Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics - Research Output
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Harrison JduG: 2004. Revision of the endemic southern African genus Rhabdopholis Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). African Entomology, 12 (1), pp 39-54.
Kumssa DB, van Aarde RJ, Wassenaar TD: 2004. The regeneration of soil micro-arthropod assemblages in a rehabilitating coastal dune forest at Richards Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 42, pp 346-354.
Channing A, Moyer DC, Dawood A: 2004. A new sand frog from central Tanzania (Anura: Ranidae:Tomopterna). African Journal of Herpetology: Journal of the Herpetological Association of South Africa, 53 (1), pp 21-28.
Turner AA, de Villiers AL, Dawood A, Channing A: 2004. A new species of Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926 (Anura: Ranidae) from the Groot Winterhoek Mountains of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. African Journal of Herpetology: Journal of the Herpetological Association of South Africa, 53 (1), pp 1-12.
Venturi FP, Chimimba CT, van Aarde RJ, Fairall N: 2004. The distribution of two medically and agriculturally important cryptic rodent species, Mastomys natalensis and M. coucha (Rodentia: Muridae) in South Africa. African Zoology, 39 (2), pp 235-245.
Dawood A, Uqubay SM: 2004. A molecular phylogeny of the sand frog genus Tomopterna (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) based on mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA sequences. African Zoology, 39 (1), pp 145-151.
Tosh C, Reyers B, Van Jaarsveld AS: 2004. Estimating the abundances of large herbivores in the Kruger National Park using presence-absence data. Animal Conservation, 7, pp 55-61.
Butler JRA, du Toit JT, Bingham J: 2004. Free-ranging domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) as predators and prey in rural Zimbabwe: Threats of competition and disease to large wild carnivores. Biological Conservation, 115, pp 369-378.
Jacobs DH: 2004. The evolution of a neo-XY1Y2 sex chromosome system by autosome-sex chromosome fusion inDundocoris nodulicarinus Jacobs (Heteroptera: Arididae: Carventinae). Chromosome Research, 12, pp 175-191.
Taylor PJ, Cotterill FPD, van der Merwe M, White W, Jacobs DS: 2004. New biogeographical records of five rare bat species (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae and Vespertilionidae) from South Africa. Durban Museum Novitates, 29, pp 104-109.
Grebennikov VV: 2004. Grub-like larvae of Neuroptera (Insecta): a morphological review of the families Ithonidae and Polystoechotidae and a description of Oliarces clara. European Journal of Entomology, 101, pp 409-417.
van Staden V, Erasmus BFN, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, van Jaarsveld AS: 2004. Modelling the spatial distribution of two important South African plantation forestry pathogens. Forest Ecology and Management, 187, pp 61-73.
Philips TK, Edmonds WD, Scholtz CH: 2004. A phylogenetic analysis of the New World tribe Phanaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): Hypotheses on relationships and origins. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 35, pp 43-63.
Grebennikov VV, Scholtz CH: 2004. The basal phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) inferred from larval morphology. Invertebrate Systematics, 18, pp 321-348.
Parr CL, Robertson HG, Biggs H, Chown SL: 2004. Response of African savanna ants to long-term fire regimes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41, pp 630-642.
Davis ALV, Scholtz CH: 2004. Local and regional species ranges of a dung beetle assemblage from the semi-arid Karoo/Kalahari margins, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments, 57 (1), pp 61-85.
Janse van Rensburg B, Koleff P, Gaston KJ, Chown SL: 2004. Spatial congruence of ecological transition at the regional scale in South Africa. Journal of Biogeography, 31, pp 843-854.
Jackson TP, van Aarde RJ: 2004. Diet quality differentially affects breeding effort of Mastomys coucha andM. natalensis: Implications for rodent pests. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Comparative Experimental Biology, 301A, pp 97-108.
Kryger U, Robinson TJ, Bloomer P: 2004. Population structure and history of southern African scrub hares, Lepus saxatilis. Journal of Zoology, 263, pp 121-133.
Faulkes CG, Verheyen E, Verheyen W, Jarvis JUM, Bennett NC: 2004. Phylogeographical patterns of genetic divergence and speciation in African mole-rats (Family: Bathyergidae). Molecular Ecology, 13, pp 613-629.
Davies H, du Toit JT: 2004. Anthropogenic factors affecting wild dog Lycaon pictus reintroductions: A case study in Zimbabwe. Oryx, 38 (1), pp 32-39.
Janse van Rensburg B, Erasmus BFN, Van Jaarsveld AS, Gaston KJ, Chown SL: 2004. Conservation during times of change: Correlations between birds, climate, and people in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 100, pp 266-272.
Lindsey PA, du Toit JT, Mills MGL: 2004. The distribution and population status of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) outside protected areas in South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 34 (2), pp 143-151.
du Toit M, Bartlett PA, Bester MN, Roux J-P: 2004. Seabird predation by individual seals at Ichaboe Island, Namibia. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 34 (1), pp 45-54.
Lindsey PA, du Toit JT, Mills MGL: 2004. Area and prey requirements of African wild dogs under varying habitat conditions: Implications for reintroductions. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 34 (1), pp 77-86.
Melville HIAS, Bothma JduP, Mills MGL: 2004. Prey selection by caracal in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 34 (1), pp 67-75.
Grebennikov VV, Ballerio A, Ocampo FC, Scholtz CH: 2004. Larvae of Ceratocanthidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): Study of morphology, phylogenetic analysis and evidence of paraphyly of Hybosoridae. Systematic Entomology, 29, pp 524-543.
Kharchenko VA, Lichtenfels JR, Pilitt PA, Krecek RC: 2004. A redescription of Cylicocyclus adersi Boulenger, 1920 (Nematoda: Strongyloidea: Cyanthostominae) parasitic in equids. Systematic Parasitology, 59, pp 127-134.
du Toit JT, Walker BH, Campbell BM: 2004. Conserving tropical nature: Current challenges for ecologists. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 19 (1), pp 12-17.
Linklater WL, Cameron EZ, Minot EO, Stafford KJ: 2004. Feral horse demography and population growth in the Kaimanawa Ranges, New Zealand. Wildlife Research, 31, pp 119-128.
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