Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
du Toit, JT
BSc(Hons)(Cape Town) PhD(Witwatersrand) - Professor and Director: Mammal Research Institute
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3776
Fax number: 012 420 2534
E-mail address: jtdutoit@zoology.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
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:
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.
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.
Caron A, Cross PC, du Toit JT: 2003. Ecological implications of bovine tuberculosis in African buffalo herds. Ecological Applications, 13 (5), pp 1338-1345.
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.
Knobel D, Liebenberg A, du Toit JT: 2003. Seroconversion in captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) following administration of a chicken head bait/SAG-2 oral rabies vaccine combination. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 70, pp 73-77.
Chapters in books:
Naiman RJ, Braack LEO, Grant R, Kemp A, du Toit JT, Venter F: 2003. Interactions between Species and Ecosystem Characteristics. In The Kruger Experience: Ecology and Management of Savanna Heterogeneity, (10), Island Press, Washington, DC, pp 221-241.
du Toit JT: 2003. Large herbivores and savanna heterogeneity. In The Kruger Experience: Ecology and Management of Savanna Heterogeneity, (14), Island Press, Washington, DC, pp 292-309.
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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