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The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environmental surroundings in regions that have between 10 to 20 inches of rainfall and are capable of sustaining some grasses and shrubs but not woodland. (Source: TOE / DOE)
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1976. Euphorbia (Tetracanthae) in Angola and northern Kaokoland. Dinteria
12 1-35
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| Dinteria_12_1976_1.pdf | 5.27 MB |
1973. A new species of Commiphora from the Kaokoveld (South West Africa). Dinteria
9 23-28
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| A new species of Commiphora from the Kaokoveld.pdf | 770.68 KB |
1972. Adaptation to aridity: Water development in South Africa. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association 8 (3) 600-607
2002. Bivariate stochastic modelling of ephemeral streamflow. Hydrological Processes 16 (7) 1451-1465
2005. Morphology and Fluvio-Aeolian Interaction of the Tropical Latitude, Ephemeral Braided-River Dominated Koigab Fan, North-West Namibia. Fluvial Sedimentology VII
1996. Phylogenetic systematics of the day geckos, genus, Rhoptropus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), of south-western Africa. Journal of Zoology 238 (4) 635-663
2008. Local governance and water resource management: experiences from Northern Namibia. Public Administration and Development
28 (3) 200-211
2012. A spatio-temporal analysis of fire recurrence and extent for semi-arid savanna ecosystems in southern Africa using moderate-resolution satellite imagery. Journal of Environmental Management 100 72-85
2008. The role of size inequality in self-thinning: A pattern-oriented simulation model for arid savannas. Ecological Modelling 210 (4) 431-445
2008. A new species of Lotononis section Oxydium (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae). South African Journal of Botany 74 (4) 750-752
2011. Satellite based long-term assessment of rangeland condition in semi-arid areas: An example from Botswana. Journal of Arid Environments 75 (4) 383-389
1997. On the use of NDVI for estimating rainfall fields in the Kalahari of Botswana. Journal of Arid Environments
35 (2) 195-214
2009. Landuse experience does qualify for adaptation to climate change. Ecological Modelling 220 (5) 694-702
2002. Supergene mineralization in mining residues of the Matchless cupreous pyrite deposit (Namibia)—a clue to the origin of modern and fossil duricrusts in semiarid climates. Journal of Geochemical Exploration
75 (1-3) 43-70
2013. The grazing fingerprint: Modelling species responses and trait patterns along grazing gradients in semi-arid Namibian rangelands. Ecological Indicators 27 61-70
2006. Direct reclamation of potable water at Windhoek's Goreangab reclamation plant. Desalination
188 (1-3) 79-88
1998. Closing the gap: bringing communal farmers and service institutions together for livestock and rangeland development. Journal of Arid Environments
39 (2) 315-323
2010. Understanding the effects of rainfall on elephant - vegetation interactions around waterholes. Ecological Modelling
221 (24) 2909-2917
2010. Combining vegetation indices, constrained ordination and fuzzy classification for mapping semi-natural vegetation units from hyperspectral imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment
114 (6) 1155-1166
2012. Recharge investigations above the Stampriet Aquifer in semi-arid Namibia using geochemical methods and environmental tracers; sand, salt and water. Quaternary International 279-280 (16) 470-471
2014. Chronology of sand ridges and the Late Quaternary evolution of the Etosha Pan, Namibia. Geomorphology 204 (1) 553-563
2007. Can information circulation contribute to combating desertification?. AIDCCD – Active exchange of experience on indicators and development of perspectives in the context of UNCCD: Role of information circulation systems in scientific and practical approaches to combat desertification. Proceedings of the International Seminar
14-23
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| Can information circulation contribute to combating desertification.pdf | 5.18 MB |
2009. A sequence of fluvial and aeolian deposits (desert loess) and palaeosoils covering the last 60 ka in the Opuwo basin (Kaokoland/Kunene Region, Namibia) based on luminescence dating. Quaternary International 196 (1-2) 71-85
2005. Small Mammal Diversity and Reproduction Along a Transect in Namibia (Biota S 07). African Biodiversity 305-313
1973. Southern kalahari phytosociology. Vegetatio
28 (5-6) 353-399
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02386499
2009. Global Deserts and Their Geomorphological Diversity. Geomorphology of Desert Environments 9-20
1991. Mosaic-Like Events in Arid and Semi-Arid Namibia. The Mosaic-Cycle Concept of Ecosystems Ecological Studies 85 147-160
2008. Grass, rainfall and herbivores as determinants of Acacia erioloba (Meyer) recruitment in an African savanna. Plant Ecology
197 (1) 131-138
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| Grass_rainfall and herbivores as determinants of Acacia erioloba recruitment in an African savanna.pdf | 629.03 KB |
2008. Fire and the demography of camelthorn (Acacia erioloba Meyer) in the southern Kalahari – evidence for a bonfire effect?. African Journal of Ecology 46 594-601
2000. Wood fuels review and assessment :Namibia Country Report.
Website link:http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/x6797e/X6797E00.htm
2012. Conserving Dryland Biodiversity.
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| Conserving Dryland Biodiversity_2012.pdf | 3.58 MB |
Chapter 3: Climate reconstructions based on fluvial deposits in hyper-arid desert Environments in. African Palaeoenvironments and Geomorphic Landscape Evolution, Palaeoecology of Africa 30
Website link:http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/b10542-4
1992. Transmission losses to alluvium and associated moisture dynamics in a semi-arid ephemeral channel system in Southern Africa. Hydrological Processes 6 (1) 45-53
2001. Isotope techniques in water resource investigations in arid and semi-arid regions.
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| Isotope techniques in water resource investigations in arid and semi_arid regions.pdf | 6.41 MB |
1974. Isotopic composition of groundwater in semi-arid regions of southern Africa. Journal of Hydrology
25 (1-2) 23-36
1994. Historical changes in stocking rates of domestic livestock as a measure of semi-arid and arid rangeland degradation in the Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments
26 (3) 281-298
2001. Practical limits on hyperspectral vegetation discrimination in arid and semiarid environments. Remote Sensing of Environment 77 (2) 212-225
2000. Monitoring vegetation cover across semi-arid regions: Comparison of remote observations from various scales. International Journal of Remote Sensing 21 (2) 281-300
2002. An evaluation of spectral mixture modelling applied to a semi-arid environment. International Journal of Remote Sensing 23 (4) 687-700
2001. Assessment of vegetation indexes useful for browse (forage) prediction in semi-arid rangelands. International Journal of Remote Sensing
22 (5) 741-756
2002. An approach to evaluate the effect of property size on land-use options in semi-arid rangelands. Ecological Modelling
149 (1-2) 85-95
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