Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
The ecology, ethology, physiology and evolution of African animals; Behavioural, physiological and evolutionary ecology; and Antarctic biology - Research Output
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Fleming PA, Nicolson SW: 2003. Arthropod fauna of mammal-pollinated Protea humiflora: Ants as an attractant for insectivore pollinators?. African Entomology, 11 (1), pp 9-14.
Kaunda SKK, Skinner JD: 2003. Black-backed jackal diet at Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology, 41, pp 39-46.
Aire TA, van der Merwe M: 2003. The ductuli efferentes testis of the greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus). Anatomy and Embryology, 206, pp 409-417.
Begg CM, Begg KS, du Toit JT, Mills MGL: 2003. Scent-marking behaviour of the honey badger Mellivora capensis (Mustelidae) in the southern Kalahari. Animal Behavior, 66 (66), pp 917-929.
Thackeray JF, van de Venter A, Lee-Thorp JA, Chimimba CT, van Heerden J: 2003. Stable carbon isotope analysis of modern and fossil samples of the South African rodent Aethomys namaquensis. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 40, pp 43-46.
Knobel D, du Toit JT: 2003. The influence of pack social structure on oral rabies vaccination coverage in captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Applied Animal Behavior Science, 80, pp 61-70.
Russell AF, Brotherton PNM, McIlrath GM, Sharpe LL, Clutton-Brock TH: 2003. Breeding success in cooperative meerkats: Effects of helper number and maternal state. Behavioral Ecology, 14 (4), pp 486-492.
Griffin AS, Pemberton JM, Brotherton PNM, McIlrath GM, Gaynor D, Kansky R, O'Riain MJ, Clutton-Brock TH: 2003. A genetic analysis of breeding success in the cooperagtive meerkat (Suricata suricatta). Behavioral Ecology, 14 (4), pp 472-480.
Cameron EZ, Linklater WL, Stafford KJ, Minot EO: 2003. Social grouping and maternal behaviour in feral horses (Equus caballus): The influence of males on maternal protectiveness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53, pp 92-101.
Negroni J, Bennett NC, Cooper HM: 2003. Organisation of the circadian system in the subterranean mole rat, Cryptomys hottentotus (Bathyergidae). Brain Research, 967, pp 48-62.
Barnett M, Telford SR, Bennett NC, Jarvis JUM: 2003. Foraging in the subterranean social Damaraland mole-rat, Cryptomys damarensis: An investigation into size dependent geophyte utilization and foraging patterns. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Journal Canadien de Zoologie, 81, pp 743-752.
Caron A, Cross PC, du Toit JT: 2003. Ecological implications of bovine tuberculosis in African buffalo herds. Ecological Applications, 13 (5), pp 1338-1345.
Nicolson SW, Fleming PA: 2003. Energy balance in the White-bellied sunbird, Nectarinia talatala: Constraints on compensatory feeding, and consumption of supplementary water. Functional Ecology, 17, pp 3-9.
Kirkman SP, Bester MN, Makhado AB, Pistorius PA: 2003. Female attendance patterns of Antarctic fur seals at Marion Island. Journal of African Zoology, 38 (2) / Oct, pp 402-405.
Malherbe GP, Bennett NC, Schoeman AS: 2003. The reproductive biology and postnatal development of the highveld mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Journal of African Zoology, 38 (1) / Apr, pp 161-167.
Zapata FA, Gaston KJ, Chown SL: 2003. Mid-domain models of species richness gradients: Assumptions, methods and evidence. Journal of Animal Ecology, 72, pp 677-690.
McMahon CR, Burton HR, Bester MN: 2003. A demographic comparison of two southern elephant seal populations. Journal of Animal Ecology, 72, pp 61-74.
Oosthuizen MK, Cooper HM, Bennett NC: 2003. Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in solitary and social species of African mole-rats (Family: Bathyergidae). Journal of Biological Rhythms, 18 (6) / Dec, pp 481-490.
Lotz CN, Martinez del Rio C, Nicolson SW: 2003. Hummingbirds pay a high cost for a warm drink. Journal of Comparative Physiology, 173, pp 455-462.
Wiehart UIM, Nicolson SW, Van Kerkhove E: 2003. K+ transport in Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor L.: A study of electrochemical gradients and basal K+ uptake mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, pp 949-957.
Wiehart UIM, Klein G, Steels P, Nicolson SW, Van Kerkhove E: 2003. K+ transport in Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor L.: Is a KATP channel involved?. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, pp 959-965.
Fleming PA, Nicolson SW: 2003. Osmoregulation in an avian nectarivore, the whitebellied sunbird Nectarinia talatala: Response to extremes of diet concentration. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, pp 1845-1854.
Wiehart UIM, Nicolson SW, Van Kerkhove E: 2003. The effects of endogenous diuretic and antidiuretic peptides and their second messengers in the malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor: An electrophysiological study. Journal of Insect Physiology, 49, pp 955-965.
Jackson TP, van Aarde RJ: 2003. Sex- and species-specific growth patterns in the cryptic African rodents, Mastomys natalensis and Mastomys coucha. Journal of Mammalogy, 84 (3), pp 851-860.
Richter TA, Malpaux B, Fleming PA, Molteno AJ, Bennett NC: 2003. Melatonin secretion in a strictly subterranean mammal, the Damaraland mole-rat (Cryptomys damarensis). Journal of Zoology, 261, pp 313-319.
Begg CM, Begg KS, du Toit JT, Mills MGL: 2003. Sexual and seasonal variation in the diet and foraging behaviour of a sexually dimorphic carnivore, the honey badger Mellivora capensis. Journal of Zoology, 260, pp 301-316.
Broomhall LS, Mills MGL, du Toit JT: 2003. Home range and habitat use by cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in the Kruger National Park. Journal of Zoology, 261, pp 119-128.
Fleming PA, Loveridge JP: 2003. Miombo woodland termite mounds: resource islands for small vertebrates?. Journal of Zoology, 259, pp 161-168.
Funston PJ, Mills MGL, Richardson PRK, van Jaarsveld AS: 2003. Reduced dispersal and opportunistic territory acquisition in male lions (Panthera leo). Journal of Zoology, 259, pp 131-142.
Janse van Rensburg L, Bennett NC, van der Merwe M, Schoeman AS, Brinders JM: 2003. Are non-reproductive male highveld mole-rats, Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae physiologically suppressed while in the confines of the natal colony?. Journal of Zoology, 260, pp 73-78.
Malherbe GP, Bennett NC, Schoeman AS: 2003. Foraging in the subterranean social highveld mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae: An investigation into mass-dependent geophyte use and foraging patterns. Journal of Zoology, 260, pp 219-225.
Dalebout ML, Ross GJB, Baker CS, Anderson RC, Best PB, Cockcroft VG, Hinsz HL, Peddemors VM, Pitman RL: 2003. Appearance, distribution and genetic distinctiveness of Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus. Marine Mammal Science, 19 (3), pp 421-461.
Moritz RFA, Pflugfelder J, Crewe RM: 2003. Lethal fighting between honeybee queens and parasitic workers (Apis mellifera L.). Naturwissenschaften, 90, pp 378-381.
Fleming PA, Nicolson SW: 2003. Nectar as food for birds: The physiological consequences of drinking dilute sugar solutions. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 238, pp 139-153.
Janse van Rensburg L, Chimimba CT, Bastos AD, Chown SL: 2003. Morphometric measurement selection: An invertebrate case study based on weevils from sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Polar Biology, 27, pp 38-49.
Russell AF, Sharpe LL, Brotherton PNM, Clutton-Brock TH: 2003. Cost minimization by helpers in cooperative vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100 (6), pp 3333-3338.
de Bruyn PJN, Bester MN, Mecenero S, Kirkman SP, Roux J-P, Klages NTW: 2003. Temporal variation of cephalopods in the diet of Cape fur seals in Namibia. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 33 (2) / Oct, pp 85-96.
McMahon CR, Hindell MA: 2003. Twinning in southern elephant seals: The implications of resource allocation by mothers. Wildlife Research, 30, pp 35-39.
Chapters in books:
Whiting MJ, Nagy K, Bateman PW: 2003. Evolution and maintenance of social status-signaling badges: Experimental manipulations in lizards. In Lizard Social Behavior, (2), Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, pp 47-82.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
du Toit JT, Fritz H: 2003. Size matters: Body size diversity and resource use efficiency in ungulate guilds. In Proceedings of the VII International Rangeland Congress: Rangelands in the New Millennium, Grassland Society of Southern Africa, pp 499-501.
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