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Ferguson, JWH
BSc(Hons) MSc(Pret) PhD(Witwatersrand) - Associate Professor

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2016
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: jwhferguson@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

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

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.

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

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.