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A large number of automatic weather stations has been implemented in the frame of the BIOTA AFRICA project by the Namibian National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) and the Group "Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology" (BEE) of the University of Hamburg. The website offers hourly updates of data and graphs of a large number of weather parameters.
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Vegetation and environmental data
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| Dataset metadata |
| Description | Mapping data on vegetation types in the Keetmanshoop area, south-central Namibia. Vegetation samples from >200 plots including data on habitat and soil properties. |
| Purpose |
Assessment of resource heterogeneity and description of veld-types. |
| Main theme(s) |
mapping, biodiversity, plant community, rangeland, veld types |
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| Biome(s) |
Nama Karoo |
| Country(ies) |
Namibia |
| Administration unit(s) |
Keetmanshoop, Karas |
| Locality(ies) |
Commercial and communal farmlands, townlands of Keetmanshoop |
| BIOTA Observatory(ies) |
- S10 Gellap Ost
- S11 Nabaos
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| Period(s) |
2008-2009 |
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| Responsible person(s) |
Dr. Niels Dreber, Jens Dorendorf |
| Regional networks(s) |
BIOTA Southern Africa |
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| Copyright holder |
Dr. Niels Dreber, Jens Dorendorf |
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Data provider |
| Start time of protection |
2008 |
| Duration of protection |
4 years |
| Rationale / notes |
running analyses, publication |
| Data |
| Format |
MS Access |
| File name(s) / size(s) |
BIOTAObservatories.mdb |
| Software requirements |
BIOTABase |
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| Related publications |
- Jürgens, N., Haarmeyer, D. H., Luther-Mosebach, J., Dengler, J., Finckh, M., Schmiedel, U. (2010) [Eds.]: Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 1: Patterns at local scale – the BIOTA Observatories. – XX + 801 pp., Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek.
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Domptail, S. E., Dreber, N., Falk, T., Gibreel, T., Kirk, M., Limpricht, C., Naumann, C., Prediger, S., Vollan, B., Wesuls, D. (2010): An ecological-economic analysis of the pastoral systems of the Nama Karoo in southern Namibia. In: Hoffman, M. T., Schmiedel, U., Jürgens, N. [Eds.]: Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 3: Implications for landuse and management: 75–107, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek
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Dorendorf, Jens: Hierarchical classification of Nama-Karoo vegetation in the Keetmanshoop area, south-central Namibia (diploma thesis)
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| Contact person |
Muche, Dr. Gerhard
BIOTA Southern Africa, University of Hamburg
Ohnhorststrasse 18
22609 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)40 42816 395
 gerhard.muche@uni-hamburg.de
Position: IT Management BIOTA AFRICA
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