sand

A loose material consisting of small mineral particles, or rock and mineral particles, distinguishable by the naked eye; grains vary from almost spherical to angular, with a diameter range from 1/16 to 2 millimeters. (Source: MGH)

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Louw GN, Nicolson SW, Seely MK 1986. Short Communication: Respiration beneath Desert Sand: Carbon Dioxide Diffusion and Respiratory Patterns in a Tenebrionid Beetle. Journal of Experimental Biology 120 443-447

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Lamb T, Bauer AM 2006. Footprints in the sand: independent reduction of subdigital lamellae in the Namib–Kalahari burrowing geckos. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273 (1588) 855-864

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Veste M, Littmann T, Friedrich H, Breckle S-W 2001. Microclimate boundary conditions for activity of soil lichen crusts in sand dunes of the north-western Negev desert, Israel. Flora 196 465-474

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Jürgens N 2013. The Biological Underpinnings of Namib Desert Fairy Circles. Science 339 (6127) 1618-1621

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Fairy circle supplementary.pdf	3.75 MB

Website link:http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6127/1618

1998. Agro-ecological zone description - Namib Desert. Agricola 10 (Addendum) 62-68

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1998. Agro-ecological zone description - Kalahari Sands Plateau. Agricola 10 (Addendum) 35 - 52

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Agro_ecological zone description_Kalahari Sands Plateau_1998.PDF	11.03 MB

Bester FV 2005. Dichapetalum cymosum (Poison-leaf / Gifblaar) - A never-ending problem. Agricola 15 7 - 15

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van Rooyen MW, Theron GK, van Rooyen N, Jankowitz WJ, Matthews WS 2004. Mysterious circles in the Namib Desert: Review of hypotheses on their origin. Journal of Arid Environments 57 467 - 485

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Leser H 1972. Geoökologische Verhältnisse der Pflanzengesellschaften in den Savannen des Sandveldes um den Schwarzen Nossob und Epukiro. Dinteria 6 1 - 44

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Bluck BJ, Ward JD, Cartwright J, Swart R 2007. The Orange River, southern Africa: an extreme example of a wave-dominated sediment dispersal system in the South Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Geological Society 164 341-351

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Lindesay JA, Tyson PD 1990. Climate and near-surface airflow over the central Namib. Transvaal Museum Monographs 7 (1) 27-37

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Climate and near_surface airflow over the central Namib.pdf	1.77 MB

Seely MK, Mitchell D 1987. Is the subsurface environment of the Namib Desert dunes a thermal haven for chthonic beetles?. African Zoology 22 (1) 57-61

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McGwanne L, van der Merwe D, McLachlan A 1989. Interstitial meiofauna of Namib sandy beaches. African Zoology 24 (1) 18-26

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Pietruszka RD 1988. Observations on sexual dimorphism and social structure in the lizard Angolosaurus skoogi (Cordylidae) of the northern Namib Desert dunes. African Zoology 23 (1) 47-51

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Observations on sexual dimorphism and social structure in the lizard Angolosaurus skoogi.pdf	1.12 MB

Besler H, Marker ME 1979. Namib sandstone: a distinct lithological unit. South African Journal of Geology 82 (1) 155-160

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Seely MK 1977. Sand solidified by gemsbok urine as selected burrow sites by gerbils. African Zoology 12 (1) 247-249

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Sand solidified by gemsbok urine as selected burrow sites by gerbils.pdf	195.94 KB

Brain CK 1960. Observations on the locomotion of the South West African adder, Bitis perinqueyi (Boulenger), with speculations on the origin of sidewinding. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 24 (1) 19-24

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