Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Bester, MN
BSc(Hons) MSc(Stell) DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2067
Fax number: 012 420 2534
E-mail address: mnbester@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:
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.
Ferguson JWH, Bester MN: 2002. The treatment of spatial autocorrelation in biological surveys: The case of line transect surveys. Antarctic Science, 14 (2), pp 115-122.
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.
Pistorius PA, Bester MN: 2002. A longitudinal study of senescence in a pinniped. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Journal Canadien de Zoologie, 80, pp 395-401.
Kirkman SP, Bester MN, Hofmeyr GJG, Pistorius PA, Makhado AB: 2002. Pup growth and maternal attendance patterns in Subantarctic fur seals. Journal of African Zoology, 37 (1), pp 13-19.
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.
Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN: 2002. Entanglement of pinnipeds at Marion Island. South African Journal of Marine Science, 24, pp 383-386.
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.
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.
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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