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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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Velempini K, Perkins JS 2008. Integrating indigenous technical knowledge and modern scientific knowledge for biodiversity conservation and human livelihoods in the southern Kalahari, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 39 (Tourism as a Sustainable Development Factor) 75-88

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41236635

Bonyongo MC, Mubyana T, Totolo O, Veenandaal EM 2002. Flooding and soil nutrient status in the Okavango Delta's seasonal floodplains. Botswana Notes and Records 34 123-130

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980328

Mainah J 2001. The distribution and association of Grewia flava with other species in the Kalahari environment. Botswana Notes and Records 33 115-127

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980302

Sebego RJG 1999. The ecology and distribution limits of Colophospermum mopane in southern Africa. Botswana Notes and Records 31 53-72

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Krah M, McCarthy TS, Annegarn H, Ramberg L 2004. Airborne dust deposition in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, and its impact on landforms. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 29 (5) 565-577

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.1051/abstract

Manser MB, Brotherton PNM 1995. Environmental constraints on the foraging behaviour of a dwarf antelope (Madoqua kirkii). Oecologia 102 (4) 404-412

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00341352

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

Arrow GJ 1917. III. - Some systematic notes on melolonthine Coleoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 19 (109) 59-65

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222931709486912#.VI_jVmctApE

Milton SJ, Richard W, Dean J, Leuteritz TEJ 2004. Opportunistic and multiple breeding attempts in plants and vertebrates of semi-deserts with unpredictable rainfall events through the year. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 43-53

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519161#.VIVtyGctBHg

Bornman TG, Adams JB, Bezuidenhout C 2004. Adaptations of salt marsh to semi-arid environments and management implications for the Orange River mouth. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 125-131

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519173#.VIAMnmctBHg

Lloyd P 2004. Variation in nest predation among arid-zone birds. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 75 (4) 228-235

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306520409485449#.VHm-VWctBHg

Ringrose S, Matheson W, Seely M, Cassidy L, Coetzee S, Kemosidile T 2014. Aspects of floodplain deposition in semi-arid ephemeral rivers, examples from the Kuiseb river valley, central Namibia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 69 (3) 187-193

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le Houerou HN 2005. Diffuse vs. contracted vegetation patterns: An objective demarcation between arid and desert vegetations. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences (Special Issue: The Changing Mediterranean: A Challenge for Landscape Ecology) 53 (3-4) 177-182

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1560/9D9J-R77R-QJ0A-6KGQ#.VHWPG2ctBHg

Mohler RRJ, Wilkinson MJ, Giardino JR, Nellis MD 1993. Remote sensing and biome discrimination in the arid and semi-arid regions of Southwestern Africa. Geocarto International 8 (1) 61-65

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10106049309354400#.VGsbulItBHg

van Rooyen N, van Rooyen MW 1998. Vegetation of the south-western arid Kalahari: An overview. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 53 (2) 113-140

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359199809520381#.VGsELFItBHg

Dean WRJ, Williams JB 2004. Adaptations of birds for life in deserts with particular reference to Larks (Alaudidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 79-91

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519166#.VGoKalItBHg

Gess SK, Gess FW 2004. The distributions of the genera of pollen wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae<: Masarinae) in the semi-arid to arid areas of southern Africa in relation to their requirements for successful nesting. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 59-64

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519163#.VGn-z1ItBHg

Wichern F, Joergensen RG 2009. Soil Microbial Properties Along a Precipitation Transect in Southern Africa. Arid Land Research and Management 23 (2) 115-126

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15324980902817071#.VGWykFItBHg

Curtis BA, SEPASAL Namibia Project Team 2006. Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-arid Lands: a web-based database.

Website link:http://www.nbri.org.na/publications

van Jaarsveld E 2000. Welwitschia mirabilis. Veld and Flora 86 176-179

Website link:http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/veld

KEW Royal Botanic Gardens Welwitschia mirabilis (tree tumbo).

Website link:http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/welwitschia-mirabilis-tree-tumbo

Klaassen M, Brenninkmeijer A, Boix-Hinzen C, Mendelsohn J 2003. Fathers with Highly Demanding Partners and Offspring in a Semidesert Environment: Energetic Aspects of the Breeding System of Monteiro's Hornbills (Tockus monteiri) in Namibia. The Auk 120 (3) 866-873

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4090117

Kambataku JR 1996. Historical Profiles of Farms in Former Damaraland.

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Mubita O 1995. Drought effects on forests and woodlands. Drought effects on forests and woodlands 63-77

Website link:http://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/UBL_V1:All_Content:UBL_ALMA21307373010002711

Hemson GA The ecology of conservation of lions: human wildlife conflict in semi-arid Botswana.

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Bollig M, Olwage E 2016. The political ecology of hunting in Namibia's Kaokoveld: from Dorsland Trekkers' elephant hunts to trophy-hunting in contemporary conservancies. Journal of Contemporary African Studies (34) 61-79

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2016.1182745

Meinhardt M, Fleischer M, Fink M, Kralisch S, Kenabatho P, de Clercq WP, Zimba H, Phiri W, Helmschrot J 2018. Semi-arid catchments under change: Adapted hydrological models to simulate the influence of climate change and human activities on rainfall-runoff processes in southern Africa. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions 114-130

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Gröngröft A, Luther-Mosebach J, Landschreiber L, Kowalski B 2013. A method for yield assessment on rainfed dryland agricultural fields. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 279–286

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A method for yield assessment on rainfed dryland agricultural fields_2013.pdf	4.37 MB

Weber T 2013. Mashare - Climate. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 103-104

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Mashare_Climate.pdf	1.72 MB

Weber T 2013. Seronga - Climate. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 133-134

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Weber T 2013. Caiundo - Climate. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 85-86

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Henschel JR, Hoffman MT, Walker C 2018. Introduction to the Karoo Special Issue: Trajectories of Change in the Anthropocene. African Journal of Range and Forage Science (35) 151-156

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/10220119.2018.1535214

Hoffman MT, Walker C, Henschel JR 2018. Reflections on the Karoo Special Issue: towards an interdisciplinary research agenda for South Africa's drylands. African Journal of Range and Forage Science (35) 387-393

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/10220119.2018.1540910

Steed A, Swart R, Pauw MJ, Roets F 2018. Response of arthropod communities to plant-community rehabilitation efforts after strip mining on the semi-arid west coast of South Africa. African Journal of Range and Forage Science (35) 375-385

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/10220119.2018.1518486

Mbeeli TN 2018. A vegetation classification of The Nama Karoo Dwarf Shrub savanna in South Central Namibia.

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Vegetation classification of The Nama Karoo Dwarf Shrub savannah Nabot Mbeeli Final Thesis.pdf	9.51 MB

Bruyns PV, Hanacek P, Klak C 2019. Crassula, insights into an old, arid-adapted group of southern African leaf-succulents. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (131) 35-47

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.045

Zessin W 2018. Am Vogelfederberg (Namibia): einem Extremstandort für Triops granarius (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Notostraca). (3)

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Engler J-O, von Wehrden H, Baumgärtner S 2019. Determinants of farm size and stocking rate in Namibian commercial cattle farming. Land Use Policy (81) 232-246

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.10.009

de Blécourt M, Gröngröft A, Baumann S, Eschenbach A 2019. Losses in soil organic carbon stocks and soil fertility due to deforestation for low-input agriculture in semi-arid southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments (165) 88-96

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.02.006

Spear D, Selato JC, Mosime B, Nyamwanza AM 2019. Harnessing diverse knowledge and belief systems to adapt to climate change in semi-arid rural Africa. Climate Services (14) 31-36

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Samkange A, Kandiwa E, Mushonga B, Bishi A, Muradzikwa E, Madzingira O 2019. Conception rates and calving intervals of different beef breeds at a farm in the semi-arid region of Namibia. Tropical Animal Health and Production

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Marius LN, Osafo ELK, Mpofu IDT, Lutaaya E, Shiningavamwe KL, Missanjo E, Attoh-Kotoku V 2019. Effect of Vachellia erioloba and Dichrostachys cinerea pod supplementation on performance of does and kids of Namibian Caprivi and Ovambo indigenous goats. South African Journal of Animal Science (48) 917-924

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Swanepoel W 2007. Commiphora kuneneana, a new species from Kaokoveld, Namibia. Bothalia (37) 40-48

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van Jaarsveld AS, van Wyk AE 2007. Dewinteria, a new semisucculent, cliff-dwelling genus endemic to the Kaokoveld, Namibia. Bothalia (37) 198-201

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Swanepoel W 2005. Commiphora kaokoensis (Burseraceae), a new species from Namibia, with notes on C. dinteri and C. namaensis. Bothalia (35) 47-53

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Swanepoel W 2006. Two new species of Commiphora (Burseraceae) from southern Africa. Bothalia (36) 45-56

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Poynton RJ 2010. The genus Prosopis in southern Africa. South African Forestry Journal (152) 62-66

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/00382167.1990.9629020

Bollig M 2013. Social-ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north-western Namibia. Pastoralism in Africa: Past, Present, and Futures 316-340

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Bollig M, Brunotte E, Becker T 2002. Interdisziplinäre perspektiven zu Kultur- und Landschaftswandel im ariden und semiariden Nordwest Namibia.

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