Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
du Toit, JT
BSc(Hons)(Cape Town) PhD(Witwatersrand) - Professor and Director: Mammal Research Institute
NRF Rating: B3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3776
Fax number: 012 420 2534
E-mail address: jtdutoit@zoology.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
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:
Cameron EZ, du Toit JT: 2005. Social influences on vigilance behaviour in giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis. Animal Behaviour, 69, pp 1337-1344.
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.
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.
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.
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.
du Toit JT, Yetman CA: 2005. Effects of body size on the diurnal activity budgets of African browsing ruminants. Oecologia, 143, pp 317-325.
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