Search the e-librarySEARCH
the eLibrary

Upload to the e-libraryUPLOAD
to the eLibrary

About the e-libraryABOUT
the eLibrary

Contact usCONTACT
Get in touch

ecosystem research

Study of the ways in which plants, animals, and microbes interact with each other and with their physical environment and of the processes involving the circulation, transformation and accumulation of both matter, especially nutrient materials, and energy. (Source: CULTER / PARCORa)


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 301 - 350 of 1215 record(s) tagged with this keywordClick/tap on any title to see full details of the record
Breton C, Lancaster N, Nickling WG 2008. Magnitude and frequency of grain flows on a desert sand dune. Geomorphology 95 (3-4) 518-523
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X07003534
Seymour RS, Seely MK 1996. The respiratory environment of the Namib Desert Golden Mole. Journal of Arid Environments 32 (4) 453-461
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196396900385
Klopatek JM, Stock WD 1994. Partitioning of nutrients in Acanthosicyos horridus, a keystone endemic species in the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 26 (3) 233-240
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196384710263
Burke A 2013. Succulent plants on arid inselbergs. Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 208 (5-6) 321-329
Downloadable files:
Attachment Size
Succulent plants on arid inselbergs.pdf 1.16 MB
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367253013000583
Selby MJ, Hendy CH, Seely MK 1979. A late quarternary lake in the central Namib desert, Southern Africa, and some implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 26 37-41
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0031018279901391
Vogel JC 1989. Evidence of past climatic change in the Namib Desert. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 70 (4) 355-366
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0031018289901132
Srivastava P, Brook GA, Marais E 2005. Depositional environment and luminescence chronology of the Hoarusib River Clay Castles sediments, northern Namib Desert, Namibia. Catena 59 (2) 187-204
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816204000888
Ward JD 1988. Eolian, fluvial and pan (playa) facies of the Tertiary Tsondab Sandstone Formation in the central Namib Desert, Namibia. Sedimentary Geology 55 (1-2) 143-162
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0037073888900942
Lancaster N, Schaber GG, Teller JT 2000. Orbital Radar Studies of Paleodrainages in the Central Namib Desert. Remote Sensing of Environment 71 (2) 216-225
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425799000887
Goudie AS, Viles HA, Parker AG 1997. Monitoring of rapid salt weathering in the central Namib Desert using limestone blocks. Journal of Arid Environments 37 (4) 581-598
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196397902974
Vickery KJ, Eckardt FD 2013. Dust emission controls on the lower Kuiseb River valley, Central Namib. Aeolian Research 10 125-133
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875963713000219
Bubenzer A, Bolten A 2008. The use of new elevation data (SRTM/ASTER) for the detection and morphometric quantification of Pleistocene megadunes (draa) in the eastern Sahara and the southern Namib. Geomorphology 102 (2) 221-231
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X08001840
Hulley SG, Hook SJ 2009. Intercomparison of versions 4, 4.1 and 5 of the MODIS Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity products and validation with laboratory measurements of sand samples from the Namib desert, Namibia. Remote Sensing of Environment 113 (6) 1313-1318
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425709000674
Jankowitz WJ, van Rooyen MW, Shaw D, Kaumba JS, van Rooyen N 2008. Mysterious circles in the Namib Desert. South African Journal of Botany 74 (2) 332-334
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S025462990700395X
Bao H, Thiemens MH, Heine K 2001. Oxygen-17 excesses of the Central Namib gypcretes: spatial distribution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 192 (2) 125-135
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X01004460
Stone AEC, Thomas DSG, Viles HA 2010. Late Quaternary palaeohydrological changes in the northern Namib Sand Sea: New chronologies using OSL dating of interdigitated aeolian and water-lain interdune deposits. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 288 (1-4) 35-53
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018210000441
Bristow CS, Lancaster N 2004. Movement of a small slipfaceless dome dune in the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia. Geomorphology 59 (1-4) 189-196
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X03003234
Stone AEC 2013. Age and dynamics of the Namib Sand Sea: A review of chronological evidence and possible landscape development models. Journal of African Earth Sciences 82 70-87
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X13000307
Livingstone I, Bristow C, Bryant RG, Bullard J, White K, Wiggs GFS, Baas ACW, Bateman MD, Thomas DSG 2010. The Namib Sand Sea digital database of aeolian dunes and key forcing variables. Aeolian Research 2 (2-3) 93-104
Website link:http://www.robert-bryant.staff.shef.ac.uk/Livingstone%20et%20al.,%202010.pdf
Eckardt FD, Spiro B 1999. The origin of sulphur in gypsum and dissolved sulphate in the Central Namib Desert, Namibia. Sedimentary Geology 123 (3-4) 255-273
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0037073898001377
Lamb T, Bond JE 2013. A multilocus perspective on phylogenetic relationships in the Namib darkling beetle genus Onymacris (Tenebrionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66 (3) 757-765
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790312004368
White K, Walden J, Gurney SD 2007. Spectral properties, iron oxide content and provenance of Namib dune sands. Geomorphology 86 (3-4) 219-229
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X06003990
Burke A 2007. Recovery in Naturally Dynamic Environments: A Case Study from the Sperrgebiet, Southern African Arid Succulent Karoo. Environmental Management 40 (4) 635-648
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-006-0091-3
Menz G, Richters J 2009. Quantitative Classification of Landscapes in Northern Namibia Using an ASTER Digital Elevation Model. African Landscapes 4 105-117
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-387-78682-7_4
Veenendaal EM, Ernst WHO, Modise GS 1996. Reproductive effort and phenology of seed production of savanna grasses with different growth form and life history. Vegetatio 123 (1) 91-100
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00044891
Heilmeier H, Hartung W 2011. Chamaegigas intrepidus Dinter: An Aquatic Poikilohydric Angiosperm that Is Perfectly Adapted to Its Complex and Extreme Environmental Conditions. Plant Desiccation Tolerance 215 233-251
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-19106-0_12
Riedel F, Henderson ACG, Heußner K-U, Kaufmann G, Kossler A, Leipe C, Shemang E, Taft L 2013. Dynamics of a Kalahari long-lived mega-lake system: hydromorphological and limnological changes in the Makgadikgadi Basin (Botswana) during the terminal 50 ka. Hydrobiologia
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-013-1647-x
Clark VR, Barker NP, Mucina L 2011. The Great Escarpment of southern Africa: a new frontier for biodiversity exploration. Biodiversity and Conservation 20 (12) 2543-2561
Downloadable files:
Attachment Size
The Great Escarpment of southern Africa_a new frontier for biodiversity exploration.pdf 2.11 MB
Hamer ML, Brendonck L 1997. Distribution, diversity and conservation of Anostraca (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in southern Africa. Hydrobiologia 359 (1-3) 1-12
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1003162820198
Volk OH 1984. Pflanzenvergesellschaftungen mit Riccia-Arten in Südwestafrika (Namibia). Vegetatio 55 (1) 57-64
Downloadable files:
Attachment Size
Pflanzenvergesellschaftungen mit Riccia_Arten in Suedwestafrika.pdf 147.93 KB
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00039982
Lalley JS, Viles HA Recovery of lichen-dominated soil crusts in a hyper-arid desert. 17 1 (1-20) 2008
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-007-9153-y
Knetsch G 1938. Aus dem Sedimentstammbaum eines Trockengebietes (Beobachtung aus der südlichen Namib, Südwestafrika). Geologische Rundschau 29 (3-5) 334-347
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01806893
Kamona F 2012. Concentration of U and Th in the Bloedkoppie Granite, Namibia. The New Uranium Mining Boom 111-118
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-22122-4_13
Birke M, Knödel K, Lange G, Yaramanci U 2007. Joint Interpretation. Environmental Geology 1099-1193
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-74671-3_20
Winde F, Sandham LA 2004. Uranium pollution of South African streams - An overview of the situation in gold mining areas of the Witwatersrand. GeoJournal 61 (2) 131-149
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10708-004-2867-4
Harris L, Holness S, Nel R, Lombard AT, Schoeman D 2013. Intertidal habitat composition and regional-scale shoreline morphology along the Benguela coast. Journal of Coastal Conservation 17 (1) 143-154
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11852-012-0226-z
Huntley BJ 1982. Southern African Savannas. Ecology of Tropical Savannas 42 101-119
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-68786-0_6
Todd SW, Hoffman MT 1999. A fence-line contrast reveals effects of heavy grazing on plant diversity and community composition in Namaqualand, South Africa. Plant Ecology 142 (1-2) 169-178
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1009810008982
Leistner OA 1996. The subcanopy flora in the dynamics of the Kalahari Thornveld. The Biodiversity of African Plants 163-179
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-0285-5_23
Dill HG, Kaufhold S, Lindenmaier F, Dohrmann R, Ludwig R, Botz R 2013. Joint clay–heavy–light mineral analysis: a tool to investigate the hydrographic–hydraulic regime of Late Cenozoic deltaic inland fans under changing climatic conditions (Cuvelai-Etosha Basin, Namibia). International Journal of Earth Sciences 102 (1) 265-304
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00531-012-0770-7
Ernst WHO, Veenendaal EM, Kebakile MM 1992. Possibilities for dispersal in annual and perennial grasses in a savanna in Botswana. Vegetatio 102 (1) 1-11
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00031700
Winkler HGF 1983. A Survey of Granitic Rocks of the Damara Orogen and Considerations on Their Origin. Intracontinental Fold Belts 817-837
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-69124-9_35
2012. Biodiversity in Southern Africa, Vols 1–3. Landscape Ecology 27 (3) 465-466
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-011-9678-z
Puhan D 1983. Metamorphism of Siliceous Dolomites of the Central and Southern Part of the Damara Orogen. Intracontinental Fold Belts 767-784
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-69124-9_31
Jürgens N 2001. Aspects of botanical biodiversity in southern African arid regions - An outline of concepts and results. Biodiversity 53-70
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-06071-1_5
Martin H 1950. Südwestafrika. Geologische Rundschau 38 (1) 6-14
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01766567
Bremner JM 1981. Shelf morphology and surficial sediment off Central and Northern South West Africa (Namibia). Geo-Marine Letters 1 (2) 91-96
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02463324
Downing KN, Coward MP 1981. The Okahandja Lineament and its significance for Damaran tectonics in Namibia. Geologische Rundschau 70 (3) 972-1000
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01820175
Gloudsley-Thompson JL 1975. The Desert as a Habitat. Rodents in Desert Environments 28 1-13
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-010-1944-6_1
Gibson AC 1996. Plant Life Forms of Warm Desert Climates. Structure-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants 1-22
Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-60979-4_1
Displaying results 301 - 350 of 1215