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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology

Chimimba, CT

BSc(Malawi) MSc(Western Australia) PhD(Pret) - Associate Professor

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Telephone number: 012 420 2752
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: ctchimimba@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:

Brettschneider H, Chimimba CT, Scholtz CH, Bateman PW: 2007. Review of southern African Anostostomatidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera), with a key to genera. African Entomology, 15 (1), pp 103-119.

Keith M, Chimimba CT, Reyers B, Van Jaarsveld AS: 2007. A comparative analysis of components in conservation priority assessments: a case study based on South African species of terrestrial mammals. African Zoology, 42 (1), pp 97-111.

Hart L, Chimimba CT, Jarvis JUM, O Riain MJ, Bennett NC: 2007. Craniometric sexual dimorphism and age variation in the solitary South African endemic Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 88 (3), pp 657-666.

Yarnell RW, Scott DM, Chimimba CT, Metcalfe DJ: 2007. Untangling the roles of fire, grazing and rainfall on small mammal communities in grassland ecosystems. Oecologia, 154, pp 387-402.

 

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