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:
van der Merwe Y, Scholtz CH: 2005. New species of flightless Trogidae from South African relict forest fragments. African Entomology, 13 (1), pp 181-186.
Foord SH, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2005. A revision of the Afrotropical species of Hersiliola Thorell and Tama Simon with the description of a new genus Tyrotama (Araneae: Hersiliidae). African Entomology, 13 (2), pp 255-279.
Davis ALV, Scholtz CH, Deschodt C: 2005. A dung beetle survey of selected Gauteng nature reserves: implications for conservation of the provincial scarabaeine fauna. African Entomology, 13 (1), pp 1-16.
Samaai T, Best PB, Gibbons MJ: 2005. The taxonomic status of common dolphins Delphinus spp. in South African waters. African Journal of Marine Science, 27 (2), pp 449-458.
Chimimba CT: 2005. Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae). African Zoology, 40 (2), pp 271-284.
Keith M, Chimimba CT, Reyers B, Van Jaarsveld AS: 2005. Taxonomic and phylogenetic distinctiveness in regional conservation assessments: a case study based on extant South African Chiroptera and Carnivora. Animal Conservation, 8, pp 279-288.
Lindsey PA, Alexander R, du Toit JT, Mills MGL: 2005. The potential contribution of ecotourism to African wild dogLycaon pictus conservation in South Africa. Biological Conservation, 123, pp 339-348.
Lichtenfels JF, Kharchenko VA, Kuzmina TA, Krecek RC: 2005. Differentiation of Cylicocyclus gyalocephaloides of Equus burchelli from Cyclicocyclus insigne of Equus caballus (Strongyloidea: Nematoda). Comparative Parasitology, 72 (1), pp 108-115.
Lindsey PA, Alexander R, du Toit JT, Mills MGL: 2005. The cost efficiency of wild dog conservation in South Africa. Conservation Biology, 19 (4), pp 1205-1214.
Wassenaar TD, van Aarde RJ, Pimm S, Ferreira SM: 2005. Community convergence in disturbed sub-tropical dune forests. Ecology, 86 (3), pp 655-666.
Davis ALV, Philips TK: 2005. Effect of deforestation on a southwest Ghana dung beetle assemblage (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) at the periphery of Ankasa Conservation Area. Environmental Entomology, 34 (5), pp 1081-1088.
Medina C, Scholtz CH: 2005. Systematics of the southern African genus Epirinus Reiche (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae: Canthonini): Descriptions of new species and phylogeny. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 36 (2), pp 145-160.
Tambling C, du Toit JT: 2005. Modelling wildebeest population dynamics: Implications of predation and harvesting in a closed system. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42, pp 431-441.
Sole CL, Scholtz CH, Bastos AD: 2005. Phylogeography of the Namib Desert dung beetles, Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Biogeography, 32, pp 75-84.
Frolov A, Scholtz CH: 2005. Revision of the southern African genus Frankenbergerius Balthasar with description of new taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabeinae). Journal of Natural History, 39 (25), pp 2355-2377.
Best PB, Reeb D, Rew MB, Palsboll P, Schaeff C, Brandao A: 2005. Biopsying southern right whales: Their reactions and effects on reproduction. Journal of Wildlife Management, 69 (3), pp 1171-1180.
Modiba MA, Dippenaar SM, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2005. A checklist of spiders from Sovenga Hill, an inselberg in the Savanna Biome, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae). Koedoe, 48 (2), pp 109-115.
McMahon CR, Bester MN, Burton HR, Hindell MA, Bradshaw CJA: 2005. Population status, trends and a re-examination of the hypotheses explaining the recent declines of the southern elephant sealMirounga leonina. Mammal Review, 35 (1), pp 82-100.
McMahon CR, Hindell MA, Burton HR, Bester MN: 2005. Comparison of southern elephant seal populations, and observations of a population on a demographic knife-edge. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 288, pp 273-283.
Cassens I, van Waerebeek K, Best PB, Tzika A, Von Helden A, Crespo EA, Milinkovitch MC: 2005. Evidence for male dispersal along the coasts but no migration in pelagic waters in dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus). Molecular Ecology, 14, pp 107-121.
Redi BH, van Aarde RJ, Wassenaar TD: 2005. Coastal dune forest development and the regeneration of millipede communities. Restoration Ecology, 13 (2), pp 284-291.
Ntumi CP, van Aarde RJ, Fairall N, de Boer WF: 2005. Use of space and habitat by elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Maputo Elephant Reserve, Mozambique. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 35 (2), pp 139-146.
Bester MN, Hofmeyr GJG: 2005. Numbers of elephant seals at Prince Edward island, Southern Ocean. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 35 (1), pp 85-88.
Grebennikov VV, Maddison DR: 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Trechitae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on larval morphology, with a description of first-instar Phrypeus and a key to genera. Systematic Entomology, 30, pp 38-59.
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