Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Bennett, NC
BSc(Hons)(Bristol) PhD(Cape Town) - Professor
NRF Rating: B1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2538
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: ncbennett@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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chapters in books:
Chimimba CT, Bennett NC: 2005. Order Rodentia. In Mammals of the Southern African Subregion, Cambridge University Press, pp 77-209.
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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