Kalahari

Author : David Thomas,Paul A. Shaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1991-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521370806

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The Kalahari Environment by David Thomas,Paul A. Shaw Pdf

This book provides an integrated, thorough and up-to-date review of the nature and development of the Kalahari environment, an environment of great ecological and geomorphological diversity. Its complex climatic and geological history and its long association with human societies attempting to utilise its natural resources are aspects of increasing scientific interest. The book has evolved from the authors' own research in the Kalahari, and attempts to provide explanations and answers to some of the many questions raised about this region, ranging from the commonly asked 'is it really a desert?', to more specific and detailed concerns. The interdisciplinary approach will make the book of interest to researchers, lecturers and advanced students in earth sciences, environmental studies, tropical geomorphology and Quaternary science. The extensive bibliography will also make the book a very important source of reference.

Author : Deborah Sporton,David S. G. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198234198

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Sustainable Livelihoods in Kalahari Environments by Deborah Sporton,David S. G. Thomas Pdf

This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the dynamics of contemporary natural resource based livelihoods and implications for their sustainability in the context of the Kalahari environment of southern Africa, a region subject to marked spatial and temporal natural variability. Each chapter is written by an active Kalahari researcher and addresses, from an environmental or a social perspective, the implications of different policies for rural livelihoods and coping strategies.

Author : George B. Silberbauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1981-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521235782

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Hunter and Habitat in the Central Kalahari Desert by George B. Silberbauer Pdf

The Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana is a sand desert covered by scrub and thorn forest, dry and bitterly cold in winter and extremely hot in summer before the short wet season. The only kinds of vegetation surviving this climate are short-lived annuals and deciduous species that lie dormant in the dry season. In this inhospitable territory live the hunter-gatherer G/wi bushmen. George Silberbauer has lived and worked among the G/wi for over ten years. In Hunter and Habitat, he analyses the ways in which G/wi society and culture have been shaped by the rugged natural environment. The book provides a thorough analysis of G/wi society, describing their social, political, and economic organization, their living patterns, subsistence technology, and seasonal adaptations. In short, Hunter and Habitat describes and elucidates the foundation of G/wi society: the interrelationships of the bushmen, their sociocultural system, and their habitat.

Author : Jessica Khoury
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780698151048

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Kalahari by Jessica Khoury Pdf

Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret… But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own? When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide. It’s up to Sarah, the daughter of zoologists, to keep them alive and lead them to safety, calling on survival know-how from years of growing up in remote and exotic locales. Battling dehydration, starvation and the pangs of first love, she does her best to hold it together, even as their circumstances grow increasingly desperate. But soon a terrifying encounter makes Sarah question everything she’s ever known about the natural world. A silver lion, as though made of mercury, makes a vicious, unprovoked attack on the group. After a narrow escape, they uncover the chilling truth behind the lion’s silver sheen: a highly contagious and deadly virus that threatens to ravage the entire area—and eliminate life as they know it. In this breathtaking new novel by the acclaimed author of Origin and Vitro, Sarah and the others must not only outrun the virus, but its creators, who will stop at nothing to wipe every trace of it.

Author : Mark Owens,Delia Owens
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0395647800

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Cry of the Kalahari by Mark Owens,Delia Owens Pdf

"This is the story of the Owens' travel and life in the Kalahari Desert, [where] they met and studied unique animals and were confronted with danger from drought, fire, storms, and the animals they loved"--Amazon.com.

Author : Gus Mills,Margaret Mills
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191020117

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Kalahari Cheetahs by Gus Mills,Margaret Mills Pdf

The cheetah, the fastest terrestrial animal, has widespread appeal amongst wildlife biologists and enthusiasts alike. However, like all all large carnivores, it is increasingly threatened by habitat loss and its status is now classified as 'Vulnerable' by the IUCN. This is the first comprehensive study of cheetah biology in an arid environment, a major component of its current distribution range. The book brings together results from an intensive six year study of the cheetah by the authors in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa and Botswana. It documents a wealth of detailed and direct observations of cheetah population biology and behavioural ecology, adopting an evolutionary approach and providing a conceptual framework for future research and applied management in the context of global environmental change. Kalahari Cheetahs covers topics such as optimal foraging theory, hunting strategies and predator prey relations, mating systems and reproductive strategies and success, inter-specific competition, demography, social organisation, and population limitation. Comparisons with previous cheetah studies reveal the variability of ecological determinants on behaviour, and the behavioural flexibility and ability of these carnivores to adapt to different environments. This advanced textbook is suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in felid behavioural ecology and conservation biology. It will also be of relevance and use to conservationists, wildlife managers, and African wildlife enthusiasts.

Author : William Leonard Hunt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Kalahari Desert
ISBN : NYPL:33433082327259

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Through the Kalahari Desert by William Leonard Hunt Pdf

Author : M. G. L. Mills,Margie Mills
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770098114

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Hyena Nights & Kalahari Days by M. G. L. Mills,Margie Mills Pdf

In this fascinating account of scientific study among forbidding wilderness, a husband-and-wife team describe their trek to the Kalahari to study the little-known brown hyena. The details of the scientific inquiry are provided while the daily challenges of living with children 420 kilometers from the nearest town are described. Despite the hardships, the couple becomes so enchanted by these intelligent animals that they stay for 12 years, documenting many hyena clans and observing behavior only a handful of people have ever seen.

Author : William Mulvihill
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781839740374

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The Sands of Kalahari by William Mulvihill Pdf

The Sands of Kalahari, first published in 1960, begins its gripping story with the crash-landing of a small plane carrying seven people in the harsh Kalahari desert. Their struggle to survive in the wilderness around them―as well as each other―make up the bulk of this classic tale of adventure. A film version of the book was made in 1965. From the book cover: To the desert came the plane, to the immeasurable wastes of Africa. And by the dawn of the second day―after the night storm, the hours of flight, the crash, the day of waiting, and the death of Detjens―six remained, alone, strangers, with only themselves and the wreckage and the black mountain on the horizon for company. The six: Sturdevant, the pilot, burdened with a guilt far greater than the loss of his plane; Grimmelmann, the wizened old German, veteran of the Herero war and the two World Wars, wise in the lore of the desert and the ways of the world; Jefferson Smith, a Negro, a professor and a scholar, come to Africa on a Foundation grant; Mike Bain, engineer, drifter, drunkard, vaguely in search of a job in the interior, ill-equipped to cope with the demands of the desert; Grace Monckton, English divorcee, returning to her family's ranch in the Union; and finally, O'Brien, a man of great strength, sometime millionaire, sometime wanderer, a hunter by instinct and by choice. The six, brought together by chance, and with the odds of survival overwhelmingly against them, have only each other, for both friend and foe. Around them is the desert―implacable, pitiless, filled with unseen enemies. And on the horizon is the black mountain, beyond which is hidden the unknown.

Author : G. Antonio Farini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Botswana
ISBN : SRLF:AX0001502178

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Through the Kalahari Desert by G. Antonio Farini Pdf

Author : Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781400079414

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The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith Pdf

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea. Mma Precious Ramotswe is content. Her business is well established with many satisfied customers, and in her mid-thirties (“the finest age to be”) she has a house, two adopted children, a fine fiancé. But, as always, there are troubles. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has not set the date for their marriage. Her able assistant, Mma Makutsi, wants a husband. And worse, a rival detective agency has opened in town—an agency that does not have the gentle approach to business that Mma Ramotswe’s does. But, of course, Precious will manage these things, as she always does, with her uncanny insight and her good heart.

Author : Jacques Gilliéron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Botany
ISBN : UVA:X001785097

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Kalahari by Jacques Gilliéron Pdf

Author : Jens Bjerre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Kalahari Desert
ISBN : UOM:39015011550046

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Kalahari by Jens Bjerre Pdf

Author : Rose Inserra,Susan Powell
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0431069328

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The Kalahari by Rose Inserra,Susan Powell Pdf

Describes the geography, wildlife, and people of the Kalahari Desert.

Author : R. J. Scholes,D. A. B. Parsons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biogeochemical cycles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020677675

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The Kalahari Transect by R. J. Scholes,D. A. B. Parsons Pdf