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Van der Merwe, M
MSc DSc(Pret) - Senior Lecturer

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2058
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: mvdmerwe@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

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.

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.