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Van Jaarsveld, AS
BSc(Hons) PhD(Pret) - Professor

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 420 4048
Fax number: 012 362 3210
E-mail address: asvjaarsveld@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

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.

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.

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.

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

Chapters in books

Mills MGL, Freitag S, Van Jaarsveld AS: 2001. Geographic priorities for carnivore conservation in Africa. (21), pp 467-483.