desert | Environmental Information Service Namibia: eLibrary

A wide, open, comparatively barren tract of land with few forms of life and little rainfall. (Source: MGH)

The listing below shows all records tagged with this term.

The records can be filtered using the search boxes. Or leave this page and do a full search of all records.

Displaying results 1501 - 1550 of 1873 record(s) tagged with this keywordClick/tap on any title to see full details of the record

Swanepoel W, van Wyk AE 2024. Petalidium namibense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia. Phytotaxa 671 (2) 128-138

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Petalidium namibense_a new species from Namibia.pdf	721.54 KB

Swanepoel W, van Wyk AE 2025. Petalidium hoarusibense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia. Phytotaxa 681 (1) 1-10

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Petalidium hoarusibense_a new species from Namibia.pdf	568.24 KB

Giess W 1968. A short report on the vegetation of the Namib coastal area from Swakopmund to Cape Frio. Dinteria 1 13-29

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
A short report on the vegetation of the Namib coastal area from Swakopmund to Cape Frio_1968.pdf	1.98 MB

Bridgeford P 2008. One hundred years of conservation: From Game Reserve No. 3 to Namib-Naukluft Park. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 56 45-62

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
100 years of conservation.pdf	6.55 MB

Cade TJ, Willoughby EJ, Maclean GL 1966. Drinking behaviour of sandgrouse in the Namib and Kalahari deserts, Africa. Auk 83 124 - 126

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Cade_sandgrouse Namib desert_1966.pdf	197.77 KB

Cade TJ, Greenwald LI 1966. Drinking behaviour of Mousebirds in the Namib Desert, southern Africa. Auk 83 126 - 128

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Cade Mousebird Namib Desert_1966.pdf	194.99 KB

Walter H, Breckle S-W 1986. The Namib Fog Desert in Southern Africa. Ecological Systems of the Geobiosphere 1986 274-315

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
The Namib Fog Desert in Southern Africa.pdf	557.36 KB

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-06812-0_27

Molyneux TG 1977. Survey of populations of Aloes in the Namib region south of the Swakp River. Madoqua 10 (1) 91-94

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Survey of populations of aloes in the Namib Region south of the Swakop River.pdf	211.63 KB

Hamilton III WJ, Buskirk R, Buskirk WH 1977. Intersexual dominance and differential mortality of gemsbok Oryx gazella at Namib Desert waterholes. Madoqua 10 (1) 5-20

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Intersexual dominance and differential mortality of gemsbok Oryx gazella at Namib Desert waterholes.pdf	15.51 MB

Ollier CD, Seely MK 1977. Patterned ground near Gobabeb, Central Namib Desert. Madoqua 10 (3) 213-214

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Patterned ground near Gobabeb.pdf	120.55 KB

Selby MJ 1977. Paleowind directions in the Central Namib Desert, as indicated by ventifacts. Madoqua 10 (3) 195-198

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Paleowind directions in the central Namib Desert.pdf	756.59 KB

Henschel JR, Seely MK 1997. Mass-length relationships of Namib tenebrionids. Madoqua 19 (2) 159-160

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Mass_length relationships of Namib Tenebrionids.pdf	268.16 KB

van Zyl BJ, Hay CJ, Steyn GJ 1997. The successful introduction of Oreochromis mossambicus in salt pans along the Namib coast. Madoqua 19 (2) 87-89

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
The successful introduction of Oreochromis mossambicus_salt pans_Namib coast.pdf	537.31 KB

Odendaal FJ 1979. Notes on the adaptive ecology and behaviour of four species of Rhoptropus (gekkonidae) from the Namib Desert with special reference to a thermoregulatory mechanism employed by Rhoptropus afer. Madoqua II (3) 255-260

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Notes on the adaptive ecology and behaviour of four species of Rhoptropus _gekkonidae_ from the Namib Desert.pdf	1.51 MB

Withers PC 1979. Ecology of a small mammal community on a rocky outcrop of the Namib Desert. Madoqua II (3) 229-246

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Ecology of a small mammal community on a rocky outcrop of the Namib Desert.pdf	4.12 MB

Watson A 1980. Vegetation Polygons in the central Namib Desert near Gobabeb. Madoqua II (4) 315-326

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Vegetation Polygons in the central Namib Desert near Gobabeb.pdf	1.31 MB

Robinson ER 1977. List of plant species from the Mirabib Hill Area. Madoqua 10 (4) 295-297

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
List of plant species from the Mirabib Hill Area.pdf	7.66 MB

Sandelowsky BH 1977. Mirabib - an archeological study in the Namib. Madoqua 10 (4) 221-283

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Mirabib - an archeological study in the Namib 1977.pdf	11.83 MB

Annegarn HJ, van Grieken RE, van Espen P, von Blottnitz F, Sellschop JPF, Winchester JW, Maenhaut W 1978. Background aerosol composition at Gobabeb, South West Africa. Madoqua II (2) 107-118

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Background aerosol composition at Gobabeb_1978.pdf	988.58 KB

Ferguson JWH 1989. Summer activity Patterns of the riparian desert beetle Physadesmia globosa. mad 16 (1) 9-13

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Summer activity patterns of the riparian desert beetle.pdf	603.33 KB

Brown CJ 1988. Greater Kestrel and Rednecked Falcon population in the Ganab region of the central Namib Desert. Gabar 3 21 - 25

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Brown CJ 1988 Gabar 3_21_25.pdf	415.77 KB

Tjikurunda H 2002. Productivity of the Camel Thorn (Acacia erioloba) and Ana Tree (Acacia albida) species in the Kuiseb River and the factors that may limit maximum production: an index.

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Productivity of the Camel Thorn and Ana Tree species in the Kuiseb River.pdf	6.54 MB

Hoffman MT, Cowling RM, Douie C, Pierce SM 1989. Seed predation and germination of Acacia erioloba in the Kuiseb River Valley, Namib Desert. South African Journal of Botany 55 (1) 103-106

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Seed predation and germination of Acacia erioloba in Kuiseb Valley_1988.pdf	374.03 KB

Jacobson PJ 1997. Chapter 5: The influence of elephants on Faidherbia albida trees in the northern Namib Desert: a reappraisal. In: An Ephemeral Perspective of Fluvial Ecosystems: Viewing Ephemeral Rivers in the Context of Current Lotic Ecology.

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Influence of elephants on Faidherbia_1997.pdf	928.93 KB

Vogel JC 2003. The age of dead trees at Sossusvlei and Tsondabvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia. Cimbebasia 18 247-251

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
The age of dead trees at Sossusvlei and Tsondabvlei_2003.pdf	274.73 KB

Kasaona M 2004. 8: Tree distributeion, vegeative and regenerative growth of seedlings at two selected sites in the Kuiseb River.

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Tree Distribution and growth of seedlings in Kuiseb River_Kasoana.pdf	625.43 KB

Henschel JR, Pallett J, Berry C, Griffin M, Hachfeld B, Makuti O, Seely M 2006. Checklists of the flora and vertebrates of Gobabeb. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 54 31-58

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Checklists of the flora and vertebrates of Gobabeb_2006.pdf	14.7 MB

Tschinkel WR 2010. The foraging tunnel system of the Namibian termite, Baucaliotermes hainesi. Journal of Insect Science 10 (65) 1-17

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
The Foraging Tunnel System of the Namibian Desert Termite.pdf	2.62 MB

Marsh AC 1990. The biology and ecology of Namib Desert Ants. Namib Ecology: 25 years of Namib Research 7 110-114

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
The biology and ecology of Namib Desert Ants_1990.pdf	4.71 MB

van den Eynden V, Vernemmen P, van Damme P 1999. The ethnobotany of the topnaar.

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
The ethnobotany of the topnaar.pdf	1.47 MB

Mignon P, Goudie A Granite Landforms of the Central Namib. Acta Universitatis Carolinae 2000 Geographica XXXV 17-38

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Granite Landforms of the Central Namib_2000.pdf	2.96 MB

Bierman PR, Caffee M 2001. Slow Rates of Rock Surface Erosion and Sediment Production across the Namib Desert and Escarpment, Southern Africa. Ameriacan Journal of Science 301 326-358

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Slow Rates of Rock Surface Erosion and Sediment Production across the Namib Desert and Escarpment_2001.pdf	2.53 MB

Ollier CD 1977. Outline geological and geomorphological history of the central Namib Desert. Madoqua 10 (3) 207-212

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Outline geological and geomorphic history of the central Namib Desert_1977.pdf	5.09 MB

Seely MK 1978. Grassland productivity: the desert end of the curve. South African Journal of Science 74 295-297

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Grassland productivity_ the desert end of the curve.pdf	306.01 KB

Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) 2010. The Sperrgebiet Land Use Plan.

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
skep_sperrgebiet_land_use_plan.pdf	1.17 MB

Williamson G 1997. Preliminary account of the floristic zones of the Sperregebiet (Protected Diamond Area) in southwest Namibia. Dinteria 25 1-68

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Preliminary account of the floristic zones of the Sperregebiet_1997.pdf	4.93 MB

Mayrhofer H, Wirth V 2011. Rinodina australiensis (lichenized Ascomycetes, Physciaceae) recorded from Africa. Herzogia 24 (1) 53-57

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Mayrhofer_Wirth_Herzogia_2011.pdf	1.85 MB

Wessels DCJ Lichens of the Namib Desert, South West Africa/Namibia. Dinteria 20 (3-22) 1989

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Dinteria 20_1989_1.pdf	2.61 MB

Büdel B, Wessels DCJ 1986. Parmelia hueana Gyeln., a Vagrant Lichen from the Namib Desert, SWA/Namibia. I Anatomical and Reproductive Adaptations. Dinteria 18 3-15

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Dinteria 18_1986_1.pdf	1.35 MB

Wirth V 2010. Lichens of the Namib Desert - A guide to their identification.

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Lichens of the Namib Desert_Flyer_Wirth.pdf	364.12 KB

von Willert DJ, Eller BM, Werger MJA, Brinckmann E, Ihlenfeldt HD 1992. Life Strategies of Succulents in Deserts with Special Reference to the Namib Desert.

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Martin Book Review.pdf	182.61 KB

Website link:http://www.cambridge.org/de/knowledge/isbn/item5707313/Life%20Strategies%20of%20Succulents%20in%20Deserts/?site_locale=de_DE

Ito M 2005. Changes in the Distribution of the !Nara Plant that affect the life of the Topnaar People in the lower Kuiseb River, Namib Desert. African Study Monographs 30 65-75

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Changes in the Distribution of the Nara Plant that affect the life of the Topnaar People in the lower Kuiseb River_2005.pdf	212.7 KB

Seely M 1973. Kuiseb River life sustaining barrier. SWA Annual 153-157

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Kuiseb River life sustaining barrier.pdf	303.53 KB

Bauer AM, Russell AP 1991. Pedal specialisations in dune-dwelling geckos. Journal of Arid Environments 20 43-62

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Pedal specialisations in dune_dwelling geckos_1991.pdf	2.99 MB

Louw GN 1990. Physiological studies on the Namib fauna: a brief critique. Namib Ecology: 25 years of Namib Research 7 203-207

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Physiological Studies on the Namib Fauna_ A Brief Critique_1990.pdf	4.71 MB

Mitchell D, Laburn HP, Matter M, McClain E 1990. Fever in Namib and other ectotherms. Namib Ecology: 25 years of Namib Research 7 179-192

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Fever in Namib and other ectotherms.pdf	2.32 MB

Brain C 1990. Aspects of drinking by baboons (Papioursinus) in a desert environment. Namib Ecology: 25 years of Namib Research 7 169-172

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Aspects of Drinking by Baboons_1990.pdf	4.71 MB

Robinson D 1990. Comments on the Reproductive Biology of the Namib Desert Dune Lizard, Aporosaura anchietae, During Two Years of Very Different Rainfall. Namib ecology: 25 years of Namib research 7 163-168

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Comments on the Reproductive Biology of the Namib Desert_1990.pdf	4.71 MB

Seely MK, Mitchell D, Goelst K 1990. Boundary layer Microclimate and Angolosaurus skoogi (Sauria: Cordylidae) activity on a northern Namib dune. Namib ecology: 25 years of Namib research 7 156-162

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Boundary Layer Microclimate and Angolosaurus skoog_Namib Dune_1990.pdf	4.71 MB

2012. Namib Sand Sea World Heritage Nomination Annexes.

Downloadable files:

Attachment	Size
Namib Sand Sea World Heritage Nomination Annexes_2012.pdf	22.24 MB