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The vegetation on pastures that is available for livestock to feed upon. (Source: CED)

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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

Gabriel M 1993. The impact of stock along a defined stretch of the lower Kuiseb River, Central Namib Desert: a first attempt at quantification.

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Impact of stock along a defined stretch of the lower Kuiseb River.pdf	10.51 MB

Wasiolka B 2007. The impact of overgrazing on reptile diversity and population dynamics of Pedioplanis l. lineoocellata in the southern Kalahari, South Africa.

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Impact of overgrazing on reptile diversity and population dynamics of Pedioplanis_southern Kalahari.pdf	3.18 MB

Wasiolka B, Blaum N, Jeltsch F, Henschel J 2009. Behavioural responses of the lizard Pedioplanis l. lineoocellata to overgrazing. Acta Oecologica 35 157-162

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Behavioural responses of the lizard Pedioplanis_2009.pdf	198.38 KB

Leggett K, Fennessy J, Schneider S 2001. Hoanib catchment study, Northwestern Namibia Fauna.

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Hoanib catchment study_Northwestern Namibia Fauna.pdf	41.33 MB

Fynn RWS 2009. The scale of grazing: its influence on rangeland quality, carrying capacity and herbivore population performance. Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre, Maun, Botswana.

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Fynn_Scale_of_grazing_small.pdf	3.24 MB

Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) 2003. Draft species management plan - southern reedbuck, common waterbuck, red lechwe and puku.

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Species management_southern reedbuck_common waterbuck_red lechwe and puku.pdf	3.15 MB

Fritz H, Duncan P, Gordon IJ, Illius AW 2002. Megaherbivores influence trophic guilds structure in African ungulate communities. Oecologia 131 (4) 620-625

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Megaherbivores influence trophic guilds structure in African ungulate communities.pdf	289.41 KB

Innovations for Poverty Action 2012. Livestock Ownership and Livelihood in the Northern Communal Areas: Using a randomised control trial to determine the impact of best practise and joint herding on farmers in Northern Namibia. Findings from the Baseline Household Survey. Appendix A: Additional Survey Results and References.

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MCC-Nam_CBRLM_HH_Baseline_Report_Appendix_2012.04.04.pdf	570.47 KB

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MCC_Nam_CBRLM_HH_Baseline_20120405.pdf	2.3 MB

Makenzi PM, Timan MO, Laltaika E, Unwanzi Z 2004. Livestock production system in Botswana the so-called "Botswana Model": Privatizing the commons, a trade or trap?.

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Livestock production system in Botswana the so called Botswana Model_2004.pdf	123.43 KB

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

Behnke RH 1998. Kavango Grazing Systems Study.

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Kavango Grazing System Study- Final Report_ RH Behnke.pdf	15.16 MB

Stehn H 2008. Rangeland management.

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Rangeland Management_Helmut Stehn.pdf	16.16 MB

Behnke RH 1998. Range and livestock management in the Etanga development area, Kunene Region.

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Range and Livestock Management in the Etanga Development Area_Kunene Region.pdf	16.1 MB

Muduva T 2014. Grazing rights in Namibia's communal areas: A case study of a local land grabbing dispute in Western Kavango region.

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Grazing rights in Namibias communal areas.pdf	663.55 KB

Behnke RH 1998. Grazing Systems in the Northern Communal Areas of Namibia. A summary of NOLIDEP socio-economic research of range management.

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Grazing Systems in the Northern Communal Areas of Namibia_RH Behnke.pdf	20.49 MB

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

Espach C, Lubbe LG, Ganzin N 2010. Determining grazing capacity in Namibia with the aid of remote sensing. Agricola 20 41-61

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Determining grazing capacity in Namibia with aid of remote sensing.pdf	3.1 MB

Vohland K, Uhlig M, Marais E, Hoffman A, Zeller U 2005. Impact of different grazing systems on diversity, abundance and biomass of beetles (Coleoptera), a study from southern Namibia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 81 (2) 131-143

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mmnz.200510008/abstract

Rohde RF, Moleele NM, Mphale M, Allsopp N, Chanda R, Hoffman MT, Magole L, Young E 2006. Dynamics of grazing policy and practice: environmental and social impacts in three communal areas of southern Africa. Environment: Science and Policy 9 (3) 302-316

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901106000207

Moleele NM, Ringrose S, Matheson W, Vanderpost C 2002. More woody plants? the status of bush encroachment in Botswana's grazing areas. Journal of Environmental Management 64 (1) 3-11

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479701904864

Dreber N, Oldeland J, van Rooyen GMW 2011. Species, functional groups and community structure in seed banks of the arid Nama Karoo: Grazing impacts and implications for rangeland restoration. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 141 (3-4) 399-409

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880911001095

Wesuls D, Pellowski M, Suchrow S, Oldeland J, Jansen F, Dengler J 2013. The grazing fingerprint: Modelling species responses and trait patterns along grazing gradients in semi-arid Namibian rangelands. Ecological Indicators 27 61-70

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X12003883

McGranahan DA 2008. Managing private, commercial rangelands for agricultural production and wildlife diversity in Namibia and Zambia. Biodiversity and Conservation 17 (8) 1965-1977

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10531-008-9339-y

Jürgens N 2001. Remarkable Differences in Desertification Processes in the Northern and Southern Richtersveld (Northern Namaqualand, Republic of South Africa). Sustainable Land Use in Deserts 177-187

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-59560-8_18

Skarpe C 1986. Plant community structure in relation to grazing and environmental changes along a north-south transect in the western Kalahari. Vegetatio 68 (1) 3-18

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00031575

Behnke RH 1999. Stock movement and range-management in a Himba community in North-western Namibia. Managing mobility in African rangelands: The legitimization of transhumance 184-216

Website link:http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20001813314.html

van Rooyen N, Bredenkamp GJ, Theron GK, Bothma J du P, Le Riche EAN 1994. Vegetational gradients around artificial watering points in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Journal of Arid Environments 26 (4) 349-361

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196384710378

Moleele N, Ringrose S, Arnberg W, Lunden B, Vanderpost C 2001. Assessment of vegetation indexes useful for browse (forage) prediction in semi-arid rangelands. International Journal of Remote Sensing 22 (5) 741-756

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431160051060147

Dougill AJ, Thomas DSG, Heathwaite AL 1999. Environmental change in the Kalahari: integrated land degradation studies for Nonequilibrium dryland environments. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 89 (3) 420-442

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/0004-5608.00156/abstract

Richardson FD, Hahn BD, Hoffman BT 2005. On the dynamics of grazing systems in the semi-arid succulent Karoo: The relevance of equilibrium and non-equilibrium concepts to the sustainability of semi-arid pastoral systems. Ecological Modelling 187 (4) 491-512

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438000500102X

James CD, Landsberg J, Morton SR 1999. Provision of watering points in the Australian arid zone: a review of effects on biota. Journal of Arid Environments 41 (1) 87-121

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196398904670

Coppolillo PB 2000. The Landscape Ecology of Pastoral Herding: Spatial Analysis of Land Use and Livestock Production in East Africa. Human Ecology 28 (4) 527-560

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4603371?uid=4&sid=21101373936633

Bartolome JW 1993. Applications of herbivore optimization theory to rangelands of the western United States. Ecological Applications 3 (1) 27-29

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1941785

Cornelius R, Schultka W 1997. Vegetation structure of a heavily grazed range in Northern Kenya: ground vegetation. Journal of Arid Environments 36 (3) 459-474

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196396902098

Weber GE, Jeltsch F, van Rooyen N, Milton SJ 1998. Simulated long-term vegetation response to grazing heterogeneity in semi-arid rangelands. Journal of Applied Ecology 35 (5) 687-699

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.355341.x/abstract

Todd SW 2006. Gradients in vegetation cover, structure and species richness of Nama-Karoo shrublands in relation to distance from livestock watering points. Journal of Applied Ecology 43 (2) 293-304

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01154.x/abstract

Hille Ris Lambers R, Rietkerk M, van der Bosch F, Prins HHT, de Kroon H 2001. Vegetation pattern formation in semi-arid grazing systems. Ecology 82 (1) 50-61

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2680085

Warren A 1995. Changing understandings of African pastoralism and the nature of environmental paradigms. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers New Series 20 (2) 193-203

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/622431

Traill LW 2004. Seasonal utilization of habitat by large grazing herbivores in semi-arid Zimbabwe. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 34 (1) 13-24

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/10709

Thrash I 1998. Impact of large herbivores at arti?cial watering points compared to that at natural watering points in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Journal of Arid environments 38 (2) 315-324

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196397903311

Archer ERM 2004. Beyond the "climate versus grazing" impasse: using remote sensing to investigate the effects of grazing system choice on vegetation cover in the eastern Karoo. Journal of Arid Environments 57 (3) 381-408

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196303001071

Pringle HJR, Landsberg J 2004. Predicting the distribution of livestock grazing pressure in rangelands. Austral Ecology 29 (1) 31-39

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01363.x/abstract;jsessionid=1FB2004CBB7E43F17B66AB5342AD7D0A.d02t02?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false

Ludwig JA, Coughenour MB, Liedloff AC, Dyer R 2001. Modelling the resilience of Australian savanna systems to grazing impacts. Environment International 27 167-172

Website link:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11697665

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

Heshmatti GA, Facelli JM, Conran JG 2002. The piosphere revisited: plant species patterns close to waterpoints in small, fenced paddocks in chenopod shrublands of South Australia. Journal of Arid environments 51 547-560

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196302909699

Edwards PJ, Cochard R, Tobler MW 2003. The impacts of cattle ranching on large-scale vegetation patters in a coastal savanna in Tanzania. Journal of Applied Ecology 40 (3) 430-444

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00816.x/full

Wiegand K, Saltz D, Ward D 2006. A patch-dynamics approach to savanna dynamics and woody plant encroachment - Insights from an arid savanna. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 7 (4) 229 - 242

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2005. Grasslands of the World.

Website link:http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y8344e/y8344e00.htm