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Roberts CS, McClain EL, Seely MK, Mitchell D, Goodall VL, Henschel JR 2025. Beetling the heat - the diurnal Namib Desert beetle Onymacris plana cools by running. Journal of Experimental Biology

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Henschel JR, Jürgens N 2024. Ecology of Psammophily in the Namib Dunes. Southern African Dunes Eckardt FD , Livingstone I, Thomas DSG

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Gunter F, Jürgens N, Henschel JR 2023. Observations on the diversity of termites in Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 8 187-192

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Gunter F, Oldeland J, Picker MD, Henschel JR, Jürgens N 2023. Cryptic subterranean diversity: regional phylogeography of the sand termite Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri, 1908 in the wider Namib region. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 23 139-150

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Henschel JR, Wassenaar TD 2022. Tenebrionid beetle diversity increases with aridity across the Namib Desert. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 69 65-88

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Jürgens N, Gunter F, Oldeland J, Groengroeft A, Henschel JR, Oncken I, Picker MD 2020. Largest on earth: Discovery of a new type of fairy circle in Angola supports a termite origin. Ecological Entomology

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Mitchell D, Henschel JR, Hetem RS, Wassenaar TD, Strauss WM, Hanrahan SA, Seely MK 2020. Fog and fauna of the Namib Desert: past and future. Ecosphere 11 (1)

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Douglas CMS, Cowlishaw G, Harrison XA, Henschel JR, Pettorelli N, Mulligan M 2018. Identifying the determinants of tree distributions along a large ephemeral river. Ecosphere 9 (6)

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Hoffman MT, Walker C, Henschel JR 2018. Reflections on the Karoo Special Issue: towards an interdisciplinary research agenda for South Africa's drylands. African Journal of Range and Forage Science (35) 387-393

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/10220119.2018.1540910

Henschel JR, Hoffman MT, Walker C 2018. Introduction to the Karoo Special Issue: Trajectories of Change in the Anthropocene. African Journal of Range and Forage Science (35) 151-156

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/10220119.2018.1535214

Muller K, O'Connor TG, Henschel JR 2016. Impact of a severe frost event in 2014 on woody vegetation within the Nama-Karoo and semi-arid savanna biomes of South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 133 112-121

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Douglas CMS, Mulligan M, Harrison XA, Henschel JR, Pettorelli N, Cowlishaw G 2016. Widespread dieback of riparian trees on a dammed ephemeral river and evidence of local mitigation by tributary flows. PeerJ 4 e2622

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Henschel JR 2015. Locust times – monitoring populations and outbreak controls in relation to Karoo natural capital. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 70 (2) 135-143

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0035919X.2015.1046974

Warren-Rhodes KA, Boyle LN, Wing MR, Kiekebusch EM, Cowan DA, Stomeo F, Pointing SB, Kaseke KF, Eckardt F, Henschel JR, Anisfeld A, Seely M, Rhodes K 2013. Physical ecology of hypolithic communities in the central Namib Desert: The role of fog, rain, rock habitat, and light. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 118 (4) 1451-1460

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Henschel JR, Lancaster N 2013. Gobabeb – 50 years of Namib Desert Research. Journal of Arid Environments 93 116-125

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312002583

Wassenaar TD, Henschel JR, Pfaffenthaler MM, Mutotaa EN, Seely MK, Pallett J 2013. Ensuring the future of the Namib's biodiversity: Ecological restoration as a key management response to a mining boom. Journal of Arid Environments 93 126-135

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Joubert EC, Harms TM, Muller A, Hipondoka M, Henschel JR 2012. A CFD study of wind patterns over a desert dune and the effect on seed dispersion. Environmental Fluid Mechanics 12 (1) 23-44

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10652-011-9230-3

Kaseke KF, Mills AJ, Brown R, Esler KJ, Henschel JR, Seely MK 2012. A method for direct assessment of the "non rainfall" atmospheric water cycle: input and evaporation from the soil. Pure and applied geophysics 169 (5-6) 847-857

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Henschel JR, Grohmann C, Siteketa V, Linsenmair KE 2010. Monitoring tenebrionid beetle biodiversity in Namibia. African Study Monographs 40 91-102

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Seely MK, Klintenberg P, Henschel JR 2009. Learning from the Desert. Journal of Arid Land Studies 19 (1) 1-3

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Henschel JR, Parr T 2009. Population changes of alien invasive plants in the lower Kuiseb River.. Dinteria 31 5 - 17

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Henschel JR, Seely MK 2008. Ecophysiology of atmospheric moisture in the Namib Desert. Atmospheric Research 87 (3-4) 362-368

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Goldenberg F, Glanzl M, Henschel JR, Funk SM, Millesi E 2008. Gait choice in desert-living black-backed jackals. Journal of Zoology 275 (2) 124-129

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Norgaard T, Nilsson D-E, Henschel JR, Garm A, Wehner R 2008. Vision in the nocturnal wandering spider Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae: Sparassidae). The Journal of Experimental Biology 211 816-823

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Nørgaard T, Henschel JR, Wehner R 2007. Use of local cues in the night-time navigation of the wandering desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae, Sparassidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 193 (2) 217-222

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-006-0178-6

Birkhofer K, Scheu S, Henschel JR 2006. Does territorial behaviour in the desert-living spider Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence (Araneae: Sparassidae) affect its spatial distribution?. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13 (9) 341-346

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Lalley JS, Viles HA, Henschel JR, Lalley V 2006. Lichen-dominated soil crusts as arthropod habitat in warm deserts. Journal of Arid Environments 67 (4) 579-593

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196306000978

Henschel JR, Pallett J, Berry C, Griffin M, Hachfeld B, Makuti O, Seely M 2006. Checklists of the flora and vertebrates of Gobabeb. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 54 31-58

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Norgaard T, Henschel JR, Wehner R 2006. The night-time temporal window of locomotor activity in the Namib Desert long-distance wandering spider, Leucorchestris arenicola. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 192 (4) 365-372

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-005-0072-7

Nørgaard T, Henschel JR, Wehner R 2006. Tracking the Namib Desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola-reading the story in the sand (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 86 (2) 211-218

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Henschel JR, Burke A, Seely M 2005. Temporal and spatial variability of grass productivity in the Central Namib Desert. African Study Monographs 30 43 - 56

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Seely M, Henschel JR, Hamilton III WJ 2005. Long-term data show behavioural fog collection adaptations determine Namib Desert beetle abundance. South Africa Journal of Science 101 (11/12) 570-572

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Nørgaard T, Henschel JR, Wehner R 2003. Long-distance navigation in the wandering desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola: can the slope of the dune surface provide a compass cue?. Journal of Comparative Psychology A 189 (11) 801-809

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-003-0455-6

Seely MK, Henschel JR 2003. Best Practices in the World's Oldest Desert.. Conserving Biodiversity in Arid Regions 119-128

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4615-0375-0_9

Henschel JR, Seely MK, Mtuleni V, Pallett J 2003. The surface-dwelling arthropod fauna of Gobabeb with a description of the long-term pitfall trapping project. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 51 65-92

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Seely MK, Henschel JR 2003. Best Practices in the World's Oldest Desert. Conserving biodiversity in arid regions: Best practoces in developing nations Lemons J, Victor R, Schaffer D 119-128

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Seely MK, Henschel JR 2003. Best practices in the world's oldest desert. Conserving Biodiversity in Arid Regions 119-128

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4615-0375-0_9

Hamilton III WJ, Henschel JR, Seely M 2003. Fog collection by Namid Desert beetles. South Africa Journal of Science 99 (3/4) 181

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Seely MK, Zeidler J, Henschel JR, Barnard P 2003. Creative problem solving in support of biodiversity conservation. 54 (1) 155 - 164

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196301908821

Shanyengana ES, Henschel JR, Seely MK, Sanderson RD 2002. Exploring fog as a supplementary water source in Namibia. Atmospheric Research 64 (1-4) 251-259

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809502000960

Lubin Y, Henschel JR, Baker MB 2001. Costs of aggregation: shadow competition in a sit-and-wait predator. Oikos 95 (1) 59-68

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950107.x/abstract

Henschel JR, Seely MK, Zeidler J 2000. Long-term ecological research at Gobabeb: gaining and applying knowledge about a highly variable environment.

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Henschel JR, Seely MK 2000. Long-term growth patterns of Welwitschia mirabilis , a long-lived plant of the Namib Desert (including a bibliography). Plant Ecology 150 (1 - 2) 7 - 26

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Seely MK, Henschel JR, Zeidler J, Shanyengana ESC 2000. Namib research: its development at Gobabeb and implications for Namibia. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 48 62-88

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Rössl R, Henschel JR 1999. Ecology and diet of Psammoduon deserticola (Simon) (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11 (4) 155-157

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Henschel JR 1998. Dune spiders of the Negev Desert with notes on Cerbalus psammodes (Heteropodidae). Israel Journal of Zoology (Special Issue: Spiders of Israel: Systematics, Ecology, and Behavior) 44 (2) 243-251

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1998.10688946#.VGW1yVItBHg

Mtuleni V, Henschel JR, Seely MK 1998. Evaluation of Fog-Harvesting Potential in Namibia.

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Seely MK, Henschel JR 1998. The climatology of Namib fog. Proceedings of the 1st Conference on Fog anf Fog Collection

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Enders MM, Schüle H, Henschel JR 1998. Sexual Dimorphism, Fighting Success and Mating Tactics of Male Onymacris plana Péringuey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Namib Desert. Ethology 104 (12) 1003-1019

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00049.x/abstract

Polis GA, Barnes JD, Seely MK, Henschel JR, Enders MM 1998. Predation as a major cost of reproduction in Namib Desert tenebrionid beetles. Ecology 79 (7) 2560-2566

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079%5B2560:PAAMCO%5D2.0.CO;2/full

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