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A wide, open, comparatively barren tract of land with few forms of life and little rainfall. (Source: MGH)

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Moser PM 2006. Regeneration and utilization of Faidherbia albida and Acacia erioloba along ephemeral rivers of Namibia.

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Regeneration and utilization of Faidherbia albida andrnAcacia erioloba along ephemeral rivers of Namibia_2006.pdf	9.59 MB

Glawion R, Henschel J Heritage Interpretation as a potential driver for economic development, environmental conservation and cultural Regeneration in southern Africa. Example: Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia.

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Glawion_R_and_Henschel_J.pdf	1.44 MB

Jacobson PJ 1997. An Ephemeral Perspective of Fluvial Ecosystems: Viewing Ephemeral Rivers in the Context of Current Lotic Ecology.

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Jacobson Thesis 1997_Ephemeral Rivers.pdf	297.21 KB

Arnold S, Attinger S, Frank K, Hildebrandt A 2009. Integrated modelling of ecohydrological processes along ephemeral rivers.

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Integrated modelling of ecohydrological processes along ephemeral rivers_2009.pdf	1.72 MB

Arnold S, Frank K, Attinger S, Hildebrandt A 2008. Feedbacks along ephemeral rivers – an integrated ecohydrological approach.

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Feedbacks along ephemeral rivers_2008.pdf	966.35 KB

Seely MK, de Vos MP, Louw GN 1977. Fog imbibition, satellite fauna and unusual leaf structure in a Namib Desert Dune plant Trianthema hereroensis. South African Journal of Science 73 169-172

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Fog imbibition_ satellite fauna and unusual leaf structure in a Namib_1977.pdf	268.1 KB

Tschinkel WR 2012. The Life Cycle and Life Span of Namibian Fairy Circles. Plos ONE 7 (6) e38056

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The Life Cycle and Life Span of Namibian Fairy Circles.pdf	11.88 MB

1985. The Kuiseb environment: the development of a monitoring baseline.

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The Kuiseb environment_the development of a monitoring baseline_1985.pdf	5.28 MB

Eitel B, Kadereit A, Blümel WD, Hüser K, Kromer B 2005. The Amspoort Silts, northern Namib desert (Namibia): formation, age and palaeoclimatic evidence of river-end deposits. Geomorphology 64 299-314

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The Amspoort Silts.pdf	1.24 MB

Miyamoto S 2010. Late Pleistocene Sedimentary Environment of the "Homeb Silts" deposits, along the middle Kuiseb River in the Namib Desert, Namibia. African Study Monographs 40 (Supplementary Issue) 51-66

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Late Pleistocene Sedimentary Environment of the Homeb Silts_2010.pdf	2.3 MB

Heine K 1985. Late Quaternary Development of the Kuiseb River Valley and adjacent Areas, Central Namib Desert, Namib Desert, South West Africa/Namibia, and Palaeoclimatic Implications. Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie 21 151-157

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Late Quaternary Development of the Kuiseb River Valley and adjacent Areas_1985.pdf	744.9 KB

Marker ME, Müller D 1978. Relict vlei silts of the middle Kuiseb river valley South West Africa. Madoqua 2 151-162

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Relict vlei silts of the middle Kuiseb river valley South West Africa.pdf	1.64 MB

Cooper-Driver GA 1994. Welwitschia mirabilis - A Dream Come True. Arnoldia

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Welwitschia mirabilis_a dream come true_1994.pdf	652.99 KB

Senters AE 1997. Welwitschia mirabilis cultivation. AERGC Newsletter 10 (2) 5-7

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Welwitschia mirabilis cultivation_1997.pdf	39.88 KB

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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Respiration beneath Desert Sand_1986.pdf	235.46 KB

Braine SG 1989. Range extensions, food and breeding of the Marsh Owl in the northwestern Namib, South West Africa/Namibia. Madoqua 16 (1) 47 - 49

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Range extensions_food and breeding of the Marsh Owl in the northwestern Namib_1989.pdf	614.02 KB

Naidu SG 2008. Why does the Namib Desert tenebrionid Onymacris unguicularis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) fog-bask?. European Journal of Entomology 105 829-838

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Why does the Namib Desert tenebrionid Onymacris unguicularis_2008.pdf	254.46 KB

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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Monitoring tenebrionid beetle biodiversity in Namibia_2010.pdf	604.25 KB

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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Long_term data show behavioural fog collection adaptations determine Namib Desert beetle abundance.pdf	202.96 KB

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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Fog collection by Namid Desert beetles.pdf	150.93 KB

Mukuti OM, Henschel J, Kolb H, Mtuleni VP, Sitiketa V, Shanyengana ES 1998. Testing fog collectors in the Namib Desert.

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Testing fog collectors in the Namib Desert_1998.pdf	185.17 KB

Heine K 1987. Jungquartäre fluviale Geomorphodynamik in der Namib, Südwestafrika/Namibia. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie/Supplement 66 113-134

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Jungquartaere fluviale Geomorphodynamik in der Namib.pdf	12.11 MB

Heine K, Völkel J 2011. Extreme floods around AD 1700 in the nothern Namib Desert, Namibia, and in the Orange River Catchment, South Africa - were they forced by a decrease of solar irradiance during the Little ice Age?. Geographia Polonica 84 (1) 61-80

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Extreme floods around AD 1700 in the nothern Namib Desert_2011.pdf	4.89 MB

Stengel HW 1964. The rivers of the Namib and their discharge into the Atlantic. Part 1: Kuiseb and Swakop.

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The rivers of the Namib and their discharge into the Atlantic.pdf	35.96 KB

Huey RB, Pianka ER 2007. Lizard Ecology: The Evolutionary Consequences of Foraging Mode. Historical introduction: on widely foraging for Kalahari lizards

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HueyPiankaForageHist07.pdf	1.03 MB

Louw GN, Seely MK 1980. Exploitation of fog water by a perennial Namib Dune Grass, Stipagrotis sabulicola. South African Journal of Science 76

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Exploitation of fog water by a perennial Namib Dune Grass_1980.pdf	154.49 KB

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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Veste_Flora2001.pdf	2.93 MB

Lange OL, Meyer A, Ullmann I, Zellner H 1991. Microclimate conditions, water content and photosynthesis of lichens in the coastal fog zone of the Namib Desert: Measurements in the fall. Flora 185 233-266

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Microclimate conditions_water content and photosynthesis_1991.pdf	2.89 MB

Lange OL, Meyer A, Zellner H, Ullmann I, Wessels DCJ 1990. Eight days in the life of a desert lichen: water relations and photosynthesis of Teloschistes capensis in the coastal fog zone of the Namib Desert. Madoqua 17 (1) 17-30

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Eight days in the life of a desert lichen_1990.pdf	4.53 MB

Jürgens N, Burke A, Seely MK 1987. Desert.

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Desert.pdf	1.33 MB

Jabs C 1991. Alien invasives in the Kuiseb river, namib Desert, Namibia.

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Alien invasives in the Kuiseb river_1991.pdf	3.45 MB

Hellwig DHR 1968. Water resources of the Namib Desert between Lüderitzbucht and Walvis Bay - a preliminary investigation.

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Water resources of the Namib Desert between Luederitzbucht and Walvis Bay.pdf	922.92 KB

Viles HA 2004. Microclimate and weathering in the central Namib Desert, Namibia. Geomorphology 67 189-209

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Microclimate and weathering in the central Namib Desert_2005.pdf	2.1 MB

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

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The climatology of Namib fog_1998.pdf	302.32 KB

Schmitz AU 2004. Transmission losses and soil moisture dynamics in the alluvial fill of the Kuiseb river, Namibia.

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Transmission losses and soil moisture dynamics Kuiseb River.pdf	1.8 MB

Logan RF 1960. The central Namib Desert South West Africa.

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The_Central_Namib_Desert_South_West_Afri.pdf	3.57 MB

Jacobson PJ 1997. An ephemeral perspective of fluvial ecosystems: viewing ephemeral rivers in the context of current lotic.

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An ephemeral perspective of fluvial ecosystems_1997.pdf	310.22 KB

Furey SG 1998. Fogwater Harvesting for Community Water Supply.

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Fogwater Harvesting for Community Water Supply_1998.pdf	220.42 KB

Klemm O, Schemenauer RS, Lummerich A, Cereceda P, Marzol V, Corell D, van Heerden J, Reinhard D, Gherezghiher T, Olivier J, Osses P, Sarsour J, Frost E, Estrela MJ, Valiente JA, Fessehaye GM 2012. Fog as a Fresh-Water Resource: Overview and Perspectives. Ambio 41 221-234

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Fog as a Fresh_Water Resource_ Overview and Perspectives_2012.pdf	717.82 KB

Henschel J, Mtuleni V, Gruntkowski N, Seely M, Shanyengana E 1998. NAMFOG: Namibian application of fog-collecting systems. Phase I: evaluating of fog water harvesting.

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Namibian application of fog_collecting systems.pdf	2.1 MB

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

Hibbitts TJ, Pianka ER, Huey RB, Whiting MJ 2005. Ecology of the Common Barking Gecko (Ptenopus garrulus) in Southern Africa. Journal of Herpetology 39 (3) 509-515

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Ecology of the Common Barking Gecko_2005.pdf	221.07 KB

Botes A, Manning N 2002. Interactive Environmental learning and action in the Kuiseb (ELAK.

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Interactive Environmental learning and action in the Kuiseb_2002.pdf	8.4 MB

Haacke WD 1976. The burrowing geckos of southern Africa, 3. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30 (3) 29-38

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The burrowing geckos of southern Africa 3_1976.pdf	1.19 MB

Haacke WD 1976. The burrowing geckos of southern Africa, 2. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30 (2) 13-28

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The burrowing geckos of southern Africa_1976.pdf	1.07 MB

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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Long_term ecological research at Gobabeb_2000.pdf	1.06 MB

Henschel J 2006. Sustaining life and livelihood along an ephemeral river. The example of the Kuiseb River/Namibia. Geographische Rundschau International Edition 2 (3) 28-33

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Sustaining life and livelihood along an ephemeral river.pdf	473.58 KB

Henschel JR, Seely MK 1976. First approximation of the ecophysiology of fog and dew - A tribute to Gideon Louw.

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First approximation of the ecophysiology of fog and dew-A tribute_1976.pdf	210.33 KB

Bornman CH 1977. Welwitschia mirabilis: structural and functional anomalies. Madoqua 10 (1) 21-31

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Welwitschia mirabilis_structural and functional anomalies.pdf	1.89 MB

Brain CK, Prozesky OPM 1962. On the body temperatures of birds collected on the Carp Transvaal Museum Namib Desert expedition. Cimbebasia 5

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On the body temperatures of birds collected on the Carp Transvaal Museum Namib Desert expedition_1962.pdf	984.9 KB