My research interest is behavioural ecology: broadly, sexual selection and mating strategies and predator-prey interactions across multiple taxa from insects to reptiles and large mammals.

1. Thomas, H.G., Bateman, P.W., Scantlebury, M., Bennett, N.C. (2012) Burrow architecture and seasonal digging activity in the Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). African Zoology. 88(2):1-5
2. Thomas, H.G., Bateman, P.W., Scantlebury, M., Bennett, N.C. (2012) Season but not sex influences burrow length and complexity in the non-sexually dimorphic solitary Cape mole-rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae. Journal of Zoology. 288:214-221
3. Scantlebury, M., Danek-Gontard, M.C., Bateman, P.W., Bennett, N.C., Manjerovic, M.B., Joubert, K.E., Waterman, J.M. (2012) Seasonal patterns of body temperature daily rhythms in group-living Cape ground squirrels. PLoS One. 7(4 e36053):1-11
4. Thorn, M., Green, M., Dalerum, F., Bateman, P.W., Scott, D. (2012) What drives human–carnivore conflict in the North West Province of South Africa? Biological Conservation. 150(1):23-32

1. de Vries, J.L., Pirk, C.W.W., Bateman, B., Cameron, E.Z., Dalerum, F. (2011) Extension of the diet of an extreme foraging specialist, the aardwolf (Proteles cristata). African Zoology. 46(1):194-196

1. Thorn, M., Green, M., Bateman, P.W., Cameron, E.Z., Yarnell, R.W., Scott, D.M. (2010) Comparative efficacy of spoor surveys, spotlighting and audio playbacks in a landscape-scale carnivore survey. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 40:77-86

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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

1. Dalerum, F., Lange, H., Skarpe, C., Rooke, T., Inga, B., Bateman, P.W. (2008) Group size, antipredatory vigilance and foraging competition in two species of gregarious antelope. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 38:138-145
2. Le Roux, E., Scholtz, C.H., Kinahan, A.A., Bateman, P.W. (2008) Pre- and post-copulatory mate selection strategies of an African dung beetle Circellium bacchus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Insect Behaviour. 21:111-122
3. Manjerovic, M.B., Kinahan, A.A., Waterman, J.M., Bennett, N.C., Bateman, P.W. (2008) Structure and allometry of genitalia in males and females of a social African ground squirrel with high polygynandry. Journal of Zoology. 275:375-380
4. Kinahan, A.A., Bennett, N.C., Belton, L.E., Bateman, P.W. (2008) Do reproductive strategies determine genital allometry in African mole rats (Bathyergidae)? Journal of Zoology. 274(4):312-317
5. Cameron, E.Z., Lemons, P.R., Bateman, P.W., Bennett, N.C. (2008) Experimental alteration of litter sex ratios in a mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, B. 275:323-327
6. Medger, K., Verburgt, L., Bateman, P.W. (2008) The Influence of Tail Autotomy on the Escape Response of the Cape Dwarf Gecko, Lygodactylus capensis. Ethology. 114:42-52

1. Bateman, P.W., Bennett, N.C. (2007) Die biologie van menslike seksualiteit: evolusie, ekologie en fisiologie. In: Liefde is die Grootste - Oor Erotiek en Seksualiteit (Eds. C. Vos & D. Human). Protea Boekhuis, Pretoria. :396-417
2. Bateman, P.W., Moran-Ellis, J. (2007) Is intelligent design science and does it matter? Verbum et Ecclesia. 28:1-18
3. Brettschneider, H., Chimimba, C.T., Scholtz, C.H., Bateman, P.W. (2007) Review of southern African Anostostomatidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera), with a key to genera. African Entomology. 15(1):45-72
4. Fleming, P.A., Bateman, P.W. (2007) Just drop it and run: the effect of limb autotomy on total distance run and CO2 produced by escaping crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 210:1446-1454
5. Fleming, P.A., Muller, D., Bateman, P.W. (2007) Leave it all behind: an evolutionary and taxonomic perspective of autotomy in invertebrates. Biological Reviews . 82:1-33
6. Bateman, P.W., Moran-Ellis, J. (2007) The science in the intelligent design debate: teach it like it is. South African Journal of Science. 103:271-282
7. Kinahan, A.A., Inge-Moller, R., Bateman, P.W., Kotze, A., Scantlebury, M. (2007) Body temperature daily rhythm adaptations in African savanna elephants Loxodonta africana. Physiology & Behavior. 92:560-565
8. Kinahan, A.A., Bennett, N.C., O'Riain, J., Hart, L., Bateman, P.W. (2007) Size matters: genital allometry in an African mole-rat (Bathyergidae) . Evolutionary Ecology. 21:201-213
9. Belton, L., Ball, N., Waterman, J., Bateman, P.W. (2007) Do Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) discriminate between olfactory cues of the faeces of predators versus non-predators?. African Zoology. 42:135-138

1. Bateman, P.W., Ferguson, J.W.F., Yetman, C. (2006) Courtship and copulation, but not ejaculates, reduce longevity of female field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus). Journal of Zoology. 268:341-346
2. Wolf, S., Brettschneider, H., Bateman, P.W. (2006) The predator defence system of an African King Cricket (Orthoptera; Anostostomatidae): does it help to stink? African Zoology . 41:75-80
3. Bateman, P.W., Fleming, P.A. (2006) Increased susceptibility to predation for autotomized house crickets (Acheta domestica). Ethology . 112:670-677
4. Bateman, P.W., Fleming, P.A. (2006) Sex and the single (-eared) female: leg function, limb autotomy and mating history trade-offs in field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus). Biology Letters. 2:33-35
5. Bateman, P.W., Fleming, P.A. (2006) Sex, intimidation and severed limbs: the effect of simulated predator attack and limb autotomy on calling behavior and level of caution in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 59 :674-681
6. Bateman, P.W., Fleming, P.A. (2006) Males are selective too: mating, but not courtship, with sequential females, influences choosiness in male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 59:577-581
7. Bateman, P.W., Bennett, N.C. (2006) The biology of human sexuality: evolution, ecology and physiology. Verbum et Ecclesia. 27:245-264
8. Parag, A., Bennett, N.C., Faulkes, C.G., Bateman, P.W. (2006) Penile morphology of African mole-rats (Bathyergidae): structural modification in relation to mode of ovulation and degree of sociality. Journal of Zoology. 270:323-329

1. Bateman, P.W., Fleming, P.A. (2005) Direct and indirect costs of limb autotomy in field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus). Animal Behaviour . 69:151-159
2. Brettschneider, H., Bateman, P.W. (2005) Differential shelter selection in response to predator chemical cues by two orthopterans: Libanasidus vittatus (Anostostomatidae) and Platygryllus primiformis (Gryllidae). Journal of Insect Behaviour. 18:381-387
3. Bateman, P.W., Verburgt, L., Ferguson, J.W.H. (2005) Male song stimulates more rapid investment in eggs in the cricket Gryllodes sigillatus. African Zoology. 40:323-326

1. Whiting, M.J., Nagy, K., Bateman, P.W. (2004) Evolution and maintenance of social status signalling badges: experimental manipulations in lizards. In: Lizard Social Behavior (Eds. S.F. Fox, J.K. McCoy & T.A. Baird). John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. . :47-82
2. Bateman, P.W., Ferguson, J.W.H. (2004) Male mate choice and spermatophore size in the Botswana armoured ground cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis. Can, and how, do males judge female mating history? Journal of Zoology. 262:305-309
3. Bateman, P.W., Ferguson, J.W.H., Ferreira, M. (2004) The influence of physical and acoustic experience on sequential mate preference in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Is song important? Journal of Insect Behavior . 17:843-855