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Bennett, NC
BSc(Hons)(Bristol) PhD(Cape Town) - Professor

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2538
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: ncbennett@zoology.up.ac.za

Research interests:

The ecology, ethology, physiology and evolution of African animals; Behavioural, physiological and evolutionary ecology; and Antarctic biology

Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics

Research output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.