Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
van Aarde, RJ
MSc DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: C1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2753
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: rjvaarde@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:
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.
Allen WR, Mathias SS, Wooding FBP, van Aarde RJ: 2003. Placentation in the African elephant (Loxodonta Africana): II Morphological changes in the uterus and placenta throughout gestation. Placenta, 24, pp 598-617.
Davis ALV, van Aarde RJ, Scholtz CH, Delport JH: 2003. Convergence between dung beetle assemblages of a post-mining vegetational chronosequence and unmined dune forest. Restoration Ecology, 11 (1), pp 29-42.
Weiermans J, van Aarde RJ: 2003. Roads as ecological edges for rehabilitating coastal dune assemblages in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Restoration Ecology, 11 (1), pp 43-49.
Jackson TP, van Aarde RJ: 2003. Advances in vertebrate pest control: implications for the control of feral house mice on Marion Island. South African Journal of Science, 99 / Mar/Apr, pp 130-136.
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