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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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