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: B3
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 JT, Walker BH, Campbell BM: 2004. Conserving tropical nature: Current challenges for ecologists. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 19 (1), pp 12-17.
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.
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