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Change in an organism so that it is better able to survive or reproduce, thereby contributing to its fitness. (Source: PHC)

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Lamb T, Bauer AM 2001. Mitochondrial phylogeny of Namib Day Geckos ( Rhoptropus ) based on cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences. Copeia 273 (3) 775-780

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Mitochondrial Phylogeny of Namib Day Geckos.pdf	272.8 KB

Williams JB 2001. Energy expenditure and water flux of freeliving dune larks in the Namib desert: a test of the re-allocation hypothesis on a desert bird. Functional Ecology 15 175-185

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Energy expenditure and water flux of freeliving dune larks in the Namib desert_2001.pdf	736.76 KB

Lehmann D, Mfune JK, Voigt CC Eco-physiological responses of ungulates towards heat and drought in the Damaraland desert of Namibia.

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Eco_physiological responses of ungulates towards heat and drought in the Damaraland desert of Namibia.pdf	1.23 MB

Naky KA, Knight MH 1994. Energy, water, and food use by springbok antelope (Antidorcas marsupialis) in the Kalahari Desert. Journal of Mammalogy 75 (4) 860-872

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Energy_water_and food use by springbok antelope_1994.pdf	6.57 MB

Ishida Y, Van Coeverden de Groot PJ, Leggett KEA, Putnam AS, Fox VE, Lai J, Boag PT, Georgiadis NJ, Roca AL 2016. Genetic connectivity across marginal habitats: the elephants of the Namib Desert. Ecology and Evolution 6 (17) 6189-6201

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Genetic connectivity across marginal habitats_elephants of the Namib Desert.pdf	482.74 KB

Jensen R 1972. Adaptation of birds to arid and semi-arid habitats in central S.W.A.. Ornithologische Arbeitsgruppe SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 8 (3/4) 1-10

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Adaptation of birds to arid and semi arid habitats in SWA_1972.pdf	959.63 KB

Sossinka R 1973. Besonderheiten der hormonellen steuerung der Brutperiodik einiger Vogelgruppen arider lebensraeume. Ornithologische Arbeitsgruppe SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 8 (9/10) 1-5

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Bersonderheiten der Hormonelle Steuerung der Brutperiodik einiger Vogelgruppen arider Lebensraueme_1973.pdf	545.29 KB

Maclean GL 1973. Arid zone adaptations in southern African birds. Ornithologische Arbeitsgruppe SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 9 (7/8) 4-5

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Arid zone adaptations in southern African birds_1973.pdf	252.47 KB

Chambers LE, Barnard P, Poloczanska ES, Hobday AJ, Keatley MR, Allsopp N, Underhill LG 2017. Southern Hemisphere biodiversity and global change: Data gaps and strategies. Austral Ecology

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Southern Hemisphere biodiversity and global change.pdf	565.93 KB

Lenssen J 2004. Adaptive behaviour of the Namaqua Sandgrouse. Lanioturdus 37 (1) 15-17

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Adaptive behaviour of the Namaqua Sandgrouse_2004.pdf	230.31 KB

Baines T 1972. The Welwitschia mirabilis (plant of Hykamkop), South West Africa. Excelsa 2 41-49

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The Welwitschia mirabilis_plant of Hykamkop_SWA.pdf	5.93 MB

Stuart CT 1977. Analysis of Felis libyca and Genetta genetta scats from the central Namib Desert, South West Africa. Zoologica Africana 12 (1) 239-241

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Analysis of Felis libyca and Genetta genetta scats from the central Namib Desert_South West Africa_1976.pdf	1.78 MB

Stuart CT 1976. A note of Pythonodipsas carinata Gunther (Western keeled snake) in South West Africa, with new distribution records. Madoqua 9 (4) 63-64

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A note of Pythonodipsas carinata_Western keeled snake_ in SWA_1976.pdf	321.04 KB

Stuart CT 1975. The sex ratio of steenbok Raphicerus campestris Thunberg in the Namib Desert Park, South West Africa. Madoqua II 4 (74-80) 93-94

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The sex ratio of steenbok Raphicerus campestris in the Namib Desert Park.pdf	275.03 KB

Armstrong S 1991. How baboons survive in world's worst desert. New Scientist 2 (March 1991) 24

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How baboons survive in worlds worst desert.pdf	815.83 KB

2008. The Smithsonian Institution African mammal project (1961-1972). An annotated gazetteer of collecting localities and summary of its taxonomic and geographic scope. Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology 628 206-216

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The Smithsonian Institution African mammal project.pdf	8.64 MB

Roer H 1981. Weitere Untersuchungen zur Anpassung des Namibwüstenkäfers Onymacris r. rugatipennis (Haag 1875, Col.: Tenebrionidae, Adesmiini) an das Trockenflußbett des Kuiseb in Südwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie 3 218-222

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Weitere Untersuchungen zur Anpassung des Namibwuestenkaefers Onymacris.jpg	95.37 KB

Roer H 1977. Aktionsraum und Anpassung des Namibwüstenkäfers Onymacris r. rugatipennis an das Trockenflussbett des Kuiseb in Südwestafrika. Zoologisches Jahrbuch, Abteilung für Systematik 104 560-576

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Areas and adaptation of the Namib Desert beetle_1977.pdf	9.36 MB

Prillinger RJ 2007. Analysis of the biodiversity of Coleoptera (beetles) in 3 different ecosystems in Gobabeb, Namibia, for the year 2006 using the ongoing pitfall traps - Kuiseb River - Interdunes - Quartz Hill.

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Analysis of the biodiversity of Coleoptera in 3 different ecosystems in Gobabeb_2007.pdf	7.38 MB

Laycock PA 1975. A brief gerbil trapping survey in an inter-dune valley in the Namib Desert. Madoqua II 4 (74-80) 95-97

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A brief gerbil trapping survey in an inter_dune valley in the Namib Desert_1975.pdf	1.78 MB

Kok OB, van Wyk AJ 1982. Boomklimmende klipspringers in die Namibwoestyn. Madoqua 13 (1) 89-96

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Boomklimmende klipspringers in die Namibwoestyn_1982.pdf	1.25 MB

Gebien H 1939. Körperbau und Lebensweise der Wüstentenebrioniden.

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Koerperbau und Lebensweise der Wuestentenebrioniden_1939.pdf	5.27 MB

Gebien H 1937. Die Tenebrioniden (Coleoptera Heteromera) der Namibwüste in Südwestafrika.

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Die Tenebrioniden der Namibwueste in Suedwestafrika_1937.pdf	30.46 MB

Edney EB 1971. The body temperature of tenebrionid beetles in the Namib Desert of southern Africa. Journal of Experimental Biology 55 (1) 253-272

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The body temperature of tenebrionid beetles in the Namib Desert of southern Africa.pdf	2.32 MB

Curtis BA 1990. Behaviour and ecophysiology of the Namib dune ant, Camponotus detritus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Namib ecology 25 years of Namib research. Transvaal Museum Monographs 7 129-133

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Behaviour and ecophysiology of the Namib dune ant_1990.pdf	4.95 MB

Brain C 1990. Spatial usage of a desert environment by baboons (Papio ursinus). Journal of Arid Environments 18 67-73

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Spatial usage of a desert environment by baboons_Papio ursinus.pdf	2.85 MB

Dieckmann U, Odendaal W, Tarr J, Schreij A 2013. Indigenous peoples and climate change in Africa - Report on case studies of Namibia's Topnaar and Hai||om Communities.

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Indigenous peoples and climate change in Africa.pdf	1.65 MB

Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET) 2011. On the Road to Adaptation: Understanding Climate Change in Karas Region.

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On the Road to Adaptation_Understanding Climate Change in Karas Region_Poster English.pdf	11.63 MB

Scholes RJ 2006. Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in the Biodiversity Sector in Southern Africa.

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Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in the biodiversity sector of southern Africa_2006.pdf	2.84 MB

Flint LS 2008. Socio-Ecological Vulnerability and Resilience in an Arena of Rapid Environmental Change: Community Adaptation to Climate Variability in the Upper Zambezi Floodplain.

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Vulnerability and resilience in the Barotse Floodplain Flint.pdf	2.5 MB

Stander P, Hanssen L 2003. Population ecology of desert-adapted lions in the Kunene Region, Namibia.

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Population ecology of desert_adapted lions in the Kunene Region.pdf	1.28 MB

Russel-Smith J, Monagle C, Jacobsohn M, Beatty RL, Bilbao B, Millan A, Vessuri H, Sanchez-Rose I 2013. Can savanna burning projects deliver measurable greenhouse emissions reductions and sustainable livelihood opportunities in fire-prone settings?. Climatic Change

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Climatic_Change_Springer Journal_Article_7Nov2013_Russel Smith.pdf	349.48 KB

Wehner R, Wehner S 2011. Parallel evolution of thermophilia: daily and seasonal foraging patterns of heat-adapted desert ants: Cataglyphis and Ocymyrmex species. Physiological Entomology 36 (3) 271-281

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00795.x/abstract

Danin A 1996. Adaptations of Stipagrostis species to desert dunes. Journal of Arid Environments 34 (3) 297-311

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196396901111

Newsham AJ, Thomas DSG 2011. Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia. Global Environmental Change 21 (2) 761-770

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378010001160

Stringer LC, Dyer JC, Reed MS, Dougill AJ, Twyman C, Mkwambisi D 2009. Adaptations to climate change, drought and desertification: local insights to enhance policy in southern Africa. Environment: Science and Policy 12 (7) 748-765

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901109000604

Popp A, Domptail S, Blaum N, Jeltsch F 2009. Landuse experience does qualify for adaptation to climate change. Ecological Modelling 220 (5) 694-702

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380008005772

Seely M, Dirkx E, Hager C, Klintenberg P, Roberts C, von Oertzen D 2008. Advances in desertification and climate change research: are they accessible for application to enhance adaptive capacity?. Global and Planetary Change 64 (3-4) 236-243

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818108001331

Lovegrove BG 1986. The metabolism of social subterranean rodents: adaptation to aridity. Oecologia 69 (4) 551-555

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00410361

Clousley-Thompson JL 1991. Avoidance of Environmental Extremes. Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles 29-51

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-75337-4_3

Fet V, Polis GA, Sissom WD 1998. Life in Sandy Deserts: The Scorpion Model. Journal of Arid Environments 39 (4) 609-622

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196397903864

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

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

Veiste M, Herppich WB, Willert DJ 2001. Variability of CAM in leaf-deciduous succulents from the Succulent Karoo (South Africa). Basic and Applied Ecology 2 (3) 283-288

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.1078/1439-1791-00056

Adger WN, Arnell NW, Tompkins EL 2005. Adapting to climate change: perspectives across scales. Global Environmental Change Part A 15 (2) 75-76

Website link:http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15799

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

1974. Symposium on the adaptation of birds to life in a hot dry climate. Bokmakierie 26 2 - 3

Website link:http://witsbirdclub.org.za/downloads/

Rowswell P, Fairhurst L 2011. Sub-Saharan African Cities: A five-City Network to Pioneer Climate Adaptation through Participatory Research and Local Action.

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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/

Digital Atlas of Namibia. Acacia (Arid Climate, Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa) Project E1.

Website link:http://www.uni-koeln.de/sfb389/e/e1/download/atlas_namibia/e1_download_physical_geography_e.htm