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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 - Postgraduate Student Projects

Dissertations/Theses:
Greyling B: Genetic variation, structure and dispersal among Cape buffalo populations from the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi and Kruger National Parks of South Africa (Prof AD Bastos, Dr WP van Hooft)

Human H: Pollination ecology of Aloe greatheadii var. davyana and its role in the bee industry in South Africa (Prof SW Nicolson)

Oosthuizen MK: The reproductive biology of the solitary Cape mole-rat, Georychus capensis and the social Natal mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) (Prof NC Bennett)

Holtzhausen W: Regulation of beetle excretory systems by peptide hormones (Prof SW Nicolson)

Macfadyen DN: A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the Nwashitehumbi enclosure site in the Kruger National Park (Prof M van der Merwe, Prof GJ Bredenkamp)

Mgode G: The systematic status of Acomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from northern Tanzania based on a multidisciplinary approach (Prof CT Chimimba, Prof AD Bastos)

Munyai FM: Intersite movement of southern elephant seals during haulout events at Marion Island (Prof MN Bester)

Nel L: Predictive modelling of the distribution of an invasive alien snail (Theba pisana in South Africa (Dr MP Robertson)

Rotherham LS: The systematic status of the southern African hedgehog (Atelerix frontalis) (Prof CT Chimimba, Prof AD Bastos)

van Sandwyk J: Identification and classification of endogenous Bacteria within mole-rats of the Family Bathyergidae (Prof NC Bennett, Prof AD Bastos)

 

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