Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics - Research Output
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Foord SH, Ferguson JWH, van Jaarsveld AS: 2002. Endemicity of Afromontane grasshopper assemblages: Implications for grassland conservation. African Journal of Ecology, 40, pp 318-327.
Fairbanks DHK, Kshatriya M, van Jaarsveld AS, Underhill LG: 2002. Scales and consequences of human land transformation on South African avian diversity and structure. Animal Conservation, 5 / ISI, pp 61-73.
Jansen van Vuuren B, Best PB, Roux JP, Robinson TJ: 2002. Phylogeographic population structure in the Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii): Conservation implications. Animal Conservation, 5 / ISI, pp 303-307.
Bester MN, Ferguson JWH, Jonker FC: 2002. Population densities of pack ice seals in the Lasarev Sea, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 14 (2), pp 123-127.
Odendaal PN, Bester MN, van der Merwe M, Oosthuizen WH: 2002. Seasonal changes in the ovarian structure of the Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus. Australian Journal of Zoology, 50, pp 491-506.
Hofmeyr GJG, de Maine M, Bester MN, Kirkman SP, Pistorius PA, Makhado AB: 2002. Entanglement of pinnipeds at Marion Island, Southern Ocean: 1991-2001. Australian Mammalogy, 24, pp 141-146.
Keith M, van Jaarsveld AS: 2002. Revisiting Green Data species lists. Biodiversity and Conservation, 11, pp 1313-1316.
Reyers B, Fairbanks D, Wessels KJ, van Jaarsveld AS: 2002. A multicriteria approach to reserve selection: Addressing long-term biodiversity maintenance. Biodiversity and Conservation, 11, pp 769-793.
Jackson S, Nicolson SW: 2002. Xylose as a nectar sugar: From biochemistry to ecology. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 131, pp 613-620.
Erasmus BFN, van Jaarsveld AS, Chown SL, Kshatriya M, Wessels KJ: 2002. Vulnerability of South African animal taxa to climate change. Global Change Biology, 8 / ISI, pp 679-693.
Pistorius PA, Bester MN: 2002. Juvenile survival and population regulation in southern elephant seals at Marion Island. Journal of African Zoology, 37 (1), pp 35-41.
Bradshaw CJA, McMahon CR, Hindell MA, Pistorius PA, Bester MN: 2002. Do southern elephant seals show density dependence in fecundity?. Polar Biology, 25, pp 650-655.
Allen WR, Mathias SS, Wooding FBP, Skidmore JA, van Aarde RJ: 2002. Placentation in the African elephant, Loxodonta africana. 1. Endocrinological aspects. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 60, pp 105-116.
Best PB, Lockyer CH: 2002. Reproduction, growth and migrations of sei whales Balenoptera borealis off the west coast of South Africa in the 1960s. South African Journal of Marine Science, 24, pp 111-133.
Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN: 2002. Entanglement of pinnipeds at Marion Island. South African Journal of Marine Science, 24, pp 383-386.
Erasmus L, van Jaarsveld AS: 2002. Exploring policy interventions for sustainable development in South Africa: A modelling approach. South African Journal of Science, 98, pp 3-8.
Keith M, Peddemors VM, Bester MN, Ferguson JWH: 2002. Population characteristics of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins at Richards Bay, South Africa: Implications for incidental capture in shark nets. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 32 (2), pp 153-162.
Pistorius PA, Kirkman SP, Bester MN, Taylor FE: 2002. Implications of the winter haulout for future survival and resighting probability of southern elephant seals at Marion Island. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 32 (1), pp 59-63.
Pistorius PA, Taylor FE, Louw C, Hanise B, Bester MN, de Wet C, du Plooy A, Green N, Klasen S, Podile S, Schoeman J: 2002. Distribution, movement, and estimated population size of killer whales at Marion Island, December 2000. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 32 (1), pp 86-92.
Bester MN, Bloomer P, van Aarde RJ, Erasmus BH, van Rensburg PJJ, Skinner JD, Howell PG, Naude TW: 2002. A review of the successful eradication of feral cats from sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Southern Indian Ocean. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 32 (1) / Apr, pp 65-73.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
Erasmus L, van Jaarsveld AS, Bommel PO: 2002. A spatially explicit modelling approach to socio-economic development in South Africa. In Proceedings of the First Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Integrated Assessment and Decision Support, The International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), pp 91-96.
Research and technical/policy output for clients:
Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN: Science + Technology Transfer: 2002. Pinniped Research at Bouvetoya, 2001/02. For: Norwegian Polar Institute.
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