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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

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Select the first letter of the journal title from the alphabetical list.

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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.

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.

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. First records of rhe genus Neotama Baehr & Baehr (Araneae: Hersiliidae) from the Afrotropical Region. African Invertebrates, 46, pp 125-132.

Grainger M, van Aarde RJ, Whyte I: 2005. Landscape heterogeneity and the use of space by elephants in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 43, pp 369-375.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chimimba CT: 2005. Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae). African Zoology, 40 (2), pp 271-284.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kryger U, Deschodt C, Scholtz CH: 2005. Effects of fluazuron and ivermectin treatment of cattle on the structure of dung beetle communities. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 105, pp 649-656.

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.

Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2005. Direct and indirect costs of limb autotomy in field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus). Animal Behaviour, 69, pp 151-159.

Cameron EZ, du Toit JT: 2005. Social influences on vigilance behaviour in giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis. Animal Behaviour, 69, pp 1337-1344.

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.

Simon UE, Moritz RFA, Crewe RM: 2005. Reproductive dominance among honeybee workers in experimental groups of Apis mellifera capensis. Apidologie, 36, pp 413-419.

Lubisi BA, Bastos AD, Dwarka RM, Vosloo W: 2005. Molecular epidemiology of African swine fever in East Africa. Archives of Virology, 150, pp 2439-2452.

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.

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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.

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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.

Paul I, Van Jaarsveld AS, Korsten L, Hattingh V: 2005. The potential global geographical distribution of Citrus Black Spot caused by Guignardia citricarpa (Kiely): Likelihood of disease establishment in the European Union. Crop Protection, 24, pp 297-308.

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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.

Wassenaar TD, van Aarde RJ, Pimm S, Ferreira SM: 2005. Community convergence in disturbed sub-tropical dune forests. Ecology, 86 (3), pp 655-666.

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.

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.

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de Graaf J, Schoeman AS, Brandenburg RL: 2005. Stridulation of Gryllotalpa africana (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) on turf grass in South Africa. Florida Entomologist, 88 (3), pp 292-299.

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.

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Lattorff HMG, Kryger P, Moritz RFA: 2005. Queen developmental time and fitness consequences for queens of clonal social parasitic honeybees (A. m. capensis) and its hostA. m. scutellata. Insectes Sociaux, 52, pp 238-241.

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.

de Graaf J, Govender P, Schoeman AS, Viljoen A: 2005. Efficacy of pseudostem and pheromone seasonal trapping of the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus in South Africa. International Journal of Pest Management, 51 (3), pp 209-218.

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.

Hofs J-L, Schoeman AS, Mellet (Mostert) MA, Vaissayre M: 2005. Impact des cotonniers genetiquement modifies sur la biodiversite de la fauna entomologique: le cas du cotton Bt en Afrique du Sud. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 25 (2), pp 63-72.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Taylor WA, Boomker JDF, Krecek RC, Skinner JD, Watermeyer R: 2005. Helminths in sympatric populations of Mountain Reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula) and Grey Rhebok (Pelea capreolus) in South Africa. Journal of Parasitology, 91 (4) / Aug, pp 863-870.

Fornara DA, Dalling JW: 2005. Post-dispersal removal of seeds of pioneer species from five Panamanian forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21, pp 79-84.

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.

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.

Carbone C, Frame L, Frame G, Malcolm J, Fanshawe J, FitzGibbon C, Schaller G, Gordon IJ, Rowcliffe JM, du Toit JT: 2005. Feeding success of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in the Serengeti: the effects of group size and kleptoparasitism. Journal of Zoology, 266, pp 153-161.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

Delport W, Ferguson JWH, Bloomer P: 2005. Characterization of six microsatellite loci in the African wild silk moth (Gonometa postica, Lasiocampidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 5 (4), pp 860-862.

Coetzee P, Wingfield BD, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences reveal species partitions amongst isolates of Armillaria from Africa. Mycological Research, 109 (11) / Nov, pp 1223-1234.

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Sankaran M, Hanan NP, Scholes RJ, Ratnam J, Augustine DJ, Cade BS, Gignoux J, Higgins SI, le Roux X, Ludwig F, Ardo J, Banyikwa F, Bronn A, Bucini G, Caylor KK, Coughenour MB, Diouf A, Ekaya W, Feral CJ, February EC, Frost PGH, Hiernaux P, de Nagy Koves Hrabar H, Metzger KL, Prins HHT, Ringrose S, Sea W, Tews J, Worden J, Zambatis N: 2005. Determinants of woody cover in African savannas. Nature, 438 (8), pp 846-849.

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.

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du Toit JT, Yetman CA: 2005. Effects of body size on the diurnal activity budgets of African browsing ruminants. Oecologia, 143, pp 317-325.

Durand DT, Boshoff HM, Michael LM, Krecek RC: 2005. Survey of nematophagous fungi in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 72, pp 185-187.

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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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

Gebeyehu S, Hurley B, Wingfield MJ: 2005. A new lepidopteran insect pest discovered on commercially grown Eucalyptus nitens in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 101 / Jan/Feb, pp 26-28.

Jacobs DH, Neser S: 2005. Thaumastocoris australicus Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae): a new insect arrival in South Africa, damaging to eucalyptus trees. South African Journal of Science, 101 / May/Jun, pp 233-236.

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.

Pistorius PA, Bester MN, Taylor FE: 2005. Pubescent southern elephant seal males: population changes at Marion Island and the food limitation hypothesis. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 35 (2), pp 215-218.

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.

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.

Forgie S, Philips TK, Scholtz CH: 2005. Evolution of the Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Systematic Entomology, 30, pp 60-96.

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Phologane SB, Bastos AD, Penrith ML: 2005. Intra- and inter-genotypic size variation in the central variable region of the 9RL open reading frame of diverse African swine fever viruses. Virus Genes, 31 (3), pp 357-360.