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:
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.
Jackson TP, van Aarde RJ: 2004. Do Mastomys natalensis pups develop more quickly than M. coucha pups?. African Zoology, 39 (1), pp 153-156.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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