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Shackley M 1980. An Acheulean industry with Elephas recki fauna from Namib IV, South West Africa (Namibia). Nature 284 (5754) 340-341

Website link:http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v284/n5754/abs/284340a0.html

Scholz H 1968. Die Böden der Wüste Namib/Südwestafrika. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde 119 (2) 91-107

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jpln.19681190202/abstract

Scott L, Cooremans B, de Wet JS, Vogel JC 1991. Holocene environmental changes in Namibia inferred from pollen analysis of swamp and lake deposits. The Holocene 16 (8) 1073-1084

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Website link:http://hol.sagepub.com/content/16/8/1073.abstract

Chase BM, Meadows ME, Scott L, Thomas DSG, Marais E, Sealy J, Reimer PJ 2009. A record of rapid Holocene climate change preserved in hyrax middens from southwestern Africa. Geology 37 (8) 703-706

Website link:http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/37/8/703.abstract

Rössl R 2000. Reproduktionsbiologie, Entwicklungsbiologie und Ökologie von sympatrischen Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera: Insecta) des Kuiseb bei Gobabeb in der Namib Wüste / Namibia.

Website link:http://d-nb.info/960963324

Platnick NI, Griffin E 1988. On the first African and Australian spiders of the genus Cyrioctea (Araneae: Zodariidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96 (3) 359-362

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Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/25009699

Moritz W 1992. Nara, das Brot der Wüste.

Website link:http://www.namibiana.de/de/die-nara-das-brot-der-wueste.html

McKee ED 1982. Sedimentary structures in dunes of the Namib Desert, South West Africa.

Website link:https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/309/sedimentary-structures-in-dunes-of-the-namib

Marsh AC 1985. Thermal responses and temperature tolerance in a diurnal desert ant, Ocymyrmex barbiger. Physiological Zoology 58 (6) 629-636

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/30156067

Marden JH 1987. In pursuit of females: following and contest behavior by males of a Namib Desert tenebrionid beetle, Physadesmia globosa. Ethnology 75 (1) 15-24

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1987.tb00638.x/abstract

Leopold M, Völkel J, Heine K 2006. A ground-penetrating radar survey of late Holocene fluvial sediments in NW Namibian river valleys: characterization and comparison. Journal of the Geological Society 163 923-936

Website link:http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/content/163/6/923.abstract

Viljoen PJ 1988. The ecology of the desert-dwelling elephants Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) of the western Damaraland and Kaokoland.

Website link:https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A934855106&databaseList=638%2C283&lang=en

Hamilton III WJ, Buskirk RE, Buskirk WH 1975. Chacma baboon tactics during intertroop encounters. Journal of Mammalogy 56 (4) 857-870

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1379657

Kühnelt W 1975. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Nahrungsketten in der Namib Wüste (Südwestafrika). Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie Wien 1975 197-210

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-015-7168-5_29

Watson A 1979. Gypsum crusts in deserts. Journal of Arid. Journal of Arid Environments 2 (1) 3-21

Ward JD 1984. A reappraisal of the cenozoic stratigraphy in the Kuiseb valley of the central Namib desert. Proceedings of an International Symposium by the South African Society for Quaternary Research. Late Cainozoic palaeoclimates of the Southern Hemisphere 455-464

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282788784_A_reappraisal_of_the_Cenozoic_stratigraphy_in_the_Kuiseb_valley_of_the_central_Namib_desert

Sydow W 1973. Contributions to the history and protohistory of the Topnaar strandloper settlement at the Kuiseb river mouth near Walvis Bay. South African Archaeological Bulletin 28 (111/112) 73-77

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3888563

Jensen RAC Biology of the Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera in the Namib Desert Park.

Wilkinson MJ 1988. Tertiary events in the Tumas River basin, central Namib Desert: geology and geomorphology of the Naarip plain. 137-164

Gingele FX 1996. Holocene climatic optimum in Southwest Africa-evidence from the marine clay mineral record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 122 77-78

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0031018296000764

Zhang H, Sinclair R 2015. Namibian fairy circles and epithelial cells share emergent geometric order. Ecological Complexity 22 32-35

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476945X15000069

Murray IW, Fuller A, Lease HM, Mitchell D, Wolf BO, Hetem RS 2015. Low field metabolic rates for geckos of the genus Rhoptropus may not be surprising. Journal of Arid Environments 113 35-42

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196314001906

Di Salvator M, Carafa AM, Carratu G 2016. Environmental requirements for germination of dispersion units of Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. fil.. Journal of Arid Environments 125 116-121

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196315300720

Berner JM, Shuuya T, Wassenaar T, Krüger GHJ 2015. Spatial distribution in the photosynthetic efficiency of Welwitschia in the central Namib dessert. South African Journal of Botany 98 206

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S025462991500188X

Shuuya T, Berner J, Krüger G, Wassenaar T, Curtis B 2016. Understanding the spatial and temporal patterns of photosynthetic efficiency of Welwitschia mirabilis in the central Namib Desert. South African Journal of Botany 103 348-349

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629916001988

2015. Uncrowned Monarch of the Namib - Welwitschia mirabilis.

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629915002409

Stone AEC, Bateman MD, Thomas DSG 2015. Rapid age assessment in the Namib Sand Sea using a portable luminescence reader. Quaternary Geochronology 30 (B) 134-140

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871101415000151

White K, Bullard J, Livingstone I, Moran L 2015. A morphometric comparison of the Namib and southwest Kalahari dunefields using ASTER GDEM data. Aeolian Research 19 (A) 87-95

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875963715000877

Murray IW, Fuller A, Lease HM, Mitchell D, Hetem RS 2016. Ecological niche separation of two sympatric insectivorous lizard species in the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 124 225-232

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196315300446

Marlin D, Nicolson SW, Sampson JDS, Krüger K 2016. Insights into the pollination requirements of the only African wild tobacco, Nicotiana africana (Solanaceae) from the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 125 64-67

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196315300604

Stone A, Bateman MD, Thomas DSG 2016. Rapid assessment of Namib Sand Sea sediment chronologies? Testing a portable luminescence reader against full OSL dating. Quaternary International 404 (B) 200-201

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104061821501304X

Thomas DSG, Durcan JA 2016. Age and significance of Holocene valley fills in the Skeleton Coast, Namibia. Quaternary International 404 (B) 197-198

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104061821501294X

Scott L, Gil-Romera G, Marais E, Brook GA 2016. Evidence of vegetation change in Late Quaternary deposits of the Namib Desert and boundary region. Quaternary International 404 (B) 186

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215012574

Hall RS 1986. Birdwatching on the Skeleton Coast. 135 2 - 3

Gebhardt L 1974. Weitzenburg - Namib desert oasis (Farming for feathers - Weitzenberg). SWA Annual 170 - 175

Gebhardt L 1973. Sandwich Harbour: A sanctuary in the dunes. SWA Annual 97 - 103

Frost P, Johnson P 1977. Seabirds on the Diamond Coast, South West Africa, December 1976. Cormorant 2 3 - 4

Sonderberg K, Henschel J, Swap RJ, Macko SA 2014. Sulphur isotopes in the central Namib Desert ecosystem. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa (Special Issue: A festschrift for Professor Mary Seely) 69 (3) 217-233

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Burke A, Cloete J 2004. Restoring tire tracks: lessons from the southern Namib. Ecological Restoration 22 269-274

Website link:http://er.uwpress.org/content/22/4/269.extract

Burke A 1997. Is the grass always greener at some sites? - A contribution to patch dynamics in arid regions. Tropical Ecology 38 125-127

Günster A 1994. Phenological niches of coexisting serotinous plants in the Namib Desert. Journal of Tropical Ecology 10 531-544

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2559987

Günster A 1992. Aerial seed banks of the central Namib: The distribution of serotinous plants in relation to climate and habitat. Journal of Biogeography 19 563-572

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2845775

Elliott CCH, Waltner M, Underhill LG, Pringle JS, Dick WJA 1976. The migration system of the Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea in Africa. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 47 (4) 191 - 213

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1976.9639558#.VRuhz2f9kpE

Dean WRJ, Milton SJ 1988. Dispersal of seeds by raptors. African Journal of Ecology 26 (2) 173 - 176

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1988.tb00967.x/abstract

Dean WRJ, Jensen RAC 1974. The nest and eggs of Bradfield's swift. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 45 (1) 44

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1974.9639173#.VRqxpGf9kpE

Crawford RJ, Shelton PA 1978. Pelagic fish and seabird interrelationships off the coasts of South West Africa and South Africa. Biological Conservation 14 85 - 109

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0006320778900265

Cooper J 1987. Biology of the Bank Cormorant, Part 5: Clutch size, eggs and incubation. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 58 (1) 1 - 8

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1987.9633667#.VSZHv2f9kpE

Safriel UN 1990. Winter foraging behavior of the Dune Lark in the Namib desert, and the effect of prolonged drought on behavior and population size. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 61 (1 - 2) 77 - 80

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1990.9633942#.VSVEMmf9kpE

Greenbaum N, Schwartz U, Benito G, Porat N, Cloete GC, Enzel Y 2014. Paleohydrology of extraordinary floods along the Swakop River at the margin of the Namib Desert and their paleoclimate implications. Quaternary Science Reviews 103 (1) 153-169

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379114003412

Holter P, Scholtz CH, Stenseng L 2009. Desert detritivory: Nutritional ecology of a dung beetle (Pachysoma glentoni) subsisting on plant litter in arid South African sand dunes. Journal of Arid Environments 73 (12) 1090-1094

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