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:
Haddad CR, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Pekar S: 2005. Arboreal spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in pistachio orchards in South Africa. African Plant Protection, 11, pp 32-41.
Haddad CR, Louw SvdM, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2005. Spiders (Araneae) in ground covers of pistachio orchards in South Africa. African Plant Protection, 10 (2), pp 97-107.
Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, van den Berg AM, van den Berg MA, Foord SH: 2005. Spiders in avocado orchards in the Mpumalanga Lowveld of South Africa: species diversity and abundance (Arachnida: Araneae). African Plant Protection, 11, pp 8-16.
Maswanganye KA, Malherbe GP, Bennett NC: 2005. Ultrastructure of epididymal spermatozoa in three social African mole-rats of the genusCryptomys (Rodentia: Bathyergidae): Conservatism in sperm morphology. African Zoology, 40 (2), pp 293-300.
Bateman PW, Verburgt L, Ferguson JWH: 2005. Exposure to male song increases rate of egg development in the cricket Gryllodes sigillatus. African Zoology, 40 (2), pp 323-326.
van der Merwe M, Mostert THC: 2005. Ovarian activity and early embryonic development in the rusty bat,Pipistrellus rusticus. African Zoology, 40 (1), pp 45-54.
van Zyl A, Rambau RV, van der Merwe M: 2005. Aspects of the anatomy and histology of the alimentary canal of the greater cane rat, Thryonomys swinderianus, with reference to its feeding physiology. African Zoology, 40 (1), pp 25-36.
de Bruyn PJN, Bester MN, Kirkman SP, Mecenero S, Roux JP, Klages NTW: 2005. Cephalopod diet of the Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus, along the Namibian coast: variation due to location. African Zoology, 40 (2), pp 261-270.
Parr CL, Sinclair BJ, Andersen AN, Gaston KJ, Chown SL: 2005. Constraint and competition in assemblages: a cross-continental and modelling approach for ants. American Naturalist, 165 (4) / Apr, pp 481-494.
Cameron EZ, du Toit JT: 2005. Social influences on vigilance behaviour in giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis. Animal Behaviour, 69, pp 1337-1344.
Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2005. Direct and indirect costs of limb autotomy in field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus). Animal Behaviour, 69, pp 151-159.
Simon UE, Moritz RFA, Crewe RM: 2005. Reproductive dominance among honeybee workers in experimental groups of Apis mellifera capensis. Apidologie, 36, pp 413-419.
Rotherham LS, van der Merwe M, Bester MN, Oosthuizen WH: 2005. Morphology and distribution of sweat glands in the Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Carnivora: Otariidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 53 (5), pp 295-300.
Holter P, Scholtz CH: 2005. Are ball-rolling (Scarabaeini, Gymnopleurini, Sisyphini) and tunnelling scarabaeine dung beetles equally choosy about the size of ingested dung particles?. Ecological Entomology, 30, pp 1-6.
Richardson DM, Rouget M, Ralston SJ, Cowling RM, Janse van Rensburg B, Thuiller W: 2005. Species richness of alien plants in South Africa: Environmental correlates and the relationship with indigenous plant species richness. Ecoscience, 12 (3), pp 391-402.
Nicolson SW, Hoffmann D, Fleming PA: 2005. Short-term energy regulation in nectar-feeding birds: The response of Whitebellied Sunbirds (Nectarinia talatala) to a midday fast. Functional Ecology, 19, pp 988-994.
Roxburgh L, Nicolson SW: 2005. Patterns of host use in two African mistletoes: the importance of mistletoe-host compatibility and avian disperser behaviour. Functional Ecology, 19, pp 865-873.
Nicolson SW, Nepi M: 2005. Dilute nectar in dry atmospheres: Nectar secretion patterns in Aloe castanea (Asphodelaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences, 166 (2), pp 227-233.
Brettschneider H, Bateman PW: 2005. Differential shelter selection in response to predator chemical cues by two orthopterans: Libanasidus vittatus (Anostostomatidae) and Platygryllus primiformis (Gryllidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 18 (3), pp 381-387.
Jackson CR, Bennett NC: 2005. Is the Natal mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis) a spontaneous or induced ovulator?. Journal of Mammalogy, 86 (1), pp 1-6.
Reeb D, Duffield M, Best PB: 2005. Evidence of post-natal ecdysis in southern right whales, Eubalaena australis. Journal of Mammalogy, 86 (1), pp 131-138.
Kalamatianos T, Du Toit L, Hrabovszky E, Kallo I, Marsh JS, Bennett NC, Coen CW: 2005. Characterization of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone precursor cDNA in the Old World mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae: high degree of identity with the New World guinea pig sequence. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 17, pp 265-268.
van Sandwyk J, Bennett NC: 2005. Do solitary, seismic signalling Cape mole-rats, Georychus capensis demonstrate spontaneous or induced ovulation?. Journal of Zoology, 267, pp 75-80.
Begg CM, Begg KS, du Toit JT, Mills MGL: 2005. Life-history variables of an atypical mustelid, the honey badger Mellivora capensis. Journal of Zoology, 265, pp 17-22.
Begg CM, Begg KS, du Toit JT, Mills MGL: 2005. Spatial organization of the honey badger Mellivora capensis in the southern Kalahari: home-range size and movement patterns. Journal of Zoology, 265, pp 23-35.
Khoza TT, Dippenaar SM, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2005. The biodiversity and species composition of the spider community of Marion Island, a recent survey (Arachnida: Araneae). Koedoe, 48 (2), pp 103-107.
Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, van der Walt AE, de Jager M, le Roux E, van den Berg A: 2005. The spiders of the Swartberg Nature Reserve in South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae). Koedoe, 48 (1), pp 77-86.
Kaliszewska ZA, Seger J, Rowntree J, Barco SG, Benegas R, Best PB, Brown MW, Brownell RL, Carribero A, Harcourt R, Knowlton AR, Marshall-Tilas K, Patenaude NJ, Rivarola M, Schaeff CM, Sironi M, Smith WA, Yamada T: 2005. Population histories of right whales (Cetacea:Eubalaena) inferred from mitochondrial sequence diversities and divergences of their whale lice (Amphipoda:Cyamus). Molecular Ecology, 14, pp 3439-3456.
Oosthuizen MK, Bennett NC, Cooper HM: 2005. FOS expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in response to light stimulation in a solitary and social species of African mole-rat (family Bathyergidae). Neuroscience, 133, pp 555-560.
du Toit JT, Yetman CA: 2005. Effects of body size on the diurnal activity budgets of African browsing ruminants. Oecologia, 143, pp 317-325.
Schumann DM, Cooper HM, Hofmeyr MD, Bennett NC: 2005. Circadian rhythm of locomotor activity in the four-striped field mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio: a diurnal or crepuscular African rodent. Physiology & Behavior, 85, pp 231-239.
Vasicek C, Oosthuizen MK, Cooper HM, Bennett NC: 2005. Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the subterranean Mashona mole-rat,Cryptomys darlingi. Physiology & Behavior, 84, pp 181-191.
Scantlebury M, Oosthuizen MK, Speakman JR, Jackson CR, Bennett NC: 2005. Seasonal energetics of the Hottentot golden mole at 1500m altitude. Physiology & Behavior, 84, pp 739-745.
Vasicek C, Malpaux B, Fleming PA, Bennett NC: 2005. Melatonin secretion in the Mashona mole-rat, Cryptomys darlingi - influence of light on rhythmicity. Physiology & Behavior, 83 (45), pp 689-697.
de Bruyn PJN, Cooper J: 2005. Who's the boss? Giant petrel arrival times and interspecific interactions at a seal carcass at sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Polar Biology, 28, pp 571-573.
Hofmeyr GJG, Kirkman SP, Bester MN: 2005. Leucistic Antarctic fur seals at Bouvetoya. Polar Biology, 29, pp 77-79.
Hofmeyr GJG, Krafft BA, Kirkman SP, Bester MN, Lydersen C, Kovacs KM: 2005. Population changes of Antarctic fur seals at Nyroysa, Bouvetoya. Polar Biology, 28, pp 725-731.
Bonfil R, Meyer M, Scholl MC, Johnson RL, Obrien S, Oosthuizen H, Swanson S, Kotze D, Paterson M: 2005. Transoceanic migration, spatial dynamics, and population linkages of white sharks. Science, 310, pp 100-103.
Taylor WA, Skinner JD, Krecek RC: 2005. Seasonal body condition indices of mountain reedbuckRedunca fulvorufula in two areas in South Africa: the grassland and Karoo biomes. South African Journal of Animal Science, 35 (1), pp 19-29.
Forgie S, Philips TK, Scholtz CH: 2005. Evolution of the Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Systematic Entomology, 30, pp 60-96.
Chapters in books:
Govender P, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Overview on the entomological research in the Mediterranean forest ecosystems of South Africa. In Entomological Research in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, INRA, Paris, France, pp 43-52.
Chimimba CT, Bennett NC: 2005. Order Rodentia. In Mammals of the Southern African Subregion, Cambridge University Press, pp 77-209.
Moritz RFA, Crewe RM: 2005. The interplay of intracolonial genotypic variance and self-organisation of dominance hierarchies in honeybees. In Self-organisation and Evolution of Social Systems, (3), Cambridge University Press, pp 36-49.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
Lange S, Burda H, Bennett NC, Nemec P: 2005. Middle ear ossicles as a diagnostic trait in African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). In Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Tropical Biology: African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems, Springer Verlag, pp 329-337.
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