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Most cited papers from National Library of Namibia

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What are the most cited papers from National Library of Namibia?

The most cited paper from National Library of Namibia is "“Of Sheep and Men”: Earliest Direct Evidence of Caprine Domestication in Southern Africa at Leopard Cave (Erongo, Namibia)" (David Pleurdeau, Emma Imalwa, Florent Détroit et al., 2012), with 143 citations. Next come "Survival benefits select for group living in a social spider despite reproductive costs" (134) and "Fossil hyrax dung and evidence of Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation types in the Namib Desert" (87).

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#Paper
1 “Of Sheep and Men”: Earliest Direct Evidence of Caprine Domestication in Southern Africa at Leopard Cave (Erongo, Namibia) David Pleurdeau, Emma Imalwa, Florent Détroit et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 11 Jul 2012 143
2 Survival benefits select for group living in a social spider despite reproductive costs Trine Bilde, K. S. COATES, Klaus Birkhofer et al. · Journal of Evolutionary Biology Open access 21 Aug 2007 134
3 Fossil hyrax dung and evidence of Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation types in the Namib Desert Louis Scott, Eugène Marais, George A. Brook · Journal of Quaternary Science 29 Sep 2004 87
4 Dragonfly Assemblages in Arid Tropical Environments: A Case Study from Western Namibia Frank Suhling, Göran E. Sahlén, Andreas Martens et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation 2006 71
5 Endemism in Namibia: patterns, processes and predictions Robert E. Simmons, M. Griffin, R. E. Griffin et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation Apr 1998 65
6 Late Holocene environmental change in the northwestern Namib Desert margin: New fossil pollen evidence from hyrax middens Graciela Gil‐Romera, Louis Scott, Eugène Marais et al. · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 18 Jan 2007 57
7 Depositional environment and OSL chronology of the Homeb silt deposits, Kuiseb River, Namibia Pradeep Srivastava, George A. Brook, Eugène Marais et al. · Quaternary Research May 2006 56
8 Environmental implications of pollen spectra in bat droppings from southeastern Spain and potential for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions José S. Carrión, Louis Scott, Eugène Marais · Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 25 May 2006 54
9 Dietary differences of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834), across different habitats and seasons in Tanzania and Swaziland Loth S. Mulungu, Themb’alilahlwa A. M. Mahlaba, Apia W. Massawe et al. · Wildlife Research 30 Nov 2011 52
10 Ecohydrological interactions within “fairy circles” in the Namib Desert: Revisiting the self‐organization hypothesis Sujith Ravi, Lixin Wang, Kudzai Farai Kaseke et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences Open access Feb 2017 49
11 Impact of crop cycle on movement patterns of pest rodent species between fields and houses in Africa Ara Monadjem, Themb'a A. Mahlaba, Nomfundo Dlamini et al. · Wildlife Research 30 Nov 2011 44
12 Characteristics and OSL minimum ages of relict fluvial deposits near Sossus Vlei, Tsauchab River, Namibia, and a regional climate record for the last 30 ka George A. Brook, Pradeep Srivastava, Eugène Marais · Journal of Quaternary Science May 2006 40
13 Middle-to late-Holocene moisture changes in the desert of northwest Namibia derived from fossil hyrax dung pollen Graciela Gil‐Romera, Louis Scott, Eugène Marais et al. · The Holocene Dec 2006 40
14 Experimental treatment-control studies of ecologically based rodent management in Africa: balancing conservation and pest management Peter J. Taylor, Sarah L. Downs, Ara Monadjem et al. · Wildlife Research 27 Feb 2012 39
15 Depositional environment and luminescence chronology of the Hoarusib River Clay Castles sediments, northern Namib Desert, Namibia Pradeep Srivastava, George A. Brook, Eugène Marais · CATENA 13 Oct 2004 38
16 Assessment of rodent damage to stored maize (Zea maysL.) on smallholder farms in Tanzania Mashaka Mdangi, Loth S. Mulungu, Apia W. Massawe et al. · International Journal of Pest Management 2013 36
17 Stalagmite multi-proxy evidence of wet and dry intervals in northeastern Namibia: Linkage to latitudinal shifts of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and changing solar activity from AD 1400 to 1950 Ny Riavo G. Voarintsoa, George A. Brook, Fuyuan Liang et al. · The Holocene 21 Jul 2016 32
18 The potential of palynology in fossil bat-dung from Arnhem Cave, Namibia Eugène Marais, Louis Scott, Graciela Gil‐Romera et al. · Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 15 Jan 2015 29
19 Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: Implication for ecologically-based rodent management Apia W. Massawe, Loth S. Mulungu, Rhodes H. Makundi et al. · African Zoology Oct 2011 28
20 Density of spiders (Araneae: Ctenidae) in Ivory Coast rainforests Rudy C. A. M. Jocque, Ferenc Samu, Tharina L. Bird · Journal of Zoology 28 Apr 2005 28
21 The global spread of misinformation on spiders Stefano Mammola et al. · Current Biology Open access Aug 2022 26
22 Species richness and biogeography of non-acarine arachnids in Namibia R. E. Griffin · Biodiversity and Conservation Apr 1998 26
23 Ultrastructure of spermatozoa of solifuges (Arachnida, Solifugae): Possible characters for their phylogeny? Anja E. Klann, Tharina L. Bird, Alfredo Vicente Peretti et al. · Tissue and Cell 7 Sep 2008 25
24 Barlow's Lark: a new species in the Karoo LarkCerthilauda albescenscomplex of southwest Africa Peter G. Ryan, Ian A. Hood, Paulette Bloomer et al. · Ibis Oct 1998 24
25 An updated herpetofaunal species inventory of Iona National Park in southwestern Angola Javier Lobón‐Rovira, Pedro Vaz Pinto, François S. Becker et al. · Check List Open access Apr 2022 20
26 An update on the distribution and diversification of Rhabdomys sp. (Muridae, Rodentia) Guila Ganem, Claire M. S. Dufour, Nico L. Avenant et al. · Journal of Vertebrate Biology Open access 6 Jul 2020 19
27 Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Round-Eared Sengis or Elephant-Shrews, Genus Macroscelides (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Macroscelidea) John Philip Dumbacher, Galen B. Rathbun, Hanneline A. Smit et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 27 Mar 2012 19
28 Maritime Archaeology and Trans-Oceanic Trade: A Case Study of the Oranjemund Shipwreck Cargo, Namibia Shadreck Chirikure, Ashton Sinamai, Esther Goagoses et al. · Journal of Maritime Archaeology 9 Jul 2010 19
29 Libraries supporting national development goals in Namibia Ellen Ndeshi Namhila, Ritva Niskala · IFLA Journal Mar 2013 16
30 Recognition and completeness metrics from iNaturalist and GBIF can inform future citizen science and research projects: a case study on arthropods in Namibia Martha Alfeus, John Irish, Klaus Birkhofer · Biodiversity and Conservation Open access 22 Nov 2024 14
31 A new species of round-eared sengi (genusMacroscelides) from Namibia John Philip Dumbacher, Galen B. Rathbun, Timothy O. Osborne et al. · Journal of Mammalogy Open access 25 Jun 2014 13
32 Perceptions and patterns of reproductive tract infections in a young rural population in North-West Namibia Gundel Harms, Frans M. Radebe, Sylvia Nelago Iyambo et al. · International Journal of STD & AIDS Dec 1998 13
33 Pollen in fossil hyrax dung from Marine Isotope Stages 2 and 3 reveals past environments in Namibia Louis Scott, Graciela Gil‐Romera, Eugène Marais et al. · Quaternary International Open access 3 Jul 2017 11
34 The archaeology of social rank among eighteenth-century nomadic pastoralists in Southern Namibia John Kinahan · African Archaeological Review Dec 1996 9
35 Rare elephant molar (Loxodonta africana zulu) from the Windhoek Spring Deposit, Namibia George A. Brook, Alexander E. Cherkinsky, Eugène Marais et al. · Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 17 Jul 2014 9
36 On the systematic position of the horseshoe bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Lesotho Petr Benda, Marek Uvizl, Seth J. Eiseb et al. · Mammalia 22 Mar 2024 8
37 A stakeholder empowerment framework to advance eDNA biodiversity monitoring in Africa: Perspectives from Namibia Manuel Lopes‐Lima, Arnaud Lyet, Vincent Prié et al. · One Earth Apr 2025 6
38 Host Plant Availability and Nest-Site Selection of the Social Spider Stegodyphus dumicola Pocock, 1898 (Eresidae) Clémence Rose, Andreas Schramm, John Irish et al. · Insects Open access 27 Dec 2021 6
39 Revalidation of Pyxicephalus angusticeps Parry, 1982 (Anura: Natatanura: Pyxicephalidae), a bullfrog endemic to the lowlands of eastern Africa Elizabeth Scott, John Visser, Caroline Angela Yetman et al. · Zootaxa Open access 6 Jan 2013 6
40 Molecular Mechanisms of Temperature Tolerance Plasticity in an Arthropod Anne Aagaard, Jesper Bechsgaard, Jesper Givskov Sørensen et al. · Genome Biology and Evolution Open access 26 Jul 2024 5
41 Rapid peripatric speciation linked with drainage evolution in a rare African rodent,Mastomys shortridgei(Rodentia: Muridae) Seth J. Eiseb, Peter J. Taylor, Ulrich Zeller et al. · Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research Open access 14 Dec 2020 5
42 Bomb-spike dating of a mummified baboon in Ludwig Cave, Namibia Gregory W. L. Hodgins, George A. Brook, Eugène Marais · International Journal of Speleology Open access 2007 5
43 Revisiting the Acheulean at Namib IV in the Namib Desert, Namibia George M. Leader, Rachel Bynoe, Ted Marks et al. · Journal of Field Archaeology Open access 4 Jun 2023 4
44 Substrate specialisation drives an unexpectedly diverse radiation in barking geckos (Ptenopus: Gekkonidae) François S. Becker, Graham John Alexander, Krystal A. Tolley · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14 May 2024 3
45 Landscape evolution and hydrology at the Late Pleistocene archaeological site of Narabeb in the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia Abi Stone, George M. Leader, Dominic Stratford et al. · Quaternary Science Advances Open access 28 Apr 2024 3
46 Chromosomes in the African frog genus Tomopterna (Pyxicephalidae) and probing the origin of tetraploid Tomopterna tandyi James P. Bogart, Abeda Dawood, François S. Becker et al. · Genome Open access 12 Oct 2022 3
47 The Effectiveness of Reactive Focal Mass Drug Administration (rfMDA) and Reactive Focal Vector Control (RAVC) to Reduce Malaria Transmission: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Open Label Two-by-Two Factorial Design Trial from the Low-Endemic Setting of Namibia Michelle S. Hsiang et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2019 3
48 Tracing the curation of Indigenous knowledge in a biopiracy case Fabian Simasiku Kapepiso, Richard Higgs · AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 10 Feb 2020 3
49 Intraspecific differentiation and phylogeography of the Damaraland mole-rat Fukomys damarensis reveals rapid colonization of arid savannahs during the late Pleistocene Radim Šumbera, Michaela Uhrová, Nigel C. Bennett et al. · Mammalian Biology Open access 7 Jan 2026 2
50 Updated distribution of Kolekanus plumicaudus (Sauria: Gekkonidae), with some annotation on its natural history Pedro Vaz Pinto, Werner Conradie, F. Becker et al. · Herpetology notes Open access 13 Sep 2021 2

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