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Pages 1-418, December 2013

Special Volume: Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region, edited by Jens Oldeland, Cynthia Erb, Manfred Finckh & Norbert Jürgens

DOI: 10.7809/b-e.vol_05  Order information

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 OA   Front cover
Pages C1
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 OA   Front cover inside (with Imprint)
Pages C2
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 OA   Table of Contents
Pages 1–6
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Editorials

 OA   How can scientific information on the Okavango Region be made useful for decision making? - An integrated compilation of the first products of the project "The Future Okavango"
Norbert Jürgens*
Pages 7–8 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00234
Abstract | PDF (216 kB)


Authors general acknowledgements

 OA   Authors general acknowledgement
Pages 9–13 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00235
Abstract | PDF (89 kB)


Fact Sheets

 OA   Okavango Basin - Physicogeographical setting
Jan Wehberg* & Thomas Weinzierl
Pages 11-13 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00236 | 2 Electronic Appendices available
Abstract | PDF (2 MB)

 OA   Okavango Basin - Climate
Torsten Weber*
Pages 15-17 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00237
Abstract | PDF (2.2 MB)

 OA   Okavango Basin - Hydrology
Thomas Steudel*, Hendrik Göhmann, Edwin Mosimanyana, Manuel Quintino, Wolfgang-Albert Flügel & Jörg Helmschrot
Pages 19-22 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00238
Abstract | PDF (2.1 MB)

 OA   Okavango Basin - Earth Observation
Marion Stellmes*, David Frantz, Manfred Finckh & Rasmus Revermann
Pages 23-27 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00239 | 1 Electronic Appendix available
Abstract | PDF (2.8 MB)

 OA   Okavango Basin - Vegetation
Rasmus Revermann* & Manfred Finckh
Pages 29-35 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00240 | 1 Electronic Appendix available
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 OA   Okavango Basin - Relative Importance of Ecosystem Services (ESS) Among Stakeholders
Stephanie Domptail* & Oliver Mundy
Pages 37-42 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00241 | 1 Electronic Appendix available
Abstract | PDF (1.4 MB)

 OA   Cusseque - Landscape
Alexander Gröngröft*, Jona Luther-Mosebach, Lars Landschreiber, Rasmus Revermann, Manfred Finckh & Annette Eschenbach
Pages 43-44 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00242
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 OA   Cusseque - Climate
Torsten Weber*
Pages 45-46 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00243
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 OA   Cusseque - Micro-climatic Conditions
Rasmus Revermann* & Manfred Finckh
Pages 47-50 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00244
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 OA   Cusseque - Soils
Alexander Gröngröft*, Jona Luther-Mosebach, Lars Landschreiber & Annette Eschenbach
Pages 51-54 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00245
Abstract | PDF (1.9 MB)

 OA   Cusseque - Earth Observation
Anne Schneibel*, Marion Stellmes, David Frantz, Manfred Finckh & Rasmus Revermann
Pages 55-57 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00246
Abstract | PDF (2.2 MB)

 OA   Cusseque - Vegetation
Rasmus Revermann*, Francisco Maiato, Amandio Gomes, Fernanda Lages & Manfred Finckh
Pages 59-63 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00247 | 1 Electronic Appendix available
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 OA   Cusseque - Biodiversity of Birds
Friederike Richter*
Pages 65-67 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00248
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 OA   Cusseque - Use of Woody Plants
Ana Filipa Piedade*
Pages 69-71 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00249
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 OA   Cusseque/Cacuchi - The People
Stephanie Domptail*, Laura Marlene Große, Benjamin Kowalski & João Baptista
Pages 73-80 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00250 | 1 Electronic Appendix available
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 OA   Cusseque - Para-ecologist Miguel Sachilula Hilario
Miguel Sachilula Hilario*
Pages 81-82 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00251
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 OA   Caiundo - Landscape
Alexander Gröngröft*, Jona Luther-Mosebach, Lars Landschreiber, Rasmus Revermann, Manfred Finckh & Annette Eschenbach
Pages 83–84 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00252
Abstract | PDF (2.1 MB)

 OA   Caiundo - Climate
Torsten Weber*
Pages 85-86 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00253
Abstract | PDF (1.7 MB)

 OA   Caiundo - Earth Observation
David Frantz*, Anne Schneibel, Marion Stellmes, Rasmus Revermann & Manfred Finckh
Pages 87-89 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00254
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 OA   Caiundo - Vegetation
Rasmus Revermann* & Manfred Finckh
Pages 91-96 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00255 | 1 Electronic Appendix available
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 OA   Caiundo - Biodiversity of Birds
Friederike Richter*
Pages 97-100 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00256
Abstract | PDF (1.6 MB)

 OA   Mashare - Landscape
Alexander Gröngröft*, Jona Luther-Mosebach, Lars Landschreiber, Rasmus Revermann, Manfred Finckh & Annette Eschenbach
Pages 101-102 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00257
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 OA   Mashare - Climate
Torsten Weber*
Pages 103-104 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00258
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 OA   Mashare - Soils
Alexander Gröngröft*, Jona Luther-Mosebach, Lars Landschreiber & Annette Eschenbach
Pages 105-108 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00259
Abstract | PDF (2.3 MB)

 OA   Mashare - Microbiology
Katharina Huber*, Pia Wüst, Janne Grönemeyer, Claudia Burbano, Barbara Reinhold-Hurek & Jörg Overmann
Pages 109-111 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00260
Abstract | PDF (2 MB)

 OA   Mashare - Earth Observation
Achim Röder*, Anne Schneibel, Marion Stellmes & David Frantz
Pages 113-115 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00261
Abstract | PDF (2.3 MB)

 OA   Mashare - Woody Vegetation
Vera De Cauwer*
Pages 117-119 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00262
Abstract | PDF (2.3 MB)

 OA   Mashare - The People
Benjamin Kowalski*, Nadege Azebaze, Stephanie Domptail, Laura Marlene Große & Michael Pröpper
Pages 121-128 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00263 | 1 Electronic Appendix available
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 OA   Mashare - Para-ecologist Robert Mukuya
Robert Mukuya*
Pages 129 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00264
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 OA   Seronga - Landscape
Alexander Gröngröft*, Jona Luther-Mosebach, Lars Landschreiber, Rasmus Revermann & Annette Eschenbach
Pages 131-132 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00265
Abstract | PDF (2.1 MB)

 OA   Seronga - Climate
Torsten Weber*
Pages 133-134 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00266
Abstract | PDF (1.7 MB)

 OA   Seronga - Soils
Alexander Gröngröft*, Jona Luther-Mosebach, Lars Landschreiber & Annette Eschenbach
Pages 135-137 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00267
Abstract | PDF (2 MB)

 OA   Seronga - Earth Observation
Anne Schneibel*, Marion Stellmes, David Frantz, Rasmus Revermann & Manfred Finckh
Pages 139-141 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00268
Abstract | PDF (2.4 MB)

 OA   Seronga - Vegetation
Mike Murray-Hudson*, Manfred Finckh & Rasmus Revermann
Pages 143-146 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00269 | 1 Electronic Appendix available
Abstract | PDF (2.8 MB)

 OA   Seronga - The People
Laura Marlene Große*, Benjamin Kowalski, Stephanie Domptail & Amanda Eigner
Pages 147-158 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00270 | 1 Electronic Appendix available
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 OA   Seronga - Para-ecologist Meshack Kwamovo
Meshack Kwamovo*
Pages 159 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00271
Abstract | PDF (1.6 MB)

 OA   Okavango Delta - Biodiversity of Microalgae, precious invisible plants
Luca Marazzi*
Pages 161-163 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00272
Abstract | PDF (1.8 MB)

 OA   Contact of Fact Sheet Authors
Pages 165-166
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The Future Okavango conceptual articles

 OA   Cumulative effects of policy and management actions on ecosystem services. Challenges and methodological approaches in The Future Okavango project
Achim Röder*, Marion Stellmes, Stephanie Domptail, Annette Eschenbach, Manfred Finckh, Alexander Gröngröft, Jörg Helmschrot, Michael Pröpper, Anne Schneibel & Johannes Stoffels
Pages 167–183 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00273
Abstract | PDF (8.9 MB)

 OA   Using trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services for resource management
Stephanie Domptail*, Ernst-August Nuppenau, Nadege Azebaze, Lawrence, Dereck Brown, Thomas Falk, Manfred Finckh, Laura Marlene Große, Benjamin Kowalski, Michael Pröpper, Marion Stellmes & Jörg Overmann
Pages 185–193 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00274
Abstract | PDF (1.2 MB)

 OA   Transdisciplinary research and stakeholder involvement. A review of the TFO approach.
Laura Schmidt*, Stephanie Domptail, Patrik Klintenberg, Martin Gruber, Ute Schmiedel, Ibo Zimmermann & Thomas Falk
Pages 195–212 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00275
Abstract | PDF (22.2 MB)

 OA   OBIS - a Data and Information Management System for the Okavango Basin
Sven Kralisch*, Franziska Zander & Wolfgang-Albert Flügel
Pages 213–220 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00276
Abstract | PDF (3.3 MB)


Research Articles

 OA   Terrain-based Landscape Structure Classification in Relation to Remote Sensing Products and Soil Data for the Okavango Catchment
Jan Wehberg*, Michael Bock, Thomas Weinzierl, Olaf Conrad, Jürgen Böhner, Marion Stellmes & Lars Landschreiber
Pages 221–233 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00277
Abstract | PDF (5.1 MB)

 OA   Regionalization of Baseline Climatologies and Time Series for the Okavango Catchment
Thomas Weinzierl*, Olaf Conrad, Jürgen Böhner & Jan Wehberg
Pages 235–245 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00278
Abstract | PDF (11.9 MB)

 OA   Assessment of hydrological dynamics in the upper Okavango River Basins
Thomas Steudel*, Hendrik Göhmann, Wolfgang-Albert Flügel & Jörg Helmschrot
Pages 247–261 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00279
Abstract | PDF (5.3 MB)

 OA   Impacts of desiccation on ecosystem services and household adaptation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Donald L. Kgathi*, Gagoitseope Mmopelwa, Cornelis Vanderpost, Piotr Wolski & Moseki R. Motsholapheko
Pages 263–277 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00280
Abstract | PDF (3 MB)

 OA   A method for yield assessment on rainfed dryland agricultural fields
Alexander Gröngröft, Jona Luther-Mosebach*, Lars Landschreiber & Benjamin Kowalski
Pages 279–286 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00281
Abstract | PDF (4.4 MB)

 OA   A survey for plant-growth-promoting rhizo-bacteria and symbionts associated with crop plants in the Okavango region of Southern Africa
Jann Grönemeyer, Dirk Berkelmann, Tabo Mubyana-John, Daniel Haiyambo, Percy Chimwamurombe, Bruce Kasaona, Thomas Hurek & Barbara Reinhold-Hurek*
Pages 287–294 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00282
Abstract | PDF (3.1 MB)

 OA   Mechanisms of phosphate solubilisation associated with some rhizobacteria in floodplains, as exemplified by the Okavango Region of Seronga, Botswana
Tabo Mubyana-John*, Lawrence Tarupiwa, Wellington R. L. Masamba & Susan Ringrose
Pages 295–302 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00283
Abstract | PDF (2.9 MB)

 OA   Variations in soil physicochemical characteristics in some soil profiles of Okavango Delta’s Pan-handle region, Botswana
Cornelia Gwatidzo*, Wellington Riach Liamba Masamba & Tabo Mubyana-John
Pages 303–310 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00284
Abstract | PDF (715 kB)

 OA   Agricultural expansion during the post-civil war period in southern Angola based on bi-temporal Landsat data
Anne Schneibel*, Marion Stellmes, Rasmus Revermann & Manfred Finckh
Pages 311–319 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00285
Abstract | PDF (4.9 MB)

 OA   Vegetation of the Okavango river valley in Kavango West, Namibia
Ben J. Strohbach*
Pages 321–339 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00286
Abstract | PDF (2.3 MB)

 OA   Spatial variation of population size structure of selected riparian tree species in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Gaolathe Tsheboeng* & Mike Murray-Hudson
Pages 341–350 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00287
Abstract | PDF (1.2 MB)

 OA   Fire frequency, fire seasonality and fire intensity within the Okavango region derived from MODIS fire products
Marion Stellmes, David Frantz, Manfred Finckh & Rasmus Revermann*
Pages 351–362 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00288
Abstract | PDF (11.6 MB)

 OA   Livelihood diversification in a rural community of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. - Results from a Socio-Economic Baseline Survey
Björn Herold*, Laura M. Große, Stephanie Domptail, Donald L. Kgathi, Thomas Falk, Nadege Azebaze & Benjamin Kowalski
Pages 363–377 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00289
Abstract | PDF (1.6 MB)

 OA   Partly subsistent household economies and modern consumerism in the Namibian Kavango: Assets, income, expenditure and socio-economic stratification
Michael Pröpper*, Thomas Falk, Stephanie Domptail, Laura Marlene Große & Benjamin Kowalski
Pages 379–391 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00290
Abstract | PDF (1.7 MB)

 OA   “Everything”: Towards an Ecology of Land Utilization
João Afonso Baptista*
Pages 393–405 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00291
Abstract | PDF (2.4 MB)

 OA   Makongoro are the Hafumu of water and we respect them, or the ethno-philosophical foundation of customary water law in the Kavango Region of Namibia
Manfred O. Hinz*
Pages 407–418 | Article first published online: 2013-12-31 | DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00292
Abstract | PDF (566 kB)

 OA   Back cover inside (with Author Guidelines)
Pages C3
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 OA   Back cover
Pages C4
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