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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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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
2002. Land-use intensity affects range condition in arid to semi-arid Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments
52 (3) 389-403
1999. Plant Induced Fertile Islands as Possible Indicators of Desertification in a Succulent Desert Ecosystem in Northern Namaqualand, South Africa. Plant Ecology 142 (1/2 The Plant Ecology of Namaqualand, South Africa (Jun., 1999)) 161-167
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/20050782
2003. Delineation of erosion classes in semi-arid southern African grasslands using vegetation indices from optical remote sensing data. Hydrological Processes
17 (5) 917-928
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
1997. Vegetation structure of a heavily grazed range in Northern Kenya: ground vegetation. Journal of Arid Environments
36 (3) 459-474
1998. Simulated long-term vegetation response to grazing heterogeneity in semi-arid rangelands. Journal of Applied Ecology
35 (5) 687-699
2001. Vegetation pattern formation in semi-arid grazing systems. Ecology
82 (1) 50-61
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2680085
2000. Interpretations of environmental change and diversity: a critical approach to indications of degradation — the case of Kalakamate, Northeast Botswana. Land Degradation and Development
11 (6) 438-451
2001. Desertification in reverse? Observations from northern Burkina Faso. Global Environmental Change
11 (4) 271-282
2001. Monitoring land-cover changes in semi-arid regions: remote sensing data and field observations in the Ferlo, Senegal. Journal of Arid Environments
48 (2) 129-148
1997. Changes in herbaceous layer condition under contrasting land use systems in the semi-arid lowveld, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 37 (2) 319-329
2004. Land cover and land use changes in relation to social evolution—a case study from Northern Chile. Journal of Arid Environments 56 (2) 193-211
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
2006. Managing Variability: Herding Strategies in Communal Rangelands of Semiarid Namaqualand, South Africa. Human Ecology 34 (6) 765-784
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/27654156
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
Sip-wells: A Labor-Intensive Method of Water Collection in the Kalahari. Journal of Arid Environments
Website link:https://www.msu.edu/~hitchc16/
2001. Soil modification by the harvester termite Hodotermes mossambicus (Isoptera; Hodotermitidae) in a semiarid savanna grassland of Namibia. Sociobiology 37 (3B) 757 - 767
2002. Sustainability of livestock farming in the communal lands of Southern Namibia. Land Degradation and Development 13 (1) 1 - 15
2000. Perceptions and realities of land degradation in arid Otjimbingwe, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 45 (4) 337 - 356
2010. Perceptions and Measurements: The Assessment of Pasture States in a Semi-Arid Area of Namibia. Human Ecology 38 (2) 305 - 312
2007. Changing grazing systems in Central North Namibia. Land Degradation and Development
18 (2) 179 - 197
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| Changing grazing systems in Central North Namibia.pdf | 307.73 KB |
2005. Biomass changes in north-western Namibia: First results from a remote sensing modelling approach. EARSeL eProceedings
4 (2) 157 - 170
2007. Local and national perceptions of environmental change in central Northern Namibia: Do they correspond?. Journal of Arid Environments 69 (3) 506 - 525
2008. Water points and their influence on grazing resources in central northern Namibia. Land Degradation and Development 19 (1) 1 - 20
2001. A preliminary State-and-Transition Model for Managers of Semi-Arid Rangeland in Central Namibia.
2008. A conceptual model of vegetation dynamics in the semiarid Highland savanna of Namibia, with particular reference to bush thickening by Acacia mellifera. Journal of Arid Environments 72 (12) 2201 - 2210
1998. Assessment of three monthly rainfall-runoff models for estimating the water resource yield of semiarid catchments in Namibia. Hydrological Sciences Journal
43 (2) 283 - 297
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| Assessment of three monthly rainfall_runoff models for estimating the water resource yield of semiarid catchments in Namibia.pdf | 1.11 MB |
1995. Monthly rainfall-runoff models applied to arid and semiarid catchments for water resource estimation purposes. Hydrological Sciences Journal 40 (6) 751 - 769
2006. Root system of Terminalia sericea shrubs across rainfall gradient in a semi-arid environment of Etosha National Park, Namibia. Ecological Indicators
6 (3) 516 - 524
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| Root system of Terminalia sericea shrubs across rainfall gradient in a semi_arid environment of Etosha National Park.pdf | 3.05 MB |
2010. Vegetation pattern divergence between dry and wet season in a semiarid savanna - Spatio-temporal dynamics of plant diversity in northwest Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 74 (11) 1516 - 1524
2005. Soil enrichment by Acacia mellifera subsp. Detinens on nutrient poor sandy soil in a semi-arid southern African savanna. Journal of Arid environments 61 (1) 47 - 59
2011. Integrating in-situ, Landsat, and MODIS data for mapping in Southern African savannas: Experiences of LCCS-based land-cover mapping in the Kalahari in Namibia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 176 (1 - 4) 531 - 547
2011. Assessing effects of temporal compositing and varying observation periods for large-area land-cover mapping in semi-arid ecosystems: Implications for global monitoring. Remote Sensing of Environment 115 (10) 2445 - 2459
2004. Climatic signals in tree rings of Burkea africana and Pterocarpus angolensis from semiarid forests in Namibia. Trees - Structure and Function
18 (4) 442 - 451
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| Climatic signals in tree rings of Burkea africana and Pterocarpus angolensis from semiarid forests in Namibia.pdf | 473.4 KB |
2002. More Sustainable Range Use in Semi-Arid Eco-Systems through adapted Management: A case Study on Namibian Farms based on Bio-Economic Models.
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| More Sustainable Range Use in Semi_Arid Eco_Systems through adapted Management.pdf | 87.49 KB |
1990. Communal land use and the "tragedy of the commons": Some problems and development perspectives with specific reference to semi-arid regions of southern Africa. Journal of the Grassland Society of southern Africa 7 (2) 77 - 80
2007. Shrub encroachment affects mammalian carnivore abundance and species richness in semiarid rangelands. Acta Oecologica
31 (1) 86 - 92
2010. Multi-functional landscapes in semi arid environments: Implications for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Landscape Ecology
25 1231 - 1246
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| Multi_functional landscapes in semi arid environments_implications for biodiversity and ecosystem services.pdf | 1.03 MB |
Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4495
2009. Scaling up ecohydrological processes: Role of surface water flow in water-limited landscapes. Journal of Geophysical Research 114 10 pages
Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3835
2015. Rare plants in a Succulent – Nama Karoo ecotone in southern Africa. African Journal of Ecology 53 (1) 93-102
2004. A comparative overview of flower visiting by Non-Apis Bees in the semi-arid to arid areas of southern Africa. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77 (4) 602-618
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/25086245
2016. A deuterium-based labeling technique for the investigation of rooting depths, water uptake dynamics and unsaturated zone water transport in semiarid environments. Journal of Hydrology 533 627-643
2016. Municipal water reuse for urban agriculture in Namibia: Modeling nutrient and salt flows as impacted by sanitation user behavior. Journal of Environmental Management 169 272-284
1995. Harvesting runoff: the minicatchment technique - an alternative to irrigated tree plantations in semiarid regions. Ambio 24 72-76
2004. Conserving tropical biodiversity: the arid end of the scale. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19 225-226
2003. The role of inselbergs in a changing world - global trends. Diversity and Distributions 9 375-383
2001. Responses of birds to rainfall and seed abundance in the southern Karoo, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 47 (1) 101-121