Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Bennett, NC
BSc(Hons)(Bristol) PhD(Cape Town) - Professor
NRF Rating: B3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
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:
Janse van Rensburg L, Bennett NC, van der Merwe M, Schoeman AS: 2002. Seasonal reproduction in the highveld mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology-Journal Canadien de Zoologie, 80, pp 810-820.
le Comber SC, Spinks AC, Bennett NC, Jarvis JUM, Faulkes CG: 2002. Fractal dimensions of African mole-rat burrows. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Journal Canadien de Zoologie, 80, pp 436-441.
Roper TJ, Jackson TP, Conradt L, Bennett NC: 2002. Burrow use and the influence of ectoparasites in Brants' whistling rat, Parotomys brantsii. Ethology, 108, pp 557-564.
Molteno AJ, Bennett NC: 2002. Social suppression in nonreproductive female Damaraland mole-rats, Cryptomys damarensis: No apparent role for endogenous opioid peptides. Hormones and Behavior, 41, pp 115-125.
Lukats A, Dkhissi-Benyahya O, Szepessy Z, Rohlich P, Vigh B, Bennett NC, Cooper HM, Szel A: 2002. Visual pigment coexpression in all cones of two rodents, the Siberian hamster, and the pouched mouse. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 43 (7), pp 2468-2473.
Jackson TP, Roper TJ, Conradt L, Jackson MJ, Bennett NC: 2002. Alternative refuge strategies and their relation to thermophysiology in two sympatric rodents, Parotomys brantsii and Otomys unisulcatus. Journal of Arid Environments, 51, pp 21-34.
Ferguson JWH, Nijland MJM, Bennett NC: 2002. Simple roost nests confer large energetic savings for sparrow-weavers. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systematic and Environmental, 172, pp 137-143.
Molteno AJ, Bennett NC: 2002. Rainfall, dispersal and reproductive inhibition in eusocial Damaraland mole-rats (Cryptomys damarensis). Journal of Zoology, 256, pp 445-448.
van der Westhuizen LA, Bennett NC, Jarvis JUM: 2002. Behavioural interactions, basal plasma luteinizing hormone concentrations and the differential pituitary responsiveness to exogenous gonadotrophin-releasing hormone in entire colonies of the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber). Journal of Zoology, 256, pp 25-33.
Burland TM, Bennett NC, Jarvis JUM, Faulkes CG: 2002. Eusociality in African mole-rats: New insights from patterns of genetic relatedness in the Damaraland mole-rat (Cryptomys damarensis). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 269, pp 1025-1030.
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