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

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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.

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.

van der Merwe M: 2006. Amniogenesis in the African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii. African Zoology, 41 (2), pp 234-239.

van der Merwe M, van der Merwe NJ, Penzhorn BL: 2006. Aspects of reproduction in the seasonally breeding African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii (A. Smith, 1833). African Zoology, 41 (1) / Apr, pp 67-74.

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.

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: 2006. Vagrant Subantarctic fur seals at Bouvetoya. African Zoology, 41 (1), pp 145-146.

B

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.

C

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.

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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.

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.

Russo I-R, Chimimba CT, Bloomer P: 2006. Mitochondrial DNA differentiation between two species of Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Southern Africa. Journal of Mammalogy, 87 (3) / Jun, pp 545-553.

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.

Ryan SJ, Knechtel C, Getz WM: 2006. Range and habitat selection of African buffalo in South Africa. Journal of Wildlife Management, 70 (3), pp 764-776.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Bennett NC, Maree S, Faulkes CG: 2006. Georychus capensis. Mammalian Species, 799, pp 1-4.

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.

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.

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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.

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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, Weber RE: 2006. Does altitudinal difference modulate the respiratory properties in subterranean rodents' (Cryptomys hottentotus mahali) blood?. Physiology & Behavior, 88, pp 77-81.

Broekman MS, Bennett NC, Jackson CR, Scantlebury M: 2006. Mole-rats from higher altitudes have greater thermoregulatory capabilities. Physiology & Behavior, 89, pp 750-754.

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.

Wilson JW, Burle MH, Bester MN: 2006. Vagrant Antarctic pinnipeds at Gough Island. Polar Biology, 29, pp 905-908.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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Bateman PW, Bennett NC: 2006. The biology of human sexuality: Evolution, ecology and physiology. Verbum et Ecclesia, 27 (1), pp 245-264.