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Mammal Research Institute
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

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

A

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

B

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.

C

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.

J

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

M

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.

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.

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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.

O

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.