Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics - Research Output
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Deschodt C, Scholtz CH: 2008. Systematics of South African forest-endemic dung beetles: new genera and species of small Canthonini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). African Entomology, 16 (1), pp 91-106, Full Text
Belton LE, Dalerum F, van Rensburg BJ: 2008. Factors associated with suni distribution in Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa: implications for management and conservation of a small antelope. African Journal of Ecology, 46, pp 631-636.
Romanach SS, Lindsey PA: 2008. Conservation implications of prey responses to wild dogs Lycaon pictus during the denning season on wildlife ranches. Animal Conservation, 11, pp 111-117, Full Text
Kalwij JM, Robertson MP, van Rensburg BJ, Van Rensburg BJ: 2008. Human activity facilitates altitudinal expansion of exotic plants along a road in montane grassland, South Africa. Applied Vegetation Science, 11, pp 491-498, Full Text
Marsden SJ, Symes CT: 2008. Bird richness and composition along an agricultural gradient in New Guinea. The influence of land use, habitat heterogeneity and proximity to intact forest. Austral Ecology, 33, pp 784-793, Full Text
Ben Slimen H, Suchentrunk F, Stamatis C, Mamuris Z, Sert H, Alves PC, Kryger U, Shahin AB, Elgaaied ABA: 2008. Population genetics of cape and brown hares (Lepus capensis and L. europaeus): A test of Petter's hypothesis of conspecificity. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 36, pp 22-39.
Gusset M, Gusset M, Maddock AH, Gunther GJ, Szykman M, Slotow R, Walters M, Somers MJ: 2008. Conflicting human interests over the re-introduction of endangered wild dogs in South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 17, pp 83-101, Full Text
Robertson MP, Kriticos DJ, Zachariades C: 2008. Climate matching techniques to narrow the search for biological control agents. Biological Control, 46, pp 442-452.
Cameron EZ: 2008. Productivity in conservation research in the Southern Hemisphere. Conservation Biology, 22 (2), pp 232-234.
Gilbert C, Maree S, Robinson TJ: 2008. Chromosomal evolution and distribution of telomeric repeats in golden moles (Chrysochloridae, Mammalia). Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 121, pp 110-119.
Baxter PWJ, Getz WM: 2008. Development and parameterization of a rain and fire-driven model for exploring elephant effects in African savannas. Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 13, pp 221-242.
Hugo S, van Rensburg BJ: 2008. The maintenance of a positive spatial correlation between South African bird species richness and human population density. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17, pp 611-621, Full Text
Hughes GO, Thuiller W, Midgley GF, Collins K: 2008. Environmental change hastens the demise of the critically endangered riverine rabbit (Bunolagus monticularis). Journal of Animal Ecology, 141, pp 23-24.
Mgobozi MP, Somers MJ, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2008. Spider responses to alien plant invasion: the effect of short- and long-term Chromolaena odorata invasion and management. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, pp 1189-1197, Full Text
Gusset M, Ryan SJ, Hofmeyr M, van Dyk G, Davies-Mostert HT, Graf JA, Owen C, Szykman M, Macdonald DW, Monfort SL, Wildt DE, Maddock AH, Mills MGL, Slotow R, Somers MJ: 2008. Efforts going to the dogs? Evaluating attempts to re-introduce endangered wild dogs in South Africa. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, pp 100-108, Full Text
Midega CAO, Khan ZR, van den Berg J, Ogol CKPO, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Pickett JA, Wadhams LJ: 2008. Response of ground-dwelling arthropods to a 'push-pull' habitat management system: spiders as an indicator group. Journal of Applied Entomology, 132, pp 248-254, Full Text
De Beer Y, van Aarde RJ: 2008. Do landscape heterogeneity and water distribution explain aspects of elephant home range in southern Africa's arid savannas?. Journal of Arid Environments, 72, pp 2017-2025.
Wilson JW, Janse van Rensburg B, Ferguson JWH, Keith M: 2008. The relative importance of environment, human activity and space in explaining species richness of South African bird orders. Journal of Biogeography, 35, pp 342-352, Full Text
Sole CL, Bastos AD, Scholtz CH: 2008. Intraspecific patterns of mitochondrial variation in natural population fragments of a localized desert dung beetle species, Pachysoma gariepinum (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Heredity, 99 (5), pp 464-475, Full Text
Frolov A, Akhmetova LA, Scholtz CH: 2008. Revision of the obligate mushroom-feeding African 'dung beetle' genus Coptorhina Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of Natural History, 42 (21-22) / Jun, pp 1477-1508, Full Text
Dalerum F, Shults B, Kunkel K: 2008. Estimating sustainable harvest in wolverine populations using logistic regression. Journal of Wildlife Management, 72 (5), pp 1125-1132.
Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2008. A rapid method to estimate population variables for African elephants. Journal of Wildlife Management, 72 (3), pp 822-829.
Guldemond R, van Aarde RJ: 2008. A meta-analysis of the impact of African elephants on savanna vegetation. Journal of Wildlife Management, 72 (4), pp 892-899.
Dippenaar SM, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Modiba MA, Khoza TT: 2008. A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Polokwane Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South africa. Koedoe, 50 (1), pp 10-17, Full Text
Elwen S, Reeb D, Thornton M, Best PB: 2008. A population estimate of Heaviside's dolphins, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii, at the southern end of their range. Marine Mammal Science, 25 (1), pp 107-124, Full Text
Jackson TP, Mosojane S, Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2008. Solutions for elephant Loxodonta africana crop raiding in northern Botswana: moving away from symptomatic approaches. Oryx, 42 (1), pp 83-91.
Junker J, van Aarde RJ, Ferreira SM: 2008. Temporal trends in elephant Loxodonta africana numbers and densities in northern Botswana: is the population really increasing?. Oryx, 42 (1), pp 58-65.
Coetzee BWT: 2008. Letters: Conservation with Caveats. Science, 321 / July, pp 340-341.
Kerzhner IM, Jacobs DH: 2008. A new species of Himacerus from South Africa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nabidae). Zootaxa, 1819, pp 63-67.
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