Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
van Aarde, RJ
MSc DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: C1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2753
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: rjvaarde@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:
Guldemond R, van Aarde RJ: 2007. The impact of elephants on plants and their community variables in South Africa's Maputaland. African Journal of Ecology, 45, pp 327-335, Full Text
van Aarde RJ, Jackson TP: 2007. Megaparks for metapopulations: Addressing the causes of locally high elephant numbers in southern Africa. Biological Conservation, 134, pp 289-297, Full Text
Kinahan A, Pimm SL, van Aarde RJ: 2007. Ambient temperature as a determinant of landscape use in the savanna elephant, Loxodonta africana. Journal of Thermal Biology, 32, pp 47-58, Full Text
Morley R, van Aarde RJ: 2007. Estimating abundance for a savanna elephant population using mark-resight methods: A case study for the Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa. Journal of Zoology, 271, pp 418-427, Full Text
van Aarde RJ, Jackson TP: 2007. Food, reproduction and survival in mice on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Polar Biology, 30, pp 503-511.
Wassenaar TD, Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2007. Flagging aberant sites and assemblages in restoration projects. Restoration Ecology, 15 (1), pp 68-76.
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