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Research Outputs

Research Outputs

Some of our scientific publications:

De Cauwer, V., Becker, R.W., Gomes, A., Lages, F., Swanepoel, W., and Van Jaarsveld, E., 2023. The mountain top flora and vegetation of the remote Ovahimba Highlands in the Kaokoveld Centre of Endemism: a reconnaissance. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2023.2211040

De Cauwer, V., Colace, M.-P., Mendelsohn, J., Antonio, T., and Van Der Waal, C., 2024. A Rangeland Management-Oriented Approach to Map Dry Savanna-Woodland Mosaics. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 134 (104193). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.104193

Hamutenya, J., Hauptfleisch, M., De Cauwer, V., Fennessy, J., Fennessy, S., and Nzuma, T., 2022. Understanding community attitudes toward the Angolan giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) and its potential reintroduction into Iona National Park. Namibian Journal of Environment, 6, A-56.

Hauptfleisch, M., Blaum, N., Liehr, S., Hering, R., Kraus, R., Tausendfruend, M., Cimenti, A., Lüdtke, D., Rauchecker, M., and Uiseb, K., 2024. Trends and barriers to wildlife-based options for sustainable management of savanna resources: The Namibian case. In: Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change: Science for Management and Policy Interventions. Springer, 499–525.

Henschel, J. R., Wassenaar, T. D., Kanandjembo, A., Louw, M. K., Neef, G., Shuuya, T., & Soderberg, K. (2019). Roots point to water sources of Welwitschia mirabilis in a hyperarid desert. Ecohydrology, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2039

Luetkemeier, R., Kraus, R., Mbidzo, M., Hauptfleisch, M., Liehr, S., and Blaum, N., 2023. A Qualitative Exploration of Conflicts in Human-Wildlife Interactions in Namibia’s Kunene Region. Diversity, 15 (3), 440.

Mitchell, D., Henschel, J. R., Hetem, R. S., Wassenaar, T. D., Strauss, W. M., Hanrahan, S. A., & Seely, M. K. (2020). Fog and fauna of the Namib Desert: Past and future. Ecosphere, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2996

Nauyoma, L. O. T., Wassenaar, T. D., Mfune, J. K. E., van der Waal, C., & Kwembeya, E. G. (2019). Field surveys and revegetation experiments show that simulation of topographical habitat features could improve the chances of successful restoration for the threatened succulent Juttadinteria albata. Restoration Ecology, 27(4), 730–737. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12917

Strohbach, B.J., Hauptfleisch, M.L., Green-Chituti, A., and Diener, S.M., 2018. Determining rehabilitation effectiveness at the Otjikoto Gold Mine, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, using high-resolution NIR aerial imagery. Namibian Journal of Environment, 2, A-146.

Swanepoel, W., Becker, R., De Cauwer, V., and Van Wyk, A.E., 2022. Senecio namibensis (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a new species from Namibia. Phytotaxa, 571 (2), 103–111.

Swanepoel, W., De Cauwer, V., Hauptfleisch, M., and Becker, R., 2023. First records for Angola of Cape Eagle Owl Bubo capensis and Layard’s Warbler Curruca layardi. Bulletin of the African Bird Club, 30 (1), 99–103.

Swanepoel, W., De Cauwer, V., and Van Wyk, A.E., 2021. A new rheophytic species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the lower Kunene River of Angola and Namibia. Phytotaxa, 491 (4), 281–290. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.491.4.3

Van Jaarsveld, E.J., Swanepoel, W., Paton, A., Becker, R., De Cauwer, V., and Gomez, A., 2024. Coleus serracafemaensis (Lamiaceae), a new succulent species from southwest Angola. Haseltonia, 31 (1), 34–42.

Wassenaar, T. D., Henschel, J. R., Pfaffenthaler, M. M., Mutota, E. N., Seely, M. K., & Pallett, J. (2013). Ensuring the future of the Namib’s biodiversity: Ecological restoration as a key management response to a mining boom. Journal of Arid Environments, 93, 126–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.05.012