Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
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:
Bennett L, Silberbauer LX, Crewe RM: 2006. Nest and nestmate recognition cues in a primitively social bee, Allodape rufogastra Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae). African Entomology, 14 (1), pp 175-183.
Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Wassenaar TD: 2006. A checklist of spiders from the herbaceous layer of a coastal dune forest ecosystem at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae). African Invertebrates, 47, pp 63-70.
Mecenero S, Roux JP, Underhill LG, Bester MN: 2006. Diet of Cape fur sealsArctocephalus pusillus pusillus at three mainland breeding colonies in Namibia. 1. Spatial variation. African Journal of Marine Science, 28 (1), pp 57-71.
Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Gonzalez Reyes AX, Harvey MS: 2006. A check-list of the Solifugae (sun-spiders) of South Africa (Arachnida: Solifugae). African Plant Protection, 12, pp 70-92.
Haddad CR, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2006. Epigeic spiders (Araneae) in pistachio orchards in South Africa. African Plant Protection, 12, pp 12-22.
van der Merwe M: 2006. Amniogenesis in the African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii. African Zoology, 41 (2), pp 234-239.
Setsaas TH, Bester MN: 2006. Goose barnacle (Lepas australis) infestation of the Subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis). African Zoology, 41 (2), pp 305-307.
Wolf S, Brettschneider H, Bateman PW: 2006. The predator defence system of an African king cricket (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): does it help to stink?. African Zoology, 41 (1), pp 75-80.
Nicolson SW: 2006. Water management in nectar-feeding birds. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory integrative and Comparative Physiology, 291, pp 828-829.
Whiting MJ, Stuart-Fox DM, O Connor D, Firth D, Bennett NC, Blomberg SP: 2006. Ultraviolet signals ultra-aggression in a lizard. Animal Behaviour, 72, pp 353-363.
Pain DJ, Martins TLF, Boussekey M, Diaz SH, Downs CT, Ekstrom JMM, Garnett S, Gilardi JD, McNiven D, Primot P, Rouys S, Saoumoe M, Symes CT, Tamungang SA, Theuerkauf J, Villafuerte D, Verfailles L, Widmann P, Widmann ID: 2006. Impact of protection on nest take and nesting success of parrots in Africa, Asia and Australasia. Animal Conservation, 9, pp 322-330.
Katzerke A, Neumann P, Pirk CWW, Bliss P, Moritz RFA: 2006. Seasonal nestmate recognition in the ant Formica exsecta. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61, pp 143-150.
Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2006. Sex, intimidation and severed limbs: the effect of simulated predator attack and limb autotomy on calling behaviour and level of caution in the field cricketGryllus bimaculatus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59 (5) / Mar, pp 674-681.
Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2006. Males are selective too: mating, but not courtship, with sequential females influences choosiness in male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59 (4) / Feb, pp 577-581.
Dietemann V, Pflugfelder J, Härtel S, Neumann P, Crewe RM: 2006. Social parasitism by honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.): Evidence for pheromonal resistance to host queen's signals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 60 (6), pp 785-793.
Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2006. Sex and the single(-eared) female: leg function, limb autotomy and mating history trade-offs in field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus). Biological Letters, 2, pp 33-35.
Schumann DM, Cooper HM, Hofmeyr MD, Bennett NC: 2006. Light-induced Fos expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the four-striped field mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio: A southern African diurnal rodent. Brain Research Bulletin, 70, pp 270-277.
Deuve JJ, Bennett NC, Obrien PCM, Ferguson-Smith MA, Faulkes CG, Britton-Davidian J, Robinson TJ: 2006. Complex evolution of X and Y autosomal translocations in the giant mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi (Bathyergidae). Chromosome Research, 14, pp 681-691.
Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2006. Increased susceptibility to predation for autotomized house crickets (Acheta domestica). Ethology, 112, pp 670-677.
Scantlebury M, Bennett NC, Speakman JR, Pillay N, Schradin C: 2006. Huddling in groups leads to daily energy savings in free-living African four-striped grass mice,Rhabdomys pumilio. Functional Ecology, 20, pp 166-173.
Kark S, Janse van Rensburg B: 2006. Ecotones: marginal or central areas of transition?. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution (Formerly Zoology), 52, pp 29-53.
Hui C, McGeoch MA, Warren M: 2006. A spatially explicit approach to estimating species occupancy and spatial correlation. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75, pp 140-147.
Du Toit L, Bennett NC, Katz AA, Kallo I, Coen CW: 2006. Relations between social status and the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone system in females of two cooperatively breeding species of African mole-rats Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus and C. hottentotus pretoriae. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 494, pp 303-313.
Schäfer MO, Dietemann V, Pirk CWW, Neumann P, Crewe RM, Hepburn HR, Tautz J, Crailsheim K: 2006. Individual versus social pathway to honeybee worker reproduction (Apis mellifera): pollen or jelly as protein source for oogenesis?. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 192, pp 761-768.
Brent C, Peeters CP, Dietemann V, Crewe RM, Vargo E: 2006. Hormonal correlates of reproductive status in the queenless ponerine ant, Streblognathus peetersi. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 192, pp 315-320.
Johnson SA, Abratt VR, Jackson S, Wolfaardt GM, Cordero-Otero R, Nicolson SW: 2006. Xylose utilization and short-chain fatty acid production by selected components of the intestinal microflora of a rodent pollinator (Aethomys namaquensis). Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 176, pp 631-641.
Dietemann V, Lubbe A, Crewe RM: 2006. Human factors facilitating the spread of a parasitic honeybee in South Africa. Journal of Economic Entomology, 99 (1), pp 7-13.
Köhler A, Verburgt L, Nicolson SW: 2006. Short-term energy regulation of whitebellied sunbirds (Nectarinia talatala): effects of food concentration on feeding frequency and duration. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209, pp 2880-2887.
Hart L, O Riain J, Jarvis JUM, Bennett NC: 2006. Is the Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) a seasonal or aseasonal breeder?. Journal of Mammalogy, 87, pp 1078-1085.
Elwen S, Meyer MA, Best PB, Kotze PGH, Thornton M, Swanson S: 2006. Range and movements of female Heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii), as determined by satellite-linked telemetry. Journal of Mammalogy, 87 (5), pp 866-877.
Muteka P, Chimimba CT, Bennett NC: 2006. Reproductive seasonality in Aethomys namaquensis (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa. Journal of Mammalogy, 87 (1), pp 67-74.
Bouchie L, Bennett NC, Jackson TP, Waterman J: 2006. Are Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) induced or spontaneous ovulators?. Journal of Mammalogy, 87 (1), pp 60-66.
Fleming PA, Hofmeyr S, Nicolson SW, du Toit JT: 2006. Are giraffes pollinators or flower predators of Acacia nigrescens in Kruger National Park, South Africa?. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22, pp 247-253.
Shrader A, Ferreira SM, McElveen ME, Lee PC, Moss CJ, van Aarde RJ: 2006. Growth and age determination of African savanna elephants. Journal of Zoology, 270, pp 40-48.
Symes CT, Hughes JC, Mack AL, Marsden SJ: 2006. Geophagy in birds of Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Zoology, 268, pp 87-96.
Muteka P, Chimimba CT, Bennett NC: 2006. Reproductive photoresponsiveness in Aethomys ineptus and A. namaquensis (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa. Journal of Zoology, 268, pp 225-231.
Muteka P, Chimimba CT, Bennett NC: 2006. Reproductive seasonality in the Tete veld rat (Aethomys ineptus) (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa. Journal of Zoology, 270, pp 314-322.
Taylor WA, Skinner JD, Williams MC, Krecek RC: 2006. Population dynamics of two sympatric antelope species, grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus) and mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula) in a highveld grassveld region of South Africa. Journal of Zoology, 268, pp 369-379.
Parag A, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, Bateman PW: 2006. Penile morphology of African mole-rats (Bathyergidae): Structural modification in relation to mode of ovulation and degree of sociality. Journal of Zoology, 270, pp 323-329.
Herbst M, Bennett NC: 2006. Burrow architecture and burrowing dynamics of the endangered Namaqua dune mole-rat, Bathyergus janetta (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Journal of Zoology, 270, pp 420-428.
Bateman PW, Ferguson JWH, Yetman CA: 2006. Courtship and copulation, but not ejaculates, reduce the longevity of female field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus). Journal of Zoology, 268, pp 341-346.
Haddad CR, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Wesolowska W: 2006. A checklist of the non-acarine arachnids (Chelicerata: Arachnida) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputoland, South Africa. Koedoe, 49 (2), pp 1-22.
Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Gonzalez Reyes AX: 2006. South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA): Solifugae (sun-spiders) of the national parks and reserves of South Africa (Arachnida, Solifugae). Koedoe, 49 (2), pp 29-38.
Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Van der Merwe M, van den Berg AM: 2006. Habitat preferences and seasonal activity of the Microstigmatidae from Ngome State Forest, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae). Koedoe, 49 (1), pp 85-89.
Bennett NC, Maree S, Faulkes CG: 2006. Georychus capensis. Mammalian Species, 799, pp 1-4.
Pitman RL, Van Helden A, Best PB, Pym A: 2006. Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi): Information on appearance and biology based on strandings and at-sea observations. Marine Mammal Science, 22 (3), pp 744-755.
Reeb D, Best PB: 2006. A biopsy system for deep-core sampling of the blubber of southern right whales, Eubalaena australis. Marine Mammal Science, 22 (1), pp 207-213.
Jansen van Vuuren GJ, Kryger P, Greeff JM: 2006. Isolation of six microsatellite loci in the pollinating fig wasp, Platyscapa awekei. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 385-386.
Clutton-Brock TH, Hodge SJ, Spong G, Russell AF, Jordan NR, Bennett NC, Sharpe LL, Manser M: 2006. Intrasexual competition and sexual selection in cooperative mammals. Nature, 444 (7122) / Dec, pp 1065-1068.
Scantlebury M, Speakman JR, Oosthuizen MK, Roper TJ, Bennett NC: 2006. Energetics reveals physiologically distinct castes in a eusocial mammal. Nature, 440 (7085), pp 795-797.
Human H, Nicolson SW, Dietemann V: 2006. Do honeybees, Apis mellifera scutellata, regulate humidity in their nest?. Naturwissenschaften, 93, pp 397-401.
Haddad CR, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2006. Spiders (Araneae) inhabiting abandoned mounds of he snouted harvester termite Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt) (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) in the Free State, South Africa, with notes on their biology. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein, 22 (1), pp 1-15.
Warren M, McGeoch MA, Nicolson SW, Chown SL: 2006. Body size patterns in Drosophila inhabiting a mesocosm: interactive effects of spatial variation in temperature and abundance. Oecologia, 149, pp 245-255.
Wilson JW, Scantlebury M: 2006. The Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor) mimics Woodward's Batis (Batis fratrum) - evidence of interspecific competitive acoustic mimicry?. Ostrich, 77 (3&4), pp 233-234.
Johnson SA, Johnson SA, Nicolson SW, Jackson S: 2006. Nectar xylose metabolism in a rodent pollinator (Aethomys namaquensis): defining the role of gastrointestinal microflora using 14C-labeled xylose. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 79 (1), pp 159-168.
Broekman MS, Bennett NC, Jackson CR, Scantlebury M: 2006. Mole-rats from higher altitudes have greater thermoregulatory capabilities. Physiology & Behavior, 89, pp 750-754.
Snyman PC, Jackson CR, Bennett NC: 2006. Do dispersing non-reproductive female Damaraland mole-rats, Cryptomys damarensis (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) exhibit spontaneous or induced ovulation?. Physiology & Behavior, 87, pp 88-94.
Schöttner K, Oosthuizen MK, Broekman MS, Bennett NC: 2006. Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the Lesotho mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus subspecies from Sani Pass, South Africa. Physiology & Behavior, 89, pp 205-212.
Du Toit L, Bennett NC, Gutjahr (Miethe) G, Coen CW: 2006. Reproductive suppression in subordinate female highveld mole-rats (Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae): No role for endogenous opioid peptides. Physiology & Behavior, 87, pp 897-902.
Hart L, O Riain J, Jarvis JUM, Bennett NC: 2006. The pituitary potential for opportunistic breeding in the Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus. Physiology & Behavior, 88, pp 615-619.
Broekman MS, Bennett NC, Jackson CR, Weber RE: 2006. Does altitudinal difference modulate the respiratory properties in subterranean rodents' (Cryptomys hottentotus mahali) blood?. Physiology & Behavior, 88, pp 77-81.
Human H, Nicolson SW: 2006. Nutritional content of fresh, bee-collected and stored pollen ofAloe greatheadii var.davyana (Asphodelaceae). Phytochemistry, 67, pp 1486-1492.
Nepi M, Human H, Nicolson SW, Cresti L, Pacini E: 2006. Nectary structure and nectar presentation in Aloe castanea and A. greatheadii var. davyana (Asphodelaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 257, pp 45-55.
Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ, Wassenaar TD: 2006. Demographic responses of house mice to density and temperature on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Polar Biology, 30, pp 83-94.
Young AJ, Carlson AA, Monfort S, Russell AF, Bennett NC, Clutton-Brock TH: 2006. Stress and the suppression of subordinate reproduction in cooperatively breeding meerkats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103 (32), pp 12005-12010.
Lutermann H, Schmelting B, Radespiel U, Ehresmann P, Zimmermann E: 2006. The role of survival for the evolution of female philopatry in a solitary forager, the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section B-Biological Sciences, 273, pp 2527-2533.
Scantlebury M, Speakman JR, Bennett NC: 2006. The energy costs of sexual dimorphism in mole-rats are morphological not behavioural. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 273, pp 57-63.
Bester MN, Wilson JW, Burle MH, Hofmeyr GJG: 2006. Population trends of Subantarctic fur seals at Gough Island. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 36 (2), pp 191-194.
Johnson RL, Venter A, Bester MN, Oosthuizen WH: 2006. Seabird predation by white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, and Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus, at Dyer island. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 36 (1), pp 23-32.
Shrader A, Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2006. Digital photogrammetry and laser rangefinder techniques to measure African elephants. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 36 (1), pp 1-7.
Bateman PW, Bennett NC: 2006. The biology of human sexuality: Evolution, ecology and physiology. Verbum et Ecclesia, 27 (1), pp 245-264.
Foord SH, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2006. A revision of the Afrotropical species of Hersilia Adouin (Araneae: Hersiliidae). Zootaxa, 1347, pp 1-92.
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