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Sentrum vir bedieningsontwikkeling Telematic Centre The National Tissue Bank Translation Services Unit for Academic Literacy Unit for Creative Writing Unit for Policy Studies UP Water Institute UP with Science Veterinary Genetics Laboratory Veterinary Hospital Support Services Select One Animal Use and Care Committee (AUCC) Anton van Wouw Arts & Culture Centenary Client Services Centre Corporate Communication & Marketing Creative Studios CSC Intranet Department of Corporate International Relations Department of Library Services Edoardo Villa Museum Education Innovation EMS Library Home Finance Home Human Resources Department J A Van Tilburg Museum Mapungubwe Museum Office of the Registrar Quality Unit Security Services Student Affairs Student Representative Council UP Art Collection Van Gybland Oosterhoff	Click on a year below for quick navigation: 2010  2009  2008  2007  2006   [TOP]2010  Grainger, M.J., van Aarde, R.J., Wassenaar, T.D. (2010) Landscape Composition Influences the Restoration of Subtropical Coastal Dune Forest. Restoration Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00630.x Biuw, M., Lydersen, C., de Bruyn, P.J.N., Arriola, A., Hofmeyr, G.J.G., Kritzinger, P., Kovacs, K.M. (2010) Long-range migration of a chinstrap penguin from Bouvetoya to Montagu Island, South Sandwich Islands. Antarctic Science. 22(2):157-162 Boyles, J.G., McKechnie, A.E. (2010) Energy conservation in hibernating endotherms: why "suboptimal" temperatures are optimal. Ecological Modelling. In Press:1-1 Young, K.D., van Aarde, R.J. (2010) Density as an explanatory variable of movements and calf survival in savanna elephants across southern Africa. Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01667.x. Trimble, M.J., van Aarde, R.J. (2010) Species inequality in Scientific Study. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01453.x. McKechnie, A.E., Smit, B. (2010) Thermoregulation under semi-natural conditions in two species of African barbets (Piciformes: Lybiidae). Ostrich. in press:001-002 Guldemond, R.A.R., van Aarde, R.J. (2010) The influence of tree canopies and elephants on sub-canopy vegetation in a savanna. African Journal of Ecology. 48:180-189 Lutermann, H., Verburgt, L., Rendigs, A. (2010) Resting and nesting in a small mammal: sleeping sites as a limiting resource for female grey mouse lemurs. Animal Behaviour. in press:1-1 De Meyer, M., Robertson, M.P., Mansell, M.W., Ekesi, S., Tsuruta, K., Mwaik, W., Vayssières, J.-.F., Peterson, A.T. (2010) Ecological Niche and Potential Geographic Distribution of the Invasive Fruit Fly Bactrocera invadens (Diptera,Tephritidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 100:35-48 Davis, A.L.V., Scholtz, C.H. (2010) Speciation and evolution of eco-climatic ranges in the intertropical African dung beetle genus, Diastellopalpus van Lansberge. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 99:405-423 Owolodon, O.A., Bastos, A.D.S., Antiabong, J.F., Ogedengbe, M.E., Ekong, P.S., Yakubu, B. (2010) Molecular characterisation of African swine fever viruses from Nigeria (2003-2006) recovers multiple virus variants and reaffirms CVR epidemiological utility. Virus Genes. DOI: 10.1007/s11262-009-0444-0 Reisinger, R.R., Karczmarski, L. (2010) Population size estimate of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in the Algoa Bay region, South Africa. Marine Mammal Science. 26(1):86-97 Bennett, N.C., van Sandwyk, J., Lutermann, H. (2010) The pattern of ovulation in Ansell’s mole-rat, Fukomys anselli: phylogenetic or ecological constraints? Journal of Zoology. in press:1-1 Young, A.J., Oosthuizen, M.K., Lutermann, H., Bennett, N.C. (2010) Physiological suppression eases in Damaraland mole-rat societies when ecological constraints on dispersal are relaxed. Hormones and Behavior. 57:177-183 Best, P.B., Meyer, M.A. (2010) Neglected but not forgotten: southern Africa's dusky dolphins. The dusky dolphin. Master acrobat off different shores. Academic Press :291-311 Pirk, C.W.W., Boodhoo, C., Human, H., Nicolson, S.W. (2010) The importance of protein type and protein to carbohydrate ratio for survival and ovarian activation of caged honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata). Apidologie. 41(1):62-72 Phiancharoen, M., Pirk, C.W.W., Radloff, S.E., Hepburn, R. (2010) Clinal nature of the frequencies of ovarioles and spermathecae in Cape worker honeybees, Apis mellifera capensis. Apidologie. online first:1-2 Yang, M.X., Ken, T., Radloff, S.E., Pirk, C.W.W., Hepburn, H.R. (2010) Hetero-specific queen retinue behavior of worker bees in mixed-species colonies of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera. Apidologie. 41(1):54-61 McKechnie, A.E., Wolf, B.O. (2010) Climate change increases the likelihood of catastrophic avian mortality events during extreme heat waves. Biology Letters. 6:253-256 Angilletta, Jr., M.J., Cooper, B.S., Schuler, M., Boyles, J.G. (2010) The evolution of thermal physiology in endotherms. Frontiers in Bioscience. In press:001-002 Willis, C.K.R., Barclay, R.M.R., Boyles, J.G., Brigham, R.M., Brack, Jr., V., Waldien, D.L., Reichard, J. (2010) Bats are not birds and other problems with Sovacool's (2009) analysis of animal fatalities due to electricity generation. Energy Policy. 38:2067-2069 Boyles, J.G., Willis, C.K.R. (2010) Could localized warm areas inside cold caves reduce mortality of hibernating bats affected by white-nose syndrome? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 8(2):92-98 Smit, B., McKechnie, A.E. (2010) Avian seasonal metabolic variation in a subtropical desert: basal metabolic rates are lower in winter than in summer. Functional Ecology. 24(2):330-339 Kotze, S.H., van der Merwe, E.L., Bennett, N.C., O'Riain, M.J. (2010) The comparative anatomy of the abdominal gastrointestinal tract of six species of African mole-rat (Bathyergidae). Journal of Morphology. 271:50-60 Cory Toussaint, D., McKechnie, A.E., Van der Merwe, M. (2010) Heterothermy in free-ranging male Egyptian Free-tailed Bats (Tadarida aegyptiaca) in a subtropical climate. Mammalian Biology. in press:001-002 Verburgt, L., Ferguson, J.W.H. (2010) Mate choice in field crickets: can females acoustically detect male body size? Journal of Ethology. 28(1):141-151 Smit, B., McKechnie, A.E. (2010) Do owls use torpor? Winter thermoregulation in free-ranging Pearl-spotted Owlets and African Scops-owls. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 83(1):149-156 [TOP]2009  Bester, M.N., Bloomer, J. (2009) Successful eradication of feral cats from sub-Antarctic Marion Island, southern Indian Ocean. In: M. Wolff and M. Gardner (eds.), Proceedings of the 2009 Galapagos Science Symposium, Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador. :187-190 Ferreira, S.M., van Aarde, R.J. (2009) Aerial survey intensity as a determinant of estimating population sizes and trends for large herbivores. Journal of Wildlife Research. 39(2):181-191 Van Houtan, K.S., Halley, J.M., van Aarde, R.J., Pimm, S.L. (2009) Achieving success with small, translocated mammal populations. Conservation Letters. 2:254-262 Holter, P., Scholtz, C.H., Stenseng, L. (2009) Desert detritivory: Nutritional ecology of a dung beetle (Pachysoma glentoni) subsisting on plant litter in arid South African sand dunes. Journal of Arid Environments. 73(12):1090-1094 Lutermann, H., Bennett, N.C. (2009) Parasites - a cost of sociality? Journal of the South African Veterinary Association. 80:131-131 Scholtz, C.H., Davis, A.L.V., Kryger, U. (2009) Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia and Moscow. :1-544 Oosthuizen, W.C., Dyer, B.M., de Bruyn, P.J.N. (2009) Vagrant birds ashore at the Prince Edward Islands, southern Indian Ocean, from 1987 to 2009. African Journal of Marine Science. 31(3):445-450 Jaffé, R., Dietemann, V., Allsopp, M.H., Costa, C., Crewe, R.M., Dall'Olio, R., de le Rúa, P., El-Niwieri, M.A.A., Fries, I., Kezic, N., Meusel, M., Paxton, R.J., Shaibi, T., Stolle, E., Moritz, R.F.A. (2009) Estimating the density of honeybee colonies across their natural range to fill the gap in pollinator decline censuses. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01331.x Jaffé, R., Dietemann, V., Crewe, R.M., Moritz, R.F.A. (2009) Temporal variation in the genetic structure of a drone congregation area: An insight into the population dynamics of wild African honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata). Molecular Ecology. 18:1511-1522 Bester, M.N., Ryan, P.G., Visagie, J. (2009) Summer survey of fur seals at Prince Edward Island, southern Indian Ocean. African Journal of Marine Science. 31(3):451-455 Oosthuizen, W.C., Bester, M.N., de Bruyn, P.J.N., Hofmeyr, G.J.G. (2009) Intra-archipelago moult dispersion of southern elephant seals at the Prince Edward Islands, southern Indian Ocean. African Journal of Marine Science. 31(3):457-462 Mawela, K.V., Kfir, R., Krüger, K. (2009) Host suitability of UV-irradiated eggs of three Lepidoptera species for rearing Trichogrammatoidea lutea Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Journal of Applied Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01472.x de Bruyn, P.J.N., Tosh, C.A., Oosthuizen, W.H., Bester, M.N., Arnould, J.P.Y. (2009) Bathymetry and frontal system interactions influence seasonal foraging movements of lactating subantarctic fur seals from Marion Island. Marine Ecology-Progress Series. 394:263-276 Heinrich, S., Elwen, S.H., Brager, S. (2009) Patterns of Sympatry in Lagenorhynchus and Cephalorhynchus: Dolphins in Different Habitats. Dusky Dolphins: Master Acrobats off Different Shores. :313-332 Elwen, S.H., Best, P.B., Reeb, D., Thornton, M. (2009) Diurnal movements and behaviour of Heaviside’s dolphins, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii, with some comparative data for dusky dolphins, Lagenorhynchus obscurus. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 39(2):100-102 Jori, F., Bastos, A.D.S. (2009) Role of wild suids in the epidemiology of African swine fever. EcoHealth. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-009-0248-7 Bastos, A.D.S., Arnot, L.F., Jacquier, M.D., Maree, S. (2009) A host species-informative internal control for molecular assessment of African swine fever virus infection rates in the African sylvatic cycle Ornithodoros vector. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 23 (4):399-409 Cooper, J., Bester, M.N., Chown, S.L., Crawford, R.J.M., Daly, R., Heyns, E., Lamont, T., Ryan, P.G., Shaw, J.D. (2009) Biological survey of the Prince Edward Islands, December 2008. South African Journal of Science. 105:317-320 Faulkes, C.G., Bennett, N.C. (2009) Reproducitve skew in African mole-rats: behavioral and physiological mechanisms to maintain high skew. Reproducitve skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and ultimate causes.ed Reinmar Hager and Clara B. Jones, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge U.K. Chapter 13:369-396 Bennett, N.C. (2009) African mole-rats (family Bathyergidae): models for studies in animal physioloy. African Zoology. 44(2):263-270 Hugo, S., van Rensburg, B. .J. (2009) Alien and native birds in South Africa: patterns, processes and conservation. Biological Invasions. 11(10):2291-2302 Zheng, H.Q., Jin, S.H., Hu, F.L., Pirk, C.W.W. (2009) Sustainable multiple queen colonies of honey bees, Apis mellifera ligustica. Journal of Apicultural Research. 48(4):284-289 Zheng, H.Q., Jin, S.H., Hu, F.L., Pirk, C.W.W., Dietemann, V. (2009) Maintenance and application of multiple queen colonies in commercial beekeeping. Journal of Apicultural Research. 48(4):290-295 Roura-Pascual, N., Richardson, D.M., Krug, R.M., Brown, A., Chapman, R.A., Forsyth, G.G., Le Maitre, D.C., Robertson, M.P., Stafford, L., van Wilgen, B.W., Wannenburgh, A., Wessels, N. (2009) Ecology and management of alien plant invasions in South African fynbos: accommodating key complexities in objective decision making. Biological Conservation. 142:1595-1604 Coetzee, B.W.T., Robertson, M.P., Erasmus, B.F.N., van Rensburg, B.J., Thuiller, W. (2009) The impact of climate change on the southern African Important Bird Areas network. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 18:701-710 van Rensburg, B.J., Peacock, D.S., Robertson, M.P. (2009) Biotic homogenization and alien bird species along an urban gradient in South Africa. Landscape and urban planning. 92:233-241 Loarie, S.R., van Aarde, R.J., Pimm, S.L. (2009) Elephant seasonal vegetation preferences across dry and wet savannahs. Biological Conservation. 142:3099-3107 Rosenbaum, H.C., Pomilla, C., Mendez, M., Leslie, M.S., Best, P.B., Findlay, K.P., Minton, G., Ersts, P.J., Collins, T., Engel, M.H., Bonatto, S., Kotze, P.G.H., Meyer, M., Barendse, J., Thornton, M., Razafindrakoto, Y., Ngouessono, S., Vely, M and Kiszka, J. (2009) Population structure of humpback whales from their breeding grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. PLoS One. 4(10):1-11 Ntumi, C.P., Ferreira, S.M., van Aarde, R.J. (2009) A review of historical trends in the distribution and abundance of elephants in Mozambique. Oryx. 43(4):568-579 Symes, C.T., Human, H., Nicolson, S.W. (2009) Appearances can be deceiving: pollination in two sympatric winter-flowering Aloe species. South African Journal of Botany. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.08.008 Tan, K., Yang, M., Radloff, S.E., Pirk, C.W.W., Crewe, R.M., Phiancharoen, M., Hepburn, R., Oldroyd, B. (2009) Worker reproduction in mixed-species colonies of honey bees. Behavioural Ecology. 20:1106-1110 Duangphakdee, O., Radloff, S.E., Pirk, C.W.W., Hepburn, R. (2009) Sun angle time windows for absconding by the dwarf honeybee, Apis florea. Journal of Insect Physiology. 55(11):1009-1012 Loarie, S.R., van Aarde, R.J., Pimm, S.L. (2009) Fences and artificial water affect African savannah elephant movement patterns. Biological Conservation. 142:3086-3098 Fleming, P.A., Verburgt, L., Scantlebury, M., Medger, K., Bateman, P.W. (2009) Jettisoning ballast or fuel? Caudal autotomy and locomotory energetics of the Cape dwarf gecko Lygodactylus capensis (Gekkonidae). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 82(6):756-765 Mouton, M., Reeb, D., Botha, A., Best, P.B. (2009) Yeast infection in a beached southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) neonate. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 45(3):692-699 Best, P.B., Glass, J.P., Ryan, P.G., Dalebout, M.L. (2009) Cetacean records from Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 89(5):1023-1032 Cameron, E.Z., Setsaas, T.H., Linklater, W.L. (2009) Social bonds between unrelated females increase reproductive success in feral horses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 106:13850-13853 Unck, C.E., Waterman, J.M., Verburgt, L., Bateman, P.W. (2009) Quantity versus quality: how does level of predation threat affect Cape ground squirrel vigilance? Animal Behaviour. 78(3):625-632 Thomas, H.G., Bateman, P.W., Le Comber, S.L., Bennett, N.C., Elwood, R.W., Scantlebury, M. (2009) Burrow architecture and digging activity in the Cape dune mole-rat. Journal of Zoology. 279:277-284 Jones, C.J.P., Carter, A.M., Bennett, N.C., Blankenship, T.N., Endlers, A.C. (2009) Placentation in the Hottentot golden mole, Amblysomus hottentotus (Chrysochloridae). Placenta. 30:571-578 Asher, R.J., Bennett, N.C., Lehmann, T. (2009) The new framework for understanding placental mammal evolution. Bioessays. 31:853-864 Jackson, C.R., Setsaas, T.H., Scantlebury, M., Robertson, M.P., Bennett, N.C. (2009) Body temperature and activity patterns in the endangered Juliana's golden mole, Neamblysomus julianae. Journal of Zoology. 278:299-307 Oosthuizen, M.K., Bennett, N.C. (2009) Seasonal variation in gonadal steroids of male and female Cape mole-rats (Georychus capensis): the potential for opportunistic breeding. African Zoology. 44:117-122 Kotze, S.H., van der Merwe, E.L., Ndou, R., O\'Riain, M.J., Bennett, N.C. (2009) The colonic groove or furrow: a comparative morphological study in six species of African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Journal of Morphology. 270:966-975 Sande, S.O., Crewe, R.M., Raina, S.K., Nicolson, S.W., Gordon, I. (2009) Proximity to a forest leads to higher honey yield: another reason to conserve. Biological Conservation. DOI: doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.06.023 Leseigneur, C.D.C., Nicolson, S.W. (2009) Nectar concentration preferences and sugar intake in the white-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris talatala (Nectariniidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 179:673-679 Walton, V.M., Krüger, K., Saccaggi, D.L., Millar, I.M. (2009) A survey of scale insects (Sternorryncha: Coccoidea) occurring on table grapes in South Africa. Journal of Insect Science. 9(Article 47):1-6 Thorn, M., Scott, D.M., Green, M., Bateman, P.W., Cameron, E.Z. (2009) Camera trapping as a means of estimating brown hyaena occupancy. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 39:1-10 de Bruyn, P.J.N., Landman, M., Tambling, C.J., Verburgt, L. (2009) Does science serve the wildlife industry? A critique of von Brandis & Reilly (2008). South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 39(1):103-105 Dietemann, V., Pirk, C.W.W., Crewe, R.M. (2009) Is there a need for conservation of honeybees in Africa? Apidologie. 40:285-295 Biuw, M., Krafft, B.A., Hofmeyr, G.J.G., Lydersen, C., Kovacs, K.M. (2009) Time budgets and at-sea behaviour of lactating female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at Bouvetøya. Marine Ecology-Progress Series. 385:271-284 Olivier, P., van Aarde, R.J., Ferreira, S.M. (2009) Support for a metapopulation structure among mammals. Mammal Review. 39(3):178-192 Johnson, R., Bester, M.N., Dudley, S.F.J., Oosthuizen, W.H., Meyer, M., Hancke, L., Gennari, E. (2009) Coastal swimming patterns of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at Mossel Bay, South Africa. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 85(3):189-200 Olivier, P., Ferreira, S.M., van Aarde, R.J. (2009) Dung survey bias and elephant population estimates in southern Mozambique. African Journal of Ecology. 47:202-213 van Rensburg, B.J., Levin, N., Kark, S. (2009) Spatial congruence between ecotones and range restricted species: implications for conservation biogeography at the national scale. Diversity and Distributions. 15:379-389 Strümpher, W.P., Scholtz, C.H. (2009) New species and status changes of small flightless relictual Trox Fabricius from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Trogidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution. 40:71-84 Brettschneider, H., Chimimba, C.T., Scholtz, C.H., Bastos, A.D.S., Bateman, P.W. (2009) The tusked king cricket (Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby, 1899) Anostostomatidae) from South Africa: morphological and molecular evidence suggest two cryptic species. Insect Systematics and Evolution. 40(1):85-103 Young, K., Ferreira, S.M., van Aarde, R.J. (2009) Elephant spatial use in wet and dry savannas of southern Africa. Journal of Zoology. 278:189-205 van Aarde, R.J., Ferreira, S.M. (2009) Elephant populations and CITES trade resolutions. Environmental Conservation. 36(1):8-10 Trimble, M., Ferreira, S.M., van Aarde, R.J. (2009) Drivers of megaherbivore demographic fluctuations: inference from elephants. Journal of Zoology. 279:18-26 Young, K., Ferreira, S.M., van Aarde, R.J. (2009) The influence of increasing population size and vegetation productivity on elephant distribution in the Kruger National Park. Austral Ecology. 34:329-342 Linklater, W.L., Cameron, E.Z. (2009) Dispersal but with philopatry reveals incest avoidance in a polygynous ungulate. Animal Behaviour. 77:1085-1093 Caron, A., Gaidet, N., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Morand, S., Cameron, E.Z. (2009) Evolutionary biology, community ecology and avian influenza research. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 9:298-303 White, A.M., Cameron, E.Z. (2009) Do ecological constraints explain communal nesting in common warthogs? Animal Behaviour. 77:87-94 McLean, I.G., Cameron, E.Z., Linklater, W.L., Schmitt, N., Pulskamp, K. (2009) PPartnerships in the mating system of a small macropod marsupial, the quokka (Setonix brachyurus). Behaviour. 146:89-112 Tan, K., Yang, M., Radloff, S.E., Yu, Y., Pirk, C.W.W., Hepburn, H.R. (2009) Intra- and interspecific brood recognition in pure and mixed-species honeybee colonies, Apis cerana and A. mellifera. Apidologie. 40:184-191 Deschodt, C.M., Scholtz, C.H., Kryger, U. (2009) Description of the larva and pupa of Ichnestoma stobbiai Holm 1992 (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), a range-restricted species of conservation concern. African Entomology. 17(1):43-50 Nicolson, S.W. (2009) Water homeostasis in bees, with the emphasis on sociality. Journal of Experimental Biology. 212:429-434 Cameron, E.Z., Dalerum, F. (2009) Trivers-Willard effect in contemporary humans: male biased sex ratios among billionaires. PLoS One. DOI: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004195.g003 Dalerum, F., Kunkel, K., Angerbjorn, A., Shults, B. (2009) Diet of wolverines in the western Brooks Range, Alaska. Polar Research. 28:246-253 Tosh, C.A., Bornemann, H., Ramdohr, S., Schroder, M., Martin, T., Carlini, A., Plotz, J., Bester, M.N. (2009) Adult male southern elephant seals from King George Island utilize the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Science. 21(2):113-121 Davis, A.L.V., Philips, T.K. (2009) Regional fragmentation of rain forest in West Africa and its effect on local dung beetle assemblage structure. Biotropica. 41(2):215-220 Reisinger, R.R., Mufanadzo, N.T., de Bruyn, P.J.N., Bester, M.N. (2009) Leucistic southern elephant seal at Marion Island. Polar Biology. 32:509-511 de Bruyn, P.J.N., Bester, M.N., Carlini, A.R., Oosthuizen, W.C. (2009) How to weigh an elephant seal with one finger: a simple three-dimensional photogrammetric application. Aquatic Biology. 5(1):31-39 Oosthuizen, W.C., de Bruyn, P.J.N. (2009) King penguin brooding and defending a sub-Antarctic skua chick. Polar Biology. 32(2):303-305 Oosthuizen, W.C., Cross, P.C., Bowers, J.A., Hay, C., Ebinger, M.R., Buss, P., Hofmeyr, M., Cameron, E.Z. (2009) Effects of Chemical 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