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The interacting system of the biological communities located in biomes characterized by the dominance of indigenous grasses, grasslike plants and forbs, and their non-living environmental surroundings. (Source: TOE / DOE)

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Wagner TC, Hane S, Joubert DF, Fischer C 2016. Herbaceous legume encroachment reduces grass productivity and density in arid rangelands. Plos ONE 11 (11) e0166743

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Herbaceous Legume Encroachment Reduces Grass Productivity and Density in Arid Rangelands.pdf	1.86 MB

Hines C, Mendelsohn J 1998. Whitebellied Korhaan in Namibia: A first record from the Andoni grasslands. Lanioturdus 31 (1) 19-21

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Whitebellied Korhaan in Namibia_A first record from the Andoni grasslands.pdf	242.32 KB

Cramer MD, Barger NN 2013. Are Namibian "Fairy Circles" the consequence of self-organizing spatial vegetation patterning?. Plos ONE 8 (8) e70876

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Are Namibian Fairy Circles the consequence of self_organizing spatial vegetation patterning_2013.pdf	1.77 MB

Seely MK 1978. Standing crop as an index of precipitation in the Central Namib grassland. Madoqua 11 (1) 61-68

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Standing crop as an index of precipitation in the Central Namib grassland.pdf	544.86 KB

Strohbach BJ, Walters HJA 2015. An overview of grass species used for thatching in the Zambezi, Kavango East and Kavango West Regions, Namibia. Dinteria 35 13-42

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An overview of grass species used for thatching in the Zambezi_Kavango East and Kavango_2015.pdf	1.24 MB

Graz P 2008. The woody weed encroachment puzzle: gathering pieces. Ecohydrology 1 (4) 340-348

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Graz_2008.pdf	141.88 KB

Christian I 1998. Grazing Management Study. Prepared for NOLIDEP - The Northern Regions Livestock Development Project.

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Grazing Management Study_ Ingrid Christian_January 1998.pdf	18.54 MB

Zimmermann J, Higgins SI, Grimm V, Hoffmann J, Linstäder A 2010. Grass mortality in semi-arid savanna: The role of fire, competition and self-shading. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 12 (2010) 1-8

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Grass mortality in Semi_arid savanna.pdf	267.58 KB

Joubert D, Powell LA, Schacht WH 2014. Visual obstruction as a method to quantify herbaceous biomass in southern African semi-arid savannas. African Journal of Range and Forage Science

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Visual obstruction as a method to quantify herbaceous biomass in southern African semi_arid savannas.pdf	1.64 MB

Johnson SD, Harris LF, Proches S 2009. Pollination and breeding systems of selected wildflowers in a southern African grassland community. South African Journal of Botany 75 (4) 630-645

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629909002464

Veenendaal EM, Ernst WHO, Modise GS 1996. Reproductive effort and phenology of seed production of savanna grasses with different growth form and life history. Vegetatio 123 (1) 91-100

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00044891

Huntley BJ 1982. Southern African Savannas. Ecology of Tropical Savannas 42 101-119

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-68786-0_6

Leistner OA 1996. The subcanopy flora in the dynamics of the Kalahari Thornveld. The Biodiversity of African Plants 163-179

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-0285-5_23

Ernst WHO, Veenendaal EM, Kebakile MM 1992. Possibilities for dispersal in annual and perennial grasses in a savanna in Botswana. Vegetatio 102 (1) 1-11

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00031700

Schlesinger WH, Reynolds JF, Cunningham GL, Huenneke LF, Jarrell WM, Virginia RA, Whitford WG 1990. Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification. Science 247 (4946) 1043-1048

Website link:http://www.sciencemag.org/content/247/4946/1043.short

Yeaton RI 1990. The structure and function of the Namib Dune grasslands: species interactions. Journal of Arid Environments 18 (3) 343-349

Website link:http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19910743775.html

Yeaton RI 1998. Structure and Function of the Namib Dune Grasslands: Characteristics of the Environmental Gradients and Species Distributions. Journal of Ecology 76 (3) 744-758

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2260571

Krogh SN, Zeisset MS, Jackson E, Whitford WG 2002. Presence/absence of a keystone species as an indicator of rangeland health. Journal of Arid Environments 50 (3) 513-519

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196301909000

Watkinson AR, Ormerod SJ 2001. Grasslands, grazing and biodiversity: editors' introduction. Journal of Applied Ecology 38 (2) 233-237

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00621.x/full

Albrecht CF, Joubert JJ, de Rycke PH 2001. Origin of the enigmatic, circular, barren patches ("Fairy Rings") of the pro-Namib. South African Journal of Science 97 23-27

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Origin of the enigmatic_circular_barren patches of the pro_Namib.pdf	513.21 KB

Becker T 2007. The phenomenon of Fairy Circles in Kaokoland (NW Namibia). Basic and Applied Dryland Research 1 (2) 121-137

Website link:http://www.badr-online.de/fairy_circles_kaokoland

Grube S 2001. Soil modification by the harvester termite Hodotermes mossambicus (Isoptera; Hodotermitidae) in a semiarid savanna grassland of Namibia. Sociobiology 37 (3B) 757 - 767

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/soil-modification-harvester-termite-hodotermes-mossambicus-isoptera-hodotermitidae-semiarid-savanna-grassland-namibia-3/

Grube S 2002. The fairy circles of Kaokoland (Northwest Namibia) - is the harvester termite Hodotermes mossambicus the prime causal factor in circle formation?. Basic and Applied Ecology 3 (4) 367 - 370

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/the-fairy-circles-of-kaokoland-northwest-namibia-is-the-harvester-termite-hodotermes-mossambicus-the-prime-causal-factor-in-circle-formation/

Jacobson KM 1997. Moisture and substrate stability determine VA-mycorrhizal fungal community distribution and structure in an arid grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 35 59 - 75

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Moisture and substrate stability determine VA_mycorrhizal fungal community distribution and structure in an arid grassland.pdf	149.29 KB

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196385701401

Bond W, Midgley GF, Woodward F 2003. What controls South African vegetation-climate or fire?. South African Journal of Botany 69 (1) 79 - 91

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What controls South African vegetation_climate or fire.pdf	285.27 KB

Blench R, Sommer F 1999. Understanding rangeland biodiversity.

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Understanding rangeland biodiversity.pdf	344.52 KB

Becker T, Getzin S 2000. The fairy circles of Kaokoland (North-West Namibia) - origin, distribution, and characteristics. Basic and Applied Ecology 1 (2) 149 - 159

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439179104700201

Harmse CJ, Kellner K, Dreber N 2016. Restoring productive rangelands: A comparative assessment of selective and non-selective chemical bush control in a semi-arid Kalahari savanna. Journal of Arid Environments 135 39-49

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196316301434

Tarnita CE, Bonachela JA, Sheffer E, Guyton JA, Coverdale TC, Long RA, Pringle RM 2017. A theoretical foundation for multi-scale regular vegetation patterns. Nature 541 398-401

Website link:http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v541/n7637/full/nature20801.html

Meyer JJM, Senejoux F, Heyman HM, Meyer NL, Meÿer MA 2015. The occurrence of triterpenoids from Euphorbia gummifera inside the fairy circles of Garub in the southern Namibian pro-desert. South African Journal of Botany 98 10-15

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629915000204

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

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

Vlieghe K, Picker M, Ross-Gillespie V, Erni B 2015. Herbivory by subterranean termite colonies and the development of fairy circles in SW Namibia. Ecological Entomology 40 42-49

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/een.12157/abstract

Juergens N 2014. Exploring common ground for different hypotheses on Namib fairy circles. Ecography 10.1111/ecog.01232

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.01232/abstract

Kopij G 2005. Diet of larks in South African grassland. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 76 (1-2) 82-84

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306520509485477#.VHg_-mctBHg

Mayra MJ, Vanselow KA, Samimi C 2018. Fire regimes at the arid fringe: A 16-year remote sensing perspective (2000–2016) on the controls of fire activity in Namibia from spatial predictive models. Ecological Indicators 91 324-337

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X18302759

Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) 2016. Fire management strategy for Namibia's protected areas.

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Fire Management_Strategy Final Version_Nambia_MET. 2016.pdf	9.78 MB

Schneibel A, Stellmes M, Frantz D, Finckh M, Revermann R 2013. Cusseque - Earth Observation. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 55-57

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Cusseque-Earth Observation.pdf	2.23 MB

Revermann R, Maiato F, Gomes A, Lages F, Finckh M 2013. Cusseque - Vegetation. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 59-63

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Cusseque_Vegetation.pdf	3.1 MB

Ward D, Ngairorue BT 2000. Are Namibia's grasslands desertifying?. Journal of Range Management (53) 138-144

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Are Namibias grasslands desertifying.pdf	108.59 KB

Wagner TC, Fischer C 2015. Encroachment of an herbaceous legume seriously affects important fodder grasses in the Pro‐Namib.

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281524221_Encroachment_of_an_herbaceous_legume_seriously_affects_important_fodder_grasses_in_the_Pro-Namib

Getzin S, Yizhaq H, Cramer MD, Tschinkel WR 2019. Contrasting global patterns of spatially periodic fairy circles and regular insect nests in drylands. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 124

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Contrasting global patterns of spatially periodic fairy circles and regular insect nests in drylands.pdf	17.12 MB

Uunona N 2015. Impacts of fire on grazers and browsers movements at Waterberg plateau park, central Namibia.

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Impacts of fire on grazers and browsers movements at Waterberg plateau park.pdf	3.48 MB

Klintenberg P 2007. More water, less grass? An assessment of resource degradation and stakeholders' perceptions of environmental change in Ombuga grassland, northern Namibia.

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More water_less grass_Klintenberg P 2007 Thesis.pdf	8.38 MB

Fuls ER 1992. Ecosystem modification created by patch overgrazing in semi-arid grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 24 59-69

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S014019631830541X

Barker NP, Fish L 2007. Rare and infrequent southern African grasses: assessingtheir conservation status and understanding their biology. Biodiversity Conservation 16 4051-4079

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Rare and infrequent southern African grasses.pdf	239.47 KB

Bwabwata National Park - Kwando Core Area. Namibia Parks and Wildlife.

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Bwabwata National Park_Kwando Core Area.pdf	1.43 MB

Mudumu National Park - Zambezi Region. Namibia Parks and Wildlife.

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Mudumu Zambezi Region.pdf	817.63 KB

Govender N, Staver C, Archibald S, Wigley-Coetsee C, Strydom T, Humphrey G, Kimuyu D 2022. Lessons from a century of evidence-based fire management in grassy ecosystems. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 39 (1) v-vii

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Lessons from a century of evidence based fire management in grassy ecosystems.pdf	510.22 KB

Mashau AC, Hempson GP, Lehmann C, Vorontsova MS, Visser V, Archibald S 2021. Plant height and lifespan predict range size in southern African grasses. Ecology and Evolution 48 (12) 3047-3059

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Plant height and lifespan predict range size in southern African grasses.pdf	706.37 KB