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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology

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

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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.

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.

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.

Johnson RL, Ferguson JWH, van Jaarsveld AS, Bronner GN, Chimimba CT: 2002. Delayed responses of small-mammal assemblages subject to afforestation-induced grassland fragmentation. Journal of Mammalogy, 83 (1), pp 290-300.

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.

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.

 

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