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Barendse J, Chown SL: 2001. Abundance and seasonality of mid-altitude fellfield arthropods from Marion Island. Polar Biology, 24, pp 73-82.

Bastos AD, Haydon D, Forsberg R, Knowles NJ, Anderson EC, Bengis RG, Nel LH, Thomson GR: 2001. Genetic heterogeneity of SAT-1 type foot-and-mouth disease viruses in southern Africa. Archives of Virology, 146, pp 1537-1551.

Bateman PW, Gilson L, Ferguson JWH: 2001. Male size and sequential mate preference in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Animal Behavior, 61, pp 631-637.

Bateman PW: 2001. Changes in phonotactic behavior of a bushcricket with mating history. Journal of Insect Behavior, 14(3), pp 333-335.

Becker MM, Brückner D, Crewe RM: 2001. Behavioral response of drone honeybees, Apis Mellifera Carnica and Apis mellifera Scutellata, to worker-produced pheromone components. Journal of Apicultural Research, 39(3-4), pp 149-152.

Best PB, Brandao A, Butterworth DS: 2001. Demographic parameters of southern right whales off South Africa. Journal of Cetacean Research Management (Special Issue), 2, pp 161-169.

Best PB, Peddemors VM, Cockcroft VG, Rice N: 2001. Mortalities of right whales and related anthropogenic factors in South African waters, 1963-1998. Journal of Cetacean Research Management (Special Issue), 2, pp 171-176.

Best PB: 2001. Distribution and population separation of Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni off southern Africa. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 220, pp 277-289.

Bester MN, Moller H, Wium J, Enslin B: 2001. An update on the status of southern elephant seals at Gough Island. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 31(1&2), pp 68-71.

Chimimba CT: 2001. Geographic variation in the Tete veld rat Aethomys ineptus (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa. Journal of Zoology, 254, pp 77-89.

Chimimba CT: 2001. Infraspecific morphometric variation in Aethomys namaquensis (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa. Journal of Zoology, 253, pp 191-210.

Chown SL, Klok CJ: 2001. First record of Palirhoeus eatoni (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from sub-Antarctic Heard Island. African Entomology, 9(2), pp 193-194.

Chown SL: 2001. Physiological variation in insects: Hierarchical levels and implications. Journal of Insect Physiology, 47, pp 649-660.

Clarke F, Miethe G, Bennett NC: 2001. Reproductive suppression in female Damaraland mole-rats Cryptomys damarensis: Dominant control or self-restraint?. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 268, pp 899-909.

Clutton-Brock TH, Brotherton PNM, O'Riain MJ, Griffin AS, Gaynor D, Kansky R, Sharpe L, McIlrath GM: 2001. Contributions to cooperative rearing in meerkats, Suricata suricatta. Animal Behavior, 61, pp 705-710.

Clutton-Brock TH, Brotherton PNM, Russell AF, O'Riain MJ, Gaynor D, Kansky R, Griffin A, Manser M, Sharpe L, McIlrath GM, Small T, Moss A, Monfort S: 2001. Cooperation, control, and concession in meerkat groups. Science, 291, pp 478-481.

Clutton-Brock TH, Russell AF, Sharpe L, Brotherton PNM, McIlrath GM, White S, Cameron EZ: 2001. Effects of helpers on juvenile development and survival in meerkats. Science, 293 / Sep, pp 2446-2449.

Cook CL, Ferguson JWH, Telford SR: 2001. Adaptive male parental care in the giant bullfrog, Pyxicephalus adspersus. Journal of Herpetology, 35(2), pp 310-315.

Davis ALV, Scholtz CH, Harrison JduG: 2001. Cladistic, phenetic and biogeographical analysis of the flightless dung beetle genus, Gyronotus van Lansberge (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), in threatened eastern Afrotropical forests. Journal of Natural History, 35, pp 1607-1625.

Davis ALV, Scholtz CH: 2001. Historical versus ecological factors influencing global patterns of scarabaeine dung beetle diversity. Diversity and Distributions, 7, pp 161-174.

Eeley H, Lawes MJ, Reyers B: 2001. Priority areas for the conservation of subtropical indigenous forest in southern Africa: A case study from KwaZulu-Natal. Biodiversity and Conservation, 10, pp 1221-1246.

Fairbanks D, Reyers B, Van Jaarsveld AS: 2001. Species and environment representation: Selecting reserves for the retention of avian diversity in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Biological Conservation, 98, pp 365-379.

Faulkes CG, Bennett NC: 2001. Family values: Group dynamics and social control of reproduction in African mole-rats. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 16(4), pp 184-190.

Frantzen MAJ, Ferguson JWH, De Villiers MS: 2001. The conservation role of captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Biological Conservation, 100, pp 253-260.

Funston PJ, Mills MGL, Biggs HC: 2001. Factors affecting the hunting success of male and female lions in the Kruger National Park. Journal of Zoology, 253, pp 419-431.

Gaston KJ, Rodriques ASL, Van Rensburg BJ, Koleff P, Chown SL: 2001. Complementary representation and zones of ecological transition. Ecology Letters, 4, pp 4-9.

Gonzague M, Roger F, Bastos AD, Burger C, Randriamparany T, Smondack S, Cruciere C: 2001. Isolation of a non-haemadsorbing, non-cytopathic strain of African swine fever virus in Madagascar. Epidemiology and Infection, 126, pp 453-459.

Greyling MD, Van Aarde RJ, Ferreira SM: 2001. Seasonal changes in habitat preferences of two closely related millipede species. African Journal of Ecology, 39, pp 51-58.

Gussmann SMV, Scholtz CH: 2001. Systematic revision of the Afrotropical genus Bolbaffer Vulcano, Martinez and Pereira (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae: Bolboceratinae), with descriptions of eight new species. Journal of Natural History, 35(7), pp 1013-1084.

Haydon D, Bastos AD, Knowles NJ, Samuel AR: 2001. Evidence for positive selection in foot-and-mouth disease virus capsid genes from field isolates. Genetics, 157 / Jan, pp 7-15.

Herbst M, Bennett NC: 2001. Recrudescence of sexual activity in a colony of the Mashona mole-rat (Cryptomys darlingi): A case of incest avoidance. Journal of Zoology, 254, pp 163-175.

Jacobs DH, Liebenberg H: 2001. Cytogenetics of Adamanotus uncotibialis Jacobs (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Caryologia, 54(1), pp 83-96.

Jankielsohn A, Scholtz CH, Louw SvdM: 2001. Effect of habitat transformation on dung beetle assemblages: A comparison between a South African nature reserve and neighboring farms. Environmental Entomology, 30(3), pp 474-483.

Kaunda SKK: 2001. Capture and chemical immobilization of black-backed jackals at Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Botswana. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 31(1&2), pp 43-47.

Keith M, Bester MN, Bartlett PA, Baker (Wyle)_ D: 2001. Killer whales (Orcinus orca) at Marion Island, Southern Ocean. African Zoology, 36(2) / Oct, pp 163-175.

Kirkman SP, Bester MN, Pistorius PA, Hofmeyr GJG, Owen JH, Mecenero S: 2001. Participation in the winter haulout by southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina). Antarctic Science, 13(4), pp 380-384.

Kirkman SP, Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN, Isaksen K: 2001. Counts of southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, at Bouvet Island. Polar Biology, 24, pp 62-65.

Kirkman SP, Wallace E, Van Aarde RJ, Potgieter HC: 2001. Steroidogenic correlates of pregnancy in the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). Life Sciences, 68, pp 2061-2072.

Kless U, Scholtz CH: 2001. Effekte des Insektizids Deltamethrin auf die Biozönose koprophager Scarabaeiden einer Rinderweide (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins, 26(1/2), pp 35-52.

Knight MH, Kshatriya M, Van Jaarsveld AS, Nicholls AO, Hall-Martin AJ: 2001. Evaluating herbivore extinction probabilities in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. African Zoology, 36(1), pp 13-22.

Kshatriya M, Cosner C, Van Jaarsveld AS: 2001. Early detection of declining populations using floor and ceiling models. Journal of Animal Ecology, 70, pp 906-914.

Lamb (Fincham) CE, Van Aarde RJ: 2001. Maternal dietary protein intake and sex-specific investment in Mastomys coucha (Rodentia: Muridae). Journal of Zoology, 253, pp 505-512.

Le Roux A, Jackson TP, Cherry MI: 2001. Does Brants' whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) use an urgency-based alarm system in reaction to aerial and terrestrial predators?. Behaviour, 138, pp 757-773.

Le Roux A, Jackson TP, Cherry MI: 2001. The effect of changing call duration and calling bouts on vigilance in Brants' whistling rat, parotomys brantsii. Behaviour, 138, pp 1287-1302.

Mercer RD, Gabriel AGA, Barendse J, Marshall DJ, Chown SL: 2001. Invertebrate body sizes from Marion Island. Antarctic Science, 13(2), pp 135-143.

Meyer VW, Crewe RM, Braack LEO, Groeneveld HT, van der Linde MJ: 2001. Biomass of Macrotermes natalensis in the northern Kruger National Park, South Africa - the effects of Land Characteristics. Sociobiology, 38(3A), pp 431-448.

Mills MGL, Juritz JM, Zucchini W: 2001. Estimating the size of spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) populations through playback recordings allowing for non-response. Animal Conservation, 4, pp 335-343.

Moritz RFA, Crewe RM, Hepburn HR: 2001. Attraction and repellence of workers by the honeybee queen (Apis mellifera L.). Ethology, 107, pp 465-477.

Nteletsana L, Schoeman AS, McGeoch MA: 2001. Temperature effects on development and survival of the sweetpotato weevil, Cylas puncticollis Boheman (Coleoptera: Apionidae). African Entomology, 9(1), pp 49-57.

Oldroyd B, Wossler TC, Ratnieks F: 2001. Regulation of ovary activation in worker honey-bees (Apis mellifera): Larval signal production and adult response thresholds differ between anarchistic and wild-type bees. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 50, pp 366-370.

Pimm SL, Van Aarde RJ: 2001. African elephants and immunocontraception. Nature, 411, pp 766.

Pistorius PA, Bester MN, Kirkman SP, Taylor FE: 2001. Pup mortality in southern elephant seals at Marion Island. Polar Biology, 24, pp 828-831.

Pistorius PA, Bester MN, Kirkman SP, Taylor FE: 2001. Temporal changes in fecundity and age at sexual maturity of southern elephant seals at Marion Island. Polar Biology, 24, pp 343-348.

Pretorius E, Philips TK, Scholtz CH: 2001. Geometric morphometrics, the metendosternite and its use in phylogenetics of the Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera). Elytron, 14, pp 125-148.

Pretorius E, Scholtz CH: 2001. Geometric morphometrics and the analysis of higher taxa: A case study based on the metendosternite of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 74(1), pp 35-50.

Pugh PJA, Mercer RD: 2001. Littoral Acari of Marion Island: Ecology and extreme wave action. Polar Biology, 24, pp 239-243.

Ramdohr S, Bornemann H, Plötz J, Bester MN: 2001. Immobilization of free-ranging adult male southern elephant seals with Immobilon (etorphine/acepromacine) and ketamine. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 31(3&4), pp 135-140.

Reyers B, Fairbanks D, Van Jaarsveld AS, Thompson M: 2001. Priority areas for the conservation of South African vegetation: A coarse-filter approach. Diversity and Distributions, 7(1), pp 77-96.

Roper T, Bennett NC, Conradt L, Molteno AJ: 2001. Environmental conditions in burrows of two species of African mole-rat, Georychus capensis and Cryptomys damarensis. Journal of Zoology, 254, pp 101-107.

Roux J-P, Best PB, Stander PE: 2001. Sightings of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) in Namibian waters, 1971-1999. Journal of Cetacean Research Management (Special Issue), 2, pp 181-185.

Sangare O, Bastos AD, Marquardt O, Venter EH, Vosloo W, Thomson GR: 2001. Molecular epidemiology of serotype O Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus with emphasis on West and South Africa. Virus Genes, 22(3), pp 343-349.

Simon UE, Moritz RFA, Crewe RM: 2001. The ontogenetic pattern of mandibular gland components in queenless worker bees (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Journal of Insect Physiology, 47, pp 735-738.

Sledge MF, Peeters C, Crewe RM: 2001. Reproductive division of labour without dominance interactions in the queenless ponerine ant Pachycondyla (=Ophthalmopone) Berthoudi (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Insectes Sociaux, 48, pp 67-73.

Smit A, Van Aarde RJ: 2001. The influence of millipedes on selected soil elements: A microcosm study on three millipede species of coastal sand dunes. Functional Ecology, 15, pp 51-59.

St Clair Hill M, Ferguson JWH, Bester MN, Kerley GIH: 2001. Preliminary comparison of calls of the hybridizing fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis and A. gazella. African Zoology, 36(1), pp 45-53.

Thompson M, Vink ER, Fairbanks D, Balance A, Shackleton CM: 2001. Comparison of extent and transformation of South Africa's woodland biome from two national databases. South African Journal of Science, 97, pp 179-182.

Van Jaarsveld AS, Chown SL: 2001. Climate change and its impacts in South Africa. Trends in Ecology & Evolution (TREE), 16(1), pp 13-14.

Van der Merwe M, Van Zyl A: 2001. Postnatal growth of the greater cane rat Thryonomys swinderianus (Thryonomiyidae: Rodentia) in Gauteng, South Africa. Mammalia, 65(4), pp 495-507.

Van der Walt L, Bennett NC, Schoeman AS: 2001. Reproductive suppression and pituitary sensitivity to exogenous GnRH in the highveld mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae. Journal of Zoology, 254, pp 177-184.

Vivier L, Van der Merwe M: 2001. Aspects of the histology of reproduction in the female Angolan free-tailed bat Mops condylurus (Microchiroptera: Molossidae) in Mpumulanga, South Africa. Journal of Zoology, 254, pp 495-504.

Vosloo W, Bastos AD, Michel A, Thomson GR: 2001. Tracing movement of African buffalo in southern Africa. Scientific and Technical Review of the Office International des Epizooties, 20(2), pp 630-639.

Wassenaar TD, Howarth GR: 2001. Georgetown Bioethics course. Truth and Grace (SA Catholic Bishops' Publication), 18(3), pp 17-19.

Wilkinson IS, Van Aarde RJ: 2001. Investment in sons and daughters by southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, at Marion Island. Marine Mammal Science, 17(4), pp 873-887.

Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Coutinho TA, Govender P, Wingfield BD: 2001. Plantation disease and pest management in the next century. Southern African Forestry Journal, 190 / Mar, pp 67-71.

Woolnough AP, Steele VR: 2001. The palaeoecology of the Vombatidae: Did giant wombats burrow?. Mammal Review, 31(1), pp 33-45.

Woolnough AP, du Toit JT: 2001. Vertical zonation of browse quality in tree canopies exposed to a size-structured guild of African browsing ungulates. Oecologia, 129, pp 585-590.