Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Bennett, NC
BSc(Hons)(Bristol) PhD(Cape Town) - Professor
NRF Rating: B1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2538
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: ncbennett@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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bennett NC, Maree S, Faulkes CG: 2006. Georychus capensis. Mammalian Species, 799, pp 1-4.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Broekman MS, Bennett NC, Jackson CR, Scantlebury M: 2006. Mole-rats from higher altitudes have greater thermoregulatory capabilities. Physiology & Behavior, 89, pp 750-754.
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.
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.
Bateman PW, Bennett NC: 2006. The biology of human sexuality: Evolution, ecology and physiology. Verbum et Ecclesia, 27 (1), pp 245-264.
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