Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics - Research Output
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Best PB: 2006. The presence of right whales in summer on the west coast of South Africa: the evidence from historical records. African Journal of Marine Science, 28 (1), pp 159-166.
Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN, Kirkman SP: 2006. Vagrant Subantarctic fur seals at Bouvetoya. African Zoology, 41 (1), pp 145-146.
de Bruyn PJN, Hofmeyr GJG, de Villiers MS: 2006. First record of a vagrant Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii, at the southern African continental shelf. African Zoology, 41 (1), pp 131-133.
Härtel S, Neumann P, Kryger P, von der Heide C, Moltzer GJ, Crewe RM, Praagh JP, Moritz RFA: 2006. Infestation levels of Apis mellifera scutellata swarms by socially parasitic Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis). Apidologie, 37, pp 462-470.
Botes A, McGeoch MA, Janse van Rensburg B: 2006. Elephant- and human-induced changes to dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in the Maputaland Centre of Endemism. Biological Conservation, 130, pp 573-583.
Evans KL, Janse van Rensburg B, Gaston KJ, Chown SL: 2006. People, species richness and human population growth. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 15, pp 625-636.
Marsden SJ, Symes CT, Mack AL: 2006. The response of a New Guinean avifauna to conversion of forest to small-scale agriculture. Ibis, 148, pp 629-640.
De Beer Y, Kilian W, Versfeld W, van Aarde RJ: 2006. Elephants and low rainfall alter woody vegetation in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments, 64, pp 412-421.
Grobler G, Janse van Rensburg L, Bastos AD, Chimimba CT, Chown SL: 2006. Molecular and morphometric assessment of the taxonomic status of Ectemnorhinus weevil species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Entiminae) from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 44 (3), pp 200-211.
Ben Slimen H, Suchentrunk F, Memmi A, Sert H, Kryger U, Alves PC, Ben Ammar Elgaaied A: 2006. Evolutionary relationships among hares from North Africa (Lepus sp. orLepus spp.), Cape hares (L. capensis) from South Africa, and brown hares (L. europaeus), as inferred from mtDNA PCR-PFLP and allozyme data. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 44 (1) / Feb, pp 88-99.
Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN, Kirkman SP, Lydersen C, Kovacs KM: 2006. Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Bouvetoya, Southern Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 52, pp 1077-1080.
Forgie S, Kryger U, Bloomer P, Scholtz CH: 2006. Evolutionary relationships among the Scarabaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40, pp 662-678.
Wilson JW, Burle MH, Bester MN: 2006. Vagrant Antarctic pinnipeds at Gough Island. Polar Biology, 29, pp 905-908.
Robertson MP, Barker NP: 2006. A technique for evaluating species richness maps generated from collections data. South African Journal of Science, 102 / Jan/Feb, pp 77-84.
van Eeden DG, Janse van Rensburg B, De Wijn M, Bothma JduP: 2006. The value of community-based conservation in a heterogeneous landscape: an avian case study from sand forest in Maputaland, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 36 (2) / Oct, pp 153-157.
Bester MN, Hofmeyr GJG, Kirkman SP, Chauke LF, De Bruyn PJN, Ferreira SM, Makhado AB, Maswime TAM, McIntyre T, Mulaudzi TW, Munyai FM, Pistorius PA, Radzilani PM, Ramunasi AJ, Tshitabane NH, Wilkinson IS: 2006. The leopard seal at Marion Island, vagrant or seasonal transient?. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 36 (2), pp 195-198.
Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN, Makhado AB, Pistorius PA: 2006. Population changes in Subantarctic and Antarctic fur seals at Marion Island. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 36 (1), pp 55-68.
Kryger U, Coles KS, Tukker (Wolmarans) IR, Scholtz CH: 2006. Biology and ecology of Circellium bacchus (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae), a South African dung beetle of conservation concern. Tropical Zoology, 19, pp 185-207.
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