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A low mound, ridge, bank, or hill of loose, windblown granular material (generally sand, sometimes volcanic ash), either bare or covered with vegetation, capable of movement from place but always retaining its characteristic shape. (Source: BJGEO)

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Goudie AS 2009. Global Deserts and Their Geomorphological Diversity. Geomorphology of Desert Environments 9-20

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-5719-9_2

Lancaster N 2009. Dune Morphology and Dynamics. Geomorphology of Desert Environments 557-595

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-5719-9_18

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

Curtis BA 1985. The dietary spectrum of the namib desert dune ant Camponotus Detritus. Insectes Sociaux 32 (1) 78-85

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02233228

Milton SJ, Dean WRJ 2000. Disturbance, drought and dynamics of desert dune grassland, South Africa. Plant Ecology 150 (1-2) 37-51

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1026585211708

Spriggs A WWF. Deserts and xeric shrublands. Africa: Namibia. Prepared by: Amy Spriggs.

Website link:http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at1315

Seely MK 1986. Chapter 12: Sand dune communities. The ecology of desert communities 348-382

Website link:http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19921158774.html;jsessionid=88ADE9CB1E4BD2706EB8FC7E9DE80BDE

Maun MA 2009. The Biology of Coastal Sand Dunes.

Website link:http://www.nhbs.com/the_biology_of_coastal_sand_dunes_tefno_156611.html

Slattery MC 1990. Barchan Migration on the Kuiseb River Delta, Namibia. South African Geographical Journal 72 (1) 5-10

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1990.9713540#.UZ9ko9zwCUk

Ebner M, Miranda T, Roth-Nebelsick A 2011. Efficient fog harvesting by Stipagrostis sabulicola (Namib dune bushman grass). Journal of Arid Environments 75 (6) 524-531

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Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196311000061

Livingstone I 2013. Aeolian geomorphology of the Namib Sand Sea. Journal of Arid Environments 93 30-39

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312002315

Robinson MD, Barrows CW 2013. Namibian and North American sand-diving lizards. Journal of Arid Environments 93 116-125

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312002297

Smith RMH, Mason TR 1998. Sedimentary environments and trace fossils of tertiary Oasis deposits in the Central Namib Desert, Namibia. Palaios 13 (6) 547-599

Website link:http://palaios.geoscienceworld.org/content/13/6/547.short

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, Seely MK 1976. Fog basking by the Namib Desert beetle, Onymacris unguicularis. Nature 262 (5566) 284-285

Website link:https://www.nature.com/articles/262284a0

Bartholomew GA, Lighton JRB, Louw GN 1985. Energetics of locomotion and patterns of respiration in tenebrionid beetles from the Namib Desert. Journal of Comparative Psychology B 155 (2) 155-162

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00685208

Seely MK, Lewis JC, O'Brien KA, Suttle AE 1983. Fog response of tenebrionid beetles in the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 6 (2) 135-143

Website link:http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201302616026

Seely MK 1979. Irregular fog as a water source for desert dune beetles. Oecologia 42 (2) 213-227

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00344858

Water vapor harvesting: Namib desert beetle. Ask Nature

Website link:http://www.asknature.org/strategy/dc2127c6d0008a6c7748e4e4474e7aa1

Robinson MD, Seely MK 1980. Physical and biotic environments of the southern Namib dune ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 3 (3) 183-203

Website link:http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19802606675.html;jsessionid=F6F8EDA82AF09F06CFE62C5D342E054D?gitCommit=4.13.29

Nørgaard T, Dacke M 2010. Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles. Frontiers in Zoology 7 23

Website link:http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/7/1/23

Nørgaard T, Ebner M, Dacke M 2012. Animal or Plant: Which Is the Better Fog Water Collector?. Plos ONE 7 (4) e34603

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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

Clousley-Thompson JL 1990. Dunes of the Namib. Environmental Conservation 17 (1) 70-72

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0376892900017318

Yeaton RI 1990. The structure and function of the Namib Dune grasslands: species interactions. Journal of Arid Environments 18 (3) 343-349

Website link:http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19910743775.html

Seely MK, Hamilton III WJ 1976. Fog Catchment Sand Trenches Constructed by Tenebrionid Beetles, Lepidochora, from the Namib Desert. Science 193 (4252) 484-486

Website link:http://www.sciencemag.org/content/193/4252/484.abstract

Yeaton RI 1998. Structure and Function of the Namib Dune Grasslands: Characteristics of the Environmental Gradients and Species Distributions. Journal of Ecology 76 (3) 744-758

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2260571

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

Pemadasa MA, Lovell PH 1975. Factors Controlling Germination of Some Dune Annuals. Journal of Ecology 63 (1) 41-59

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2258840

Southgate RI, Masters P, Seely MK 1996. Precipitation and biomass changes in the Namib Desert dune ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 33 (3) 267-280

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196396900646

Abrams MM, Jacobson PJ, Jacobson KM, Seely MK 1997. Survey of soil chemical properties across a landscape in the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 35 (1) 29-38

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196385701395

Srivastava P, Brook GA, Marais E, Morthekai P, Singhvi AK 2006. Depositional environment and OSL chronology of the Homeb silt deposits, Kuiseb River, Namibia. Quaternary Research 65 (3) 478-491

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033589406000123

Naidu SG 2001. Osmoregulation in Onymacris rugatipennis, a free-ranging tenebrionid beetle from the Namib Desert. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 129 (4) 873-885

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109564330100352X

Naidu SG 1998. Haemolymph Amino Acid, Sugar and Glycerol Levels in the Namib Desert Tenebrionid Stips stali During Dehydration and Rehydration. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 119 (2) 477-484

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1095643397004546

Naidu SG 2001. Water balance and osmoregulation in Stenocara gracilipes, a wax-blooming tenebrionid beetle from the Namib Desert. Journal of Insect Physiology 47 (12) 1429-1440

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022191001001330

Rasmussen K, Fog B, Madsen JE 2001. Desertification in reverse? Observations from northern Burkina Faso. Global Environmental Change 11 (4) 271-282

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095937800100005X

Lancaster N 1982. Dunes on the skeleton coast, Namibia (South West Africa): Geomorphology and grain size relationships. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 7 575 - 587

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.3290070606/abstract

Klaus J, Kulls C, Dahan O 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

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002216940800293X

Jacobson KM 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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Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196385701401

Bullard JE, Nash D 2000. Valley-marginal sand dunes in the south-west Kalahari: Their nature, classification and possible origins. Journal of Arid Environments 45 (4) 369 - 383

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196300906463

Hauffe HC, Pietruszka RD, Seely MK 1988. Observations on the behaviour of Onymacris laeviceps Gebien (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae>: Adesmiini) in the central Namib Desert dunes. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 51 (2) 183 - 192

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/observations-behaviour-onymacris-laeviceps-gebien-coleoptera-tenebrionidae-adesmiini-central-namib-desert-dunes/

Main M 1987. The Kalahari: Life's variety in dune and delta.

Boyer HJ 1988. Breeding biology of the Dune lark. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 59 (1) 30 – 37

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1988.9633924#.VGR6iVItBHg

Ward J, Seely M 1990. Dune sands, ocean currents and man: Namibia's dynamic coastline. October 12 - 17

Miller RMcG 2014. Evidence for the evolution of the Kalahari dunes from the Auob River, southeastern Namibia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 69 (3) 195-204

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2014.955555

Henschel JR, Lubin YD 1997. A test of habitat selection at two spatial scales in a Sitand-Wait Predator: A web spider in the Namib Desert dunes. Journal of Animal Ecology 66 (3) 401-413

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/5985

Robinson MD 1990. Summer field energetics of the Namib desert dune lizard Aporosaura anchietae (Lacertidae), and its relation to reproduction. Journal of Arid Environments 18 (2) 207-215

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/216814047_Summer_field_energetics_of_the_Namib_Desert_dune_lizard_Aporosaura_anchietae_Lacertidae_and_its_relation_to_reproduction

Nagy KA, Clarke BC, Seely MK, Mitchell D, Lighton JRB 1991. Water and energy balance in Namibian desert sand-dune lizards Angolosaurus skoogi (Andersson, 1916.). Functional Ecology 5 (6) 731-739

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2389535

Lawrence RF 1966. New dune spiders (Sparassidae) from the Namib Desert, South West Africa. Cimbebasia 17 3-15

Website link:http://archives.unam.edu.na/index.php/lawrence-r-f-new-dune-spiders-sparassidae-from-namib-desert-wouth-west-africa-r-f-lawrence-windhoek-administration-1966

Henschel JR, Lubin YD 1992. Environmental factors affecting the web and activity of a psammophilous spider in the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 22 173-189

Website link:http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201301759097