Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Bester, MN
BSc(Hons) MSc(Stell) DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: B3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2067
Fax number: 012 420 2534
E-mail address: mnbester@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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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