

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Community conservation and remote sensing of the desert_adapted lions in northwest Namibia.pdf	368.33 KB

Schwimmer H, Haim A 2009. Physiological adaptations of small mammals to desert ecosystems. Integrative Zoology 4 357-366

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Physiological adaptations of small mammals to desert ecosystems.pdf	267.68 KB

Maphosa S, Steyn M, Lebre PH, Gokul JK, Convey P, Marais E, Maggs-Kölling G, Cowan DA 2025. Rhizosphere bacterial communities of Namib Desert plant species: Evidence of specialised plant-microbe associations. Microbiological Research 293

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Rhizosphere bacterial communities of Namib Desert plant species.pdf	1.28 MB

Cramer MD, Tschinkel WR 2025. Fairy circle research: Status, controversies and the way forward. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 67

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Wenborn M, Nijman V, Parton A, Svensson MS, Nashongo AN, Hauptfleisch M 2025. Local ecological knowledge on preferred vegetation of African savanna elephants in the semi-desert highlands of northwest Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 227

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Local ecological knowledge on preferred vegetation of African savanna elephants in the semi_desert highlands of northwest Namibia.pdf	2.17 MB

Belelie MD, Burger RP, von Holdt JRC, Garland RM, Liswaniso GM, Thomalla SJ, Piketh SJ 2025. Namib desert dust affects phytoplankton biomass in the Benguela upwelling region: Insights from first mesocosm study. Continental Shelf Research 285

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Namib desert dust affects phytoplankton biomass in the Benguela upwelling region.pdf	698.91 KB

Ebner M, Roth-Nebelsick A, Bocherens H, Gschwender F, Baumeister M, Ebner NM, Hohberg K, Gan HY, Schneider C, Maggs-Kölling G, Marais E, Lehmitz R, Miranda T 2025. The fog harvesting Namib Desert dune grass Stipagrostis sabulicola promotes niche building by modifying substrate and atmosphere conditions. Journal of Arid Environments 227

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The fog harvesting Namib Desert dune grass Stipagrostis sabulicola.pdf	697.06 KB

Viljoen PJ 1989. Habitat selection and preferred food plants of a desert-dwelling elephant population in the northern Namib Desert, South West Africa/Namibia. African Journal of Ecology 27 (3) 227-240

Website link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1989.tb01016.x

Mass A, Andersen H, Cermak J, Formenti P, Pauli E, Quinting J 2025. A satellite-based analysis of semi-direct effects of biomass burning aerosols on fog and low-cloud dissipation in the Namib Desert. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 25 491-510

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A satellite_based analysis of semi_direct effects of biomass burning aerosols on fog and low_cloud dissipation in the Namib Desert.pdf	1.1 MB

Utsumi KL, Eifler MA, Muradzikwa TE, Luyanda B, Kanyanga MK, Liu EF, Buchanan CA, Eifler DA 2024. Habitat connectivity and plant characteristics affecting a fossorial skink, Typhlacontias brevipes. African Journal of Ecology 62 (3)

Website link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.13307

Brown HD 1958. New species of the genus Acocksacris dirsh (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 1958 181-195

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Petralia A, Artioli M, Petralia A, Puma T 2024. Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury, 1773) and B. megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827) (Orthoptera Gryllidae): two species compared. Biodiversity Journal 15 (2) 347-353

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Brachytrupes membranaceus and B_megacephalus_ two species compared.pdf	920.62 KB

Rawson CJ, Nemmers L, Criswell S, Smythe AB, Burke AK, Marais E, Maggs-Kölling G, Treonis AM 2024. Description of Panagrolaimus namibiensis n. sp. (Rhabditida: Panagrolaimidae), an Anhydrobiotic Nematode from the Namib Desert of Namibia. Journal of Nematology 56

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Description of Panagrolaimus namibiensis.pdf	1.23 MB

Gan HY, Hohberg K, Schneider C, Ebner M, Marais E, Miranda T, Lehmitz R, Maggs-Kölling G, Bocherens H 2024. The hidden oases: unveiling trophic dynamics in Namib's fog plant ecosystem. Scientific Reports 14

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The hidden oases_unveiling trophic dynamics in Namibs fog plant ecosystem.pdf	599.74 KB

Bombi P, Salvi D, Shuuya T, Vignoli L, Wassenaar T 2021. Climate change effects on desert ecosystems: A case study on the keystone species of the Namib Desert Welwitschia mirabilis. PLoS ONE 16 (11)

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Climate change effects on desert ecosystems_A case study on the keystone species of the Namib Desert Welwitschia mirabilis_2021.pdf	815.56 KB

Herre H 1961. The age of Welwitschia bainesii (Hook. f) Carr.: C14 research. Journal of South African Botany 27 139-140

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Jürgens N, Oncken I, Oldeland J, Gunter F, Rudolph B 2021. Welwitschia: Phylogeography of a living fossil, diversified within a desert refuge. Scientific Reports 11

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Welwitschia_Phylogeography of a living fossil_diversified within a desert refuge.pdf	770.59 KB

Laverty TM, Berger J 2020. Indirect effects of African megaherbivore conservation on bat diversity in the world's oldest desert. Conservation Biology

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Indirect effects of African megaherbivore conservation on bat diversity in the worlds oldest desert.pdf	308.48 KB

Mupambwa HA, Handura B, Howoses VA, Haulofu M, Abaye O, Miller T, Kasarda M, Maggs-Kölling G, Marais E, Gawanab W, Mafwila SK 2025. Exploring freshwater generation in the Namib Desert: The potential of passive fog harvesting and solar stills. Soil and Tillage Research 254

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167198725002727?via%3Dihub=

Drumont A, Adlbauer K, Tavakilian G 2024. Illustrated and commented checklist of the longhorn beetles of Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve in the Kalahari, Namibia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 151 1-35

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Illustrated and commented checklist of the longhorn beetles of Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve in the Kalahari_Namibia_compressed.pdf	3.16 MB

Fradera-Soler M, Tschikesho R, Nanyeni L, Grace OM 2024. Exploring Namibia's diverse succulent and arid-adapted flora: Notes from fieldwork. Cactus and Succulent Journal 96 (1) 21-40

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Exploring Namibias diverse succulent and arid_adapted flora_Notes from fieldwork.pdf	23.29 MB

Jürgens N 2006. Desert Biome. Strelitzia 19 301-323

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Jürgens N, Burke A, van Wyk P, Gröngröft A, Oldeland J 2025. A perfect storm: unprecedented expansion of the Namib Desert and cascading desertification processes in the northernmost Succulent Karoo. Journal of Arid Environments 231

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A perfect storm_unprecedented expansion of the Namib Desert and cascading desertification processes in the northernmost Succulent Karoo.pdf	1.49 MB

Malik D, Andersen H, Cermak J, Vogt R, Adler B 2025. Cloud base height determines fog occurrence patterns in the Namib Desert and can be estimated from near-surface relative humidity. EGUsphere

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Cloud base height determines fog occurrence patterns in the Namib Desert.pdf	1.17 MB

Li Y, Wang L, Diersing CJ, Qiao N, Liu Y, Maggs-Kölling G, Marais E 2025. El Niño intensified fog formation in the Namib Desert. Earth's Future 13

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Li Y, Marais E, Wang L 2025. Decade-long isotope dataset of rainfall and non-rainfall waters in the central Namib Desert. Earth System Science Data

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Peterson CD 2025. Proposed Marine Low-stand Depocenter as a Contributor to the Development of the Namib Sand Sea or Namib Pleistocene Coastal Dune Sheet, Namibia. Journal of Geography and Geology 17 (2)

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Strohbach B, Coetzee M, Marais E, Maggs-Kölling G Ecosystems of Namibia Map vs4.0.

Website link:https://zenodo.org/records/17218337

Caracciolo L, Stollhofen H, Garzanti E, Vainer S, Limonta M, Hatzenbühler D, Liedel S, Vermeesch P, Joachimski M, Dor YB 2025. Neogene sedimentary processes forming the NAMIB sand sea. Earth-Science Reviews 271

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McAuliffe JR, Jürgens N, Gunter F, Burke A 2024. Occurrence and formation of clast-free circular depressions in the southern Namib Desert, Tsau ǁKhaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park, Namibia. Progress in Physical Geography 48 (2) 275-297

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Occurrence and formation of clast_free circular depressions in the southern Namib Desert.pdf	1.49 MB

Medeiros ID, Ibáñez A, Arnold AE, Hedderson TA, Miadlikowska J, Flakus A, Carbone I, LaGreca S, Magain N, Mazur E, Castillo RV, Geml J, Kaup M, Maggs-Kölling G, Oita S, Seelan JSS, Terlova E, Hom EFY, Lewis LA, Lutzoni F 2022. Eco-phylogenetic study of Trebouxia in southern Africa reveals interbiome connectivity and potential endemism in a green algal lichen photobiont. American Journal of Botany 111 (12)

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Shikesho SD, Marais E, Midgley J 2025. Foraging behaviour of scatter-hoarding gerbils (Gerbilliscus (Gerbillurus)) influences seed fate and dispersal for key plant species in the Namib Desert. African Zoology

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2025.2554093

Thomson GC 2021. The plot thickens - Euphorbia bushes do not cause fairy circles.

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The plot thickens_Euphorbia bushes do not cause fairy circles.pdf	735.55 KB

Shaanika H 2020. The Namib Desert's hairy-footed ecological engineers.

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The Namib Deserts hairy_footed ecological engineers.pdf	448.23 KB

Blee T, Cabrero A, Dikow T 2025. Namib Desert Asiloidea (Diptera) 1. A review of the assassin-fly genus Acnephalomyia Londt, 2010 (Asilidae) with the description of a new species. African Invertebrates 66 (2) 251–271

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Namib Desert Asiloidea_Diptera_A review of the assassin_fly genus Acnephalomyia Londt_with the description of a new species.pdf	2.46 MB

Burke A 2019. How important is patch size relative to patch isolation in an arid inselberg landscape?. South African Journal of Botany 127 1-11

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Shikesho SD, Midgley JJ, Marais E, Johnson SD 2024. Frugivory by carnivores: Black-backed jackals are key dispersers of seeds of the scented !nara melon in the Namib Desert. Journal of Zoology 322 (4) 309-317

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Frugivory by carnivores_Black_backed jackals are key dispersers of seeds of the scented !nara melon in the Namib Desert.pdf	113.29 KB

Website link:https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ftr/10.1111/jzo.13153

Schulze L 1983. The Tenebrionidae of Southern Africa part XLII: description of the early stages of Carchares macer Pascoe and Herpiscius sommeri Solier with a discussion of some Phylogenetic aspects arising from the incongruities of adult and larval systematics. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 53 139-149

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Description of the early stages of Carchares macer Pascoe and Herpiscius sommeri Solier.pdf	1.07 MB

Swanepoel W, Becker RW, van Wyk AE 2025. Petalidium engoense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Angola and Namibia, with notes on phenotypic plasticity in the genus. Phytotaxa 734 (1) 009-019

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Petalidium engoense_a new species from Angola and Namibia_with notes on phenotypic plasticity in the genus.pdf	1.42 MB

Li Y, Qiao N, Marais E, Maggs-Kölling G, Liu Y, Wang L 2026. Spatiotemporal fog origins in a foggy desert through integrating isotope and satellite observations. Journal of Hydrology 665

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169425019833?via%3Dihub=

Martin SLF, Martin MD, Seiler M, Rzadeczka-Juga I, Løvstrand Svarva H, Philippsen B, Maggs-Kölling G, Marais E 2025. Determining vertical growth patterns and tissue of maximum age using radiocarbon dating in the long-lived Namib Desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis. Radiocarbon 1-10

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Determining vertical growth patterns and tissue of maximum age_radiocarbon dating_Welwitschia mirabilis.pdf	416.51 KB

Burke A, Mannheimer C 2023. First record of the North African Launaea arborescens in southern Africa. Bothalia 53 (1)

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Coetzee ME 2021. Geomorphological features of the Skeleton Coast National Park.

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Swanepoel W, Dexter KG, Loiseau O, van Wyk AE 2023. Reinstatement of the name Petalidium ovatum (Acanthaceae), with an amplified description of the species. Phytotaxa 626 (3) 159-169

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Swanepoel W, Manzitto-Tripp EA, Dexter KG, van Wyk AE 2024. Petalidium etendekaense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia, with notes on the taxonomic identity of P. glutinosum. Phytotaxa 636 (1) 35-47

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Petalidium etendekaense_a new species from Namibia_with notes on the taxonomic identity of P glutinosum.pdf	798.72 KB

Swanepoel W, Nanyeni L, van Wyk AE 2022. Petalidium mannheimerae (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia and South Africa, with notes on the taxonomic identity of P. parvifolium. Phytotaxa 561 (1) 1-13

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Swanepoel W, van Wyk AE 2023. Petalidium konkiepense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia. Phytotaxa 585 (1) 29-38

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Swanepoel W, van Wyk AE 2023. Petalidium karasbergense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia. Phytotaxa 609 (1) 1-9

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