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The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environmental surroundings in a climatic region where the annual precipitation averages less than 10 inches per year. (Source: TOE / DOE)

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Gilolmo P 2014. Land Reform in Namibia - Spatial Analysis and Land Degradation in the Otjozondjupa Region.

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Gilolmo_Land Reform in Namibia_Otjozondjupa Region.pdf	4.56 MB

Fennessy JT 2004. Ecology of desert-dwelling giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis in northwestern Namibia.

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Ecology of desert_dwelling giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis in northwestern Namibia.pdf	4.03 MB

Fischer C, Gerstmeier R, Wagner TC 2022. Seasonal and temporal patterns of rainfall shape arthropod community composition and multi-trophic interactions in an arid environment. Scientific Reports 12

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Seasonal and temporal patterns of rainfall shape arthropod community composition.pdf	1.25 MB

Burke A 2004. Living diamonds - the Sperrgebiet's natural riches. Conservation 2004/5 22-23

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Conservation2004-Sp-flora.pdf	1.35 MB

Burke A 2004. Taking track rehabilitation one step further. African Wildlife 58 (2) 18-19

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AfricanWildlife2004-rehab.pdf	1.6 MB

Bosch J, Marais E, Maggs-Kölling G, Ramond J-B, Lebre PH, Eckardt F, Cowan DA 2022. Water inputs across the Namib Desert: implications for dryland edaphic microbiology. Frontiers of Biogeography

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Water inputs across the Namib Desert.pdf	1.61 MB

Burke A 2005. The Spitzkoppe magic. Flamingo 33-35

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flamingo-Apr2005-Spk.pdf	1.58 MB

Burke A 2005. The extraordinary plant diversity of the Namib. Flamingo 26-29

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flamingo-Feb2005-Namib-flora.pdf	2.18 MB

Burke A 1999. Islands of diversity - Isolated mountains in arid Namibia are home to a richer fauna and flora than their surroundings. Flamingo 30-32

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flamingo-Jan1999-inselbergs.pdf	1.91 MB

Burke A 1999. Namibia's karoo - A closer look at Namibia's south reveals a landscape with an interesting past and close geographical and biological links to its southern neighbour. Flamingo 29-34

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flamingo-Jul1999-karoo.pdf	2.68 MB

Grab S, Zumthurm T 2018. The land and its climate knows no transition, no middle ground, everywhere too much or too little: a documentary-based climate chronology for central Namibia, 1845-1900. International Journal of Climatology 38 (S1) e643-e659

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A documentary_based climate chronology for central Namibia_1845_1900.pdf	631.74 KB

Website link:https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/joc.5397

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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Palmer AR, Peel M, Kerley G Arid and semiarid rangeland production systems of Southern Africa: Wildlife. Article Scientifique 17 (01-Feb) 362-370

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Arid and semiarid rangeland production systems of Southern Africa.pdf	244.64 KB

Matambo ST, Seely M 2013. World Resources Report Case Study. Namibia: Combating Desertification with Tools for Local-Level Decision Making.

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wrr_case_study_local_level_decision_making_namibia_.pdf	1.04 MB

Seely MK, Klintenberg P, Hamilton WJ 2004. Solving environmental problems: Namibia, Sharing innovative experiences: Examples of the successful conservation and sustainable use of dryland biodiversity. 57-59

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Examples of the Successful Conservation and Sustainable Use of Dryland Biodiversity.pdf	6.08 MB

Elephant - Human Relations Aid (EHRA) 2022. 2022 Annual Conservation Report.

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EHRA Annual Conservation Report 2022.pdf	6 MB

Loiseau O, Manzitto-Tripp EA, Swanepoel W, Dexter KG 2023. Net diversification rates of the woody plant genus Petalidium (Acanthaceae) are highest in the ancient and arid Namib Desert. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11 1193728

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Net diversification rates of the woody plant genus Petalidium are highest in the ancient and arid Namib Desert.pdf	386.56 KB

Branch WR, Conradie W, vaz Pinto P, Tolley KA 2019. Another Angolan Namib endemic species: a new Nucras Gray, 1838 (Squamata: Lacertidae) from south-western Angola. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 13 (2) 82-95

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Another Angolan Namib endemic species_a new Nucras from south_western Angola.pdf	1.62 MB

Wassenaar T, van der Waal C, Ndapulamo W, Tjiningire K, Dentlinger D, Tjiseua V, Engelbrecht F 2023. Determining risk of a regime shift in a coupled arid Social-Ecological System. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 70 9-28

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Determining risk of a regime shift in a coupled arid Social_Ecological System.pdf	1.2 MB

Inman EN, Hobbs RJ, Tsvuura Z 2020. No safety net in the face of climate change: The case of pastoralists in Kunene Region, Namibia. PLoS ONE 15 (9)

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No safety net in the face of climate change.pdf	1.15 MB

Burke A 2020. Endemic plants of the Sperrgebiet - A photographic guide.

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Endemic plants of the Sperrgebiet_A photographic guide.pdf	8.07 MB

Yizhaq H, Rein C, Saban L, Cohen N, Kroy K, Katra I 2024. Aeolian sand sorting and soil moisture in arid Namibian fairy circles. Land 13 (2)

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Aeolian sand sorting and soil moisture in arid Namibian fairy circles.pdf	9.37 MB

Grodek T, Cloete G, Vazquez-Tarrio D, Benito G 2024. The hydromorphological effects of dams in an extreme desert environment - The Fish River Canyon, Namibia. Geomorphology 453 (D)

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169555X24000746

Mbanyana N, Blaimer BB, le Roux JJ, van Noort S, Brady SG, Wossler TC 2024. Out of the desert: Paleoclimatic changes drove the diversification of arid-adapted Ocymyrmex ants in southern Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 191

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790323002774

Coleman JC 2008. Integrated physiology and behavious of Thallomys nigricauda along an aridity gradient.

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Integrated physiology and behavious of Thallomys nigricauda along an aridity gradient.pdf	1.37 MB

Rose C, Schramm A, Irish J, Bilde T, Bird TL 2022. Host plant availability and nest-site selection of the social spider Stegodyphus dumicola Pocock, 1898 (Eresidae). Insects 13

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Host plant availability and nest_site selection of the social spider stegodyphus dumicola Pocock.pdf	540.5 KB

Clancey PA 1992. Variation in Francolinus adspersus Waterhouse, 1838, of the South West Arid Zone of Africa. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 43 29-34

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Cowan DA, Cary SG, DiRuggiero J, Eckardt F, Ferrari B, Hopkins DW, Lebre PH, Maggs-Kölling G, Pointing SB, Ramond J-B, Tribbia D, Warren-Rhodes K 2023. 'Follow the Water': Microbial water acquisition in desert soils. Microorganisms 11

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Follow the water_Microbial water acquisition in desert soils.pdf	598.76 KB

Adam CGW, Naholo S, Mendelsohn JM, Stratford KJ 2024. Drinking and bathing behaviour of raptors in an arid, warm environment: Insights from a long-term camera trapping study in Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 9 (A) 18-29

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Drinking and bathing behaviour of raptors in an arid_warm environment.pdf	765.04 KB

Heydinger J, Packer C, Tsaneb J 2019. Desert-adapted lions on communal land: Surveying the costs incurred by, and perspectives of, communal-area livestock owners in northwest Namibia. Biological Conservation 236 496-504

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Stone A, Leader G, Stratford D, Marks T, Efraim K, Bynoe R, Smedley R, Gunn A, Marais E 2024. Landscape evolution and hydrology at the Late Pleistocene archaeological site of Narabeb in the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia. Quaternary Science Advances 14

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Landscape evolution and hydrology at the Late Pleistocene archaeological site of Narabeb in the Namib Sand Sea.pdf	921.99 KB

Hauptfleisch M, Tembo D, Alberts R, Cilliers D, Uiseb K, Cloete C, Retief F, Roos C, Winter C, Harris R, Pitot C 2024. Exploring implications of elephant movements between land use types in a semi-arid savannah landscape. Pachyderm 65 (October 2023 - September 2024) 119-131

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Exploring the implications of elephant movements between land use types in a semi_arid savannah landscape.pdf	593.74 KB

Bombi P, Salvi D, Shuuya T, Vignoli L, Wassenaar T 2021. Climate change effects on desert ecosystems: A case study on the keystone species of the Namib Desert Welwitschia mirabilis. PLoS ONE 16 (11)

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Climate change effects on desert ecosystems_A case study on the keystone species of the Namib Desert Welwitschia mirabilis_2021.pdf	815.56 KB

Afrikaner LC, Mapani B, Amwele H 2025. Groundwater in arid environments: A review of uranium occurrence and impacts. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 62

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Uranium mining impacts on groundwater.pdf	1012.35 KB

Strohbach B, Coetzee M, Marais E, Maggs-Kölling G Ecosystems of Namibia Map vs4.0.

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Gross N, Maestre FT, Liancourt P, Berdugo M, Martin R, Gozalo B, Ochoa V, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Maire V, Saiz H, Soliveres S, Valencia E, Eldridge DJ, Guirado E, Jabot F, Asensio S, Gaitán JJ, García-Gómez M, Martinez P, Martínez-Valderrama J, Mendoza BJ, Moreno-Jiménez E, Pescador DS, Plaza C, Santaolaria Pijuan I, Abedi M, Ahumada RJ, Amghar F, Arroyo AI, Bahalkeh K, Bailey L, Salem FB, Blaum N, Boldgiv B, Bowker MA, Branquinho C, van den Brink L, Bu C, Canessa R, del P. Castillo-Monroy A, Castro H, Castro P, Chibani R, Conceição AA, Darrouzet-Nardi A, Davila YC, Deák B, Donoso DA, Durán J, Espinosa C, Fajardo A, Farzam M, Ferrante D, Franzese J, Fraser L, Gonzalez S, Gusman-Montalvan E, Hernández-Hernández RM, Hölzel N, Huber-Sannwald E, Jadan O, Jeltsch F, Jentsch A, Ju M, Kaseke KF, Kindermann L, le Roux P, Linstädter A, Louw MA, Mabaso M, Maggs-Kölling G 2024. Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world. Nature 632 808-814

Website link:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07731-3

van Rensburg WLJ 1990. Groeikragtigheid en saadontkieming by weiplante. Agricola 8 31-34

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Groeikragtigheid en saadontkieming by weiplante.pdf	881.58 KB

Fourie ML 1990. Die gebruik van landsat beelde as hulpmiddel in herwinningsbeplanning. Agricola 8 35-37

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Die gebruik van landsat beelde as hulpmiddel in herwinningsbeplanning.pdf	595.95 KB

Versfeld WvR 1986. Die benutting van ariede kalahariveld met ses produksiestelsels. Agricola 3 51-59

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Cowlishaw G Reproductive decisions in the Nama: coping with risk in an arid environment.

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Reproductive decisions in the Nama.pdf	66.03 KB

Chavarro-Rincon D 2009. Tree transpiration mapping from upscaled sap flow in the Botswana Kalahari.

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Tree transpiration mapping.pdf	12.23 MB

1989. Madoqua, Volume 16, No. 1. Journal of Arid Zone Biology and Nature Conservation Research. Published by the Department of Agriculture and Nature Conservation, South West Africa/Namibia. Madoqua 16 (1)

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Madoqua_Vol_16_No_1_1989_Journal_of_Arid_Zone_Biology_and_Nature_Conservation_Research.pdf	3.08 MB

Coder KD 1999. Heat Stroke in Trees.

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Dewdney R 1996. Namibian Programme to Combat Desertification (NAPCOD): Policy factors and desertification - Analysis and Proposals.

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Policy_Factors_and_Desertification-Analysis_and_Proposals.pdf	1.69 MB

Lindsey PA, Skinner JD 2001. Ant composition and activity patterns as determined by pitfall trapping and other methods in three habitats in the semi-arid Karoo. Journal of Arid Environments 48 551-568

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Mignon P, Goudie A Granite Landforms of the Central Namib. Acta Universitatis Carolinae 2000 Geographica XXXV 17-38

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Granite Landforms of the Central Namib_2000.pdf	2.96 MB

Seely MK 1978. Grassland productivity: the desert end of the curve. South African Journal of Science 74 295-297

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Grassland productivity_ the desert end of the curve.pdf	306.01 KB

Seely M 1973. Kuiseb River life sustaining barrier. SWA Annual 153-157

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Kuiseb River life sustaining barrier.pdf	303.53 KB

Boyer DC 1989. Some characteristics of the plant communities of three dunes situated across a climatic gradient in the Namib Desert. Madoqua 16 (2) 141-148

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Some characteristics of the plant communities of three dunes_1989.pdf	395.17 KB

Marx VL 2009. Impacts of upstream uses on the alluvial aquifer of the Swakop River, Namibia.

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Impacts of upstream uses on the alluvial aquifer of the Swakop River_2009.pdf	3.46 MB