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:
de Bruyn PJN, Cooper J, Bester MN, Tosh C: 2007. The importance of land-based prey for sympatrically breeding giant petrels at sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Antarctic Science, 19 (1), pp 25-30.
Lombard AT, Reyers B, Schonegevel LY, Cooper J, Smith-Adao LB, Nel DC, Froneman PW, Ansorge IJ, Bester MN, Tosh C, Strauss T, Akkers T, Gon O, Leslie RW, Chown SL: 2007. Conserving pattern and process in the Southern Ocean: Designing a Marine Protected Area for the Prince Edward Islands. Antarctic Science, 19 (1), pp 39-54.
Steenkamp G, Ferreira SM, Bester MN: 2007. Tusklessness and tusk fractures in free-ranging African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association-Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging, 78 (2), pp 75-80, Full Text
de Bruyn PJN, Pistorius PA, Tosh C, Bester MN: 2007. Leucistic Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Marion Island. Polar Biology, 30, pp 1355-1358.
Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN, Pistorius PA, Mulaudzi TW, De Bruyn PJN, Ramunasi AJ, Tshitabane NH, McIntyre T, Radzilani PM: 2007. Median pupping date, pup mortality and sex ratio of fur seals at Marion Island. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 37 (1), pp 1-8, Full Text
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