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: 2004. Sex differences in space use, body condition and survivorship during the breeding season in the Namaqua rock mouse, Aethomys namaquensis. African Zoology, 39 (1), pp 123-132.
Jackson TP, van Aarde RJ: 2004. Do Mastomys natalensis pups develop more quickly than M. coucha pups?. African Zoology, 39 (1), pp 153-156.
Schoeman S, Bennett NC, van der Merwe M, Schoeman AS: 2004. Aseasonal reproduction in the Hottentot golden mole, Amblysomus hottentotus (Afrosoricida: Chrysochloridae) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Zoology, 39 (1), pp 41-46.
Clutton-Brock TH, Russell AF, Sharpe LL: 2004. Behavioural tactics of breeders in cooperative meerkats. Animal Behaviour, 68, pp 1029-1040.
Cuvillier-Hot V, Lenoir A, Crewe RM, Malosse C, Peeters CP: 2004. Fertility signalling and reproductive skew in queenless ants. Animal Behaviour, 68, pp 1209-1219.
van Aarde RJ, Ferreira SM, Wassenaar TD: 2004. Do feral house mice have an impact on invertebrate communities on sub-Antarctic Marion island?. Austral Ecology, 29, pp 215-224.
Kirkman SP, Bester MN, Hofmeyr GJG, Jonker FC, Pistorius PA, Owen R, Strydom N: 2004. Variation in the timing of the breeding haulout of female southern elephant seals at Marion Island. Australian Journal of Zoology, 52 (4), pp 379-388.
Whitten PL, Turner TR: 2004. Male residence and the patterning of serum testosterone in vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 56, pp 565-578.
Scholtz CH, Harrison JDG, Grebennikov VV: 2004. Dung beetle (Scarabaeus (Pachysoma)) biology and immature stages: Reversal to ancestral states under desert conditions (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 83 (4), pp 453-460.
Crewe RM, Moritz RFA, Lattorff HMG: 2004. Trapping pheromonal components with silicone rubber tubes: Fatty acid secretions in honeybees (Apis mellifera). Chemoecology, 14, pp 77-79.
Ntshotsho P, van Aarde RJ, Nicolson SW, Jackson TP: 2004. Renal physiology of two southern African Mastomys species (Rodentia: Muridae): a salt-loading experiment to assess concentrating ability. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & integrative Physiology, 139, pp 441-117.
Fleming PA, Gray DA, Nicolson SW: 2004. Osmoregulatory response to acute diet change in an avian nectarivore: Rapid rehydration following water shortage. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & integrative Physiology, 138, pp 321-326.
Gray DA, Fleming PA, Nicolson SW: 2004. Dietary intake effects on arginine vasotocin and aldosterone in cloacal fluid of whitebellied sunbirds (Nectarinia talatala). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & integrative Physiology, 138, pp 441-449.
Johnson SA, Nicolson SW, Jackson S: 2004. The effect of different oral antibiotics on the gastrointestinal microflora of a wild rodent (Aethomys namaquensis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & integrative Physiology, 138, pp 475-483.
Fleming PA, Hartman Bakken B, Lotz CN, Nicolson SW: 2004. Concentration and temperature effects on sugar intake and preferences in a sunbird and a hummingbird. Functional Ecology, 18, pp 223-232.
Carlson AA, Young A, Russell A, Bennett NC, McNeilly AS, Clutton-Brock TH: 2004. Hormonal correlates of dominance in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Hormones and Behavior, 46, pp 141-150.
Radloff FGT, du Toit JT: 2004. Large predators and their prey in a southern African savanna: a predator's size determines its prey size range. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73, pp 410-423.
Fleming PA, Gray DA, Nicolson SW: 2004. Circadian rhythm of water balance and aldosterone excretion in the whitebellied sunbird Nectarinia talatala. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 174, pp 341-346.
Bateman PW, Ferguson JWH, Ferreira (McDonald) M: 2004. The influence of physical and acoustic experience on sequential mate preference in the cricketGryllus bimaculatus. Is song important?. Journal of Insect Behavior, 17 (6) / Nov, pp 843-855.
Janse van Rensburg L, Chimimba CT, van der Merwe M, Schoeman AS, Bennett NC: 2004. Relative age and reproductive status in Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy, 85 (6), pp 58-65.
Gutjahr (Miethe) G, Janse van Rensburg L, Malpaux B, Richter TA, Bennett NC: 2004. The endogenous rhythm of plasma melatonin and its regulation by light in the highveld mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae): A microphthalmic, seasonally breeding rodent. Journal of Pineal Research, 37, pp 185-192.
Krecek RC, Tobin PKJ: 2004. An analysis of opinions from veterinarians in South Africa regarding business management skills. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association-Tydskrif van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging, 75 (1), pp 24-29.
Bateman PW, Ferguson JWH: 2004. Male mate choice in the Botswana armoured ground cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Hetrodinae). Can, and how, do males judge female mating history?. Journal of Zoology, 262, pp 305-309.
Herbst M, Jarvis JUM, Bennett NC: 2004. A field assessment of reproductive seasonality in the threatened wild Namaqua dune mole-rat (Bathyergus janetta). Journal of Zoology, 263, pp 259-268.
Jackson TP, Bennett NC, Spinks AC: 2004. Is the distribution of the arid-occurring otomyine rodents of southern Africa related to physiological adaptation or refuge type?. Journal of Zoology, 264, pp 1-10.
Malherbe GP, Schoeman AS, Bennett NC: 2004. Is the highveld mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) an induced or spontaneous ovulator?. Journal of Zoology, 263, pp 159-165.
Pistorius PA, Bester MN, Lewis M, Taylor FE, Campagna C, Kirkman SP: 2004. Adult female survival, population trend, and the implications of early primiparity in a capital breeder, the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Journal of Zoology, 263 (2), pp 107-119.
Visscher D, van Aarde RJ, Whyte IJ: 2004. Environmental and maternal correlates of foetal sex ratios in the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). Journal of Zoology, 264, pp 111-116.
Elwen SH, Best PB: 2004. Female southern right whales Eubalaena australis: Are there reproductive benefits associated with their coastal distribution off South Africa?. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 269, pp 289-295.
Elwen SH, Best PB: 2004. Environmental factors influencing the distribution of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) on the South Coast of South Africa I. Broad scale patterns. Marine Mammal Science, 20 (3), pp 567-582.
Elwen SH, Best PB: 2004. Environmental factors influencing the distribution of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) on the South Coast of South Africa II. Within bay distribution. Marine Mammal Science, 20 (3), pp 583-602.
Bishop JM, Jarvis JUM, Spinks AC, Bennett NC, O Ryan C: 2004. Molecular insight into patterns of colony composition and paternity in the common mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus. Molecular Ecology, 13, pp 1217-1229.
Burland T, Bennett NC, Jarvis JUM, Faulkes CG: 2004. Colony structure and parentage in wild colonies of co-operatively breeding Damaraland mole-rats suggest incest avoidance alone may not maintain reproductive skew. Molecular Ecology, 13, pp 2371-2379.
Ganem G, Bennett NC: 2004. Tolerance to unfamiliar conspecifics varies with social organization in female African mole-rats. Physiology & Behavior, 82, pp 555-562.
Hart L, Bennett NC, Malpaux B, Chimimba CT, Oosthuizen MK: 2004. The chronobiology of the Natal mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis. Physiology & Behavior, 82, pp 563-569.
Dacke M, Byrne M, Scholtz CH, Warrant E: 2004. Lunar orientation in a beetle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section B-Biological Sciences, 271, pp 361-365.
Cameron EZ: 2004. Facultative adjustment of mammalian sex ratios in support of the Trivers-Willard hypothesis: Evidence for a mechanism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 271, pp 1723-1728.
Moritz RFA, Lattorff HMG, Crewe RM: 2004. Honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis) compete for producing queen-like pheromone signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 271, pp S98-S100.
Macandza VA, Owen-Smith N, Cross PC: 2004. Forage selection by African buffalo in the late dry season in two landscapes. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 31 (2), pp 113-121.
Carabin H, Torgerson PR, Budke C, Cowan LD, Nash T, Willingham AL, Krecek RC, Michael LM, Schantz PM, Dorny P, Rodríguez-Hildalgo R, Benitez-Ortiz W, Geerts S, Geyson D, Ron-Román J, Proaño-Pérez F, Chávez-Larrea MA, Barrionuevo-Samaniego M, Celi-Erazo M, Vizcaíno-Ordóñez L, Brandt J, Jenkins DJ, Lightowlers MW, Heath DD, Eddi C, de Balogh KKIM, Lubroth J, Amanfu W, Speedy A, Battaglia D: 2004. How does cysticercosis impact resource-poor communities in South Africa? In: Assessing the burden of Taenia solium cysticercosis and echinococcosis. Veterinary Parasitology, In 19th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP): Assessing the burden of Taenia solium cysticercosis and echinococcosis, 125, Veterinary Parasitology, Elsevier, pp 183-202.
Soulsby Lord, Trawford AF, Matthews JB, de Aluja AS, Dorchies PH, Gebreab F, Pangui LJ, Krecek RC: 2004. Best practice worm management for equids in Africa. In: Donkey: Hero or villain of the parasite world? Past, present and future. Veterinary Parasitology, In 19th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP): Donkey: Hero or villain of the parasite world? Past, present and future, 125, Veterinary Parasitology, Elsevier, pp 43-58.
Krecek RC, Maingi N: 2004. Comparison of two techniques used for the recovery of third-stage strongylid nematode larvae from herbage. Veterinary Parasitology, 122, pp 233-243.
Mills MGL, Broomhall LS, du Toit JT: 2004. Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus feeding ecology in the Kruger National Park and a comparison across African savanna habitats: is the cheetah only a successful hunter on open grassland plains?. Wildlife Biology, 10 (3), pp 177-186.
Books:
Chown SL, Nicolson SW: 2004. Insect Physiological Ecology. Mechanisms and patterns. Oxford University Press, 243 pp.
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