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:
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.
Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN, Kirkman SP: 2006. Vagrant Subantarctic fur seals at Bouvetoya. African Zoology, 41 (1), pp 145-146.
Setsaas TH, Bester MN: 2006. Goose barnacle (Lepas australis) infestation of the Subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis). African Zoology, 41 (2), pp 305-307.
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.
Wilson JW, Burle MH, Bester MN: 2006. Vagrant Antarctic pinnipeds at Gough Island. Polar Biology, 29, pp 905-908.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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