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School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

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Select the first letter of the journal title from the alphabetical list.

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Gowans S, Wursig B, Karczmarski L: 2008. The social structure and strategies of delphinids: predictions based on an ecological framework. Advances in Marine Biology, 53, pp 195-294.

Basset Y, Missa O, Alonso A, Miller SE, Curletti G, De Meyer M, Eardley CD, Mansell MW, Novotny V, Wagner T: 2008. Faunal turnover of arthropod assemblages along a wide gradient of disturbance in Gabon. African Entomology, 16 (1) / Mar, pp 47-59, Full Text

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

Greyling B, Kryger P, du Plessis S, Van Hooft P, Van Helden P, Getz W, Bastos AD: 2008. Development of a high-throughput microsatellite typing approach for forensic and population genetic analysis of wild and domestic African Bovini. African Journal of Biotechnology, 7 (5) / Mar, pp 655-660, Full Text

Coetzee BWT, Tincani L, Wodu Z, Mwasi SM: 2008. Overgrazing and bush encroachment byTarchonanthus camphoratus in a semi-arid savanna. African Journal of Ecology, 46, pp 449-451, 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.

Mulaudzi TW, Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN, Kirkman SP, Pistorius PA, Jonker FC, Makhado AB, Owen JH, Grimbeek RJ: 2008. Haulout site selection of southern elephant seals at Marion Island. African Zoology, 43 (1), pp 25-33, Full Text

Pistorius PA, Taylor FE, Bester MN, Hofmeyr GJG, Kirkman SP: 2008. Evidence for density dependent population regulation in southern elephant seals in the southern Indian Ocean. African Zoology, 43 (1), pp 75-80, Full Text

Sichilima AM, Faulkes CG, Bennett NC: 2008. Field evidence for aseasonality of reproduction and colony size in the Afrotropical giant mole-rat Fukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). African Zoology, 43 (2), pp 144-149.

Foord SH, Mafadza MM, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, van Rensburg BJ: 2008. Micro-scale heterogeneity of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Soutpansberg, South Africa: a comparative survey and inventory in representative habitats. African Zoology, 43 (2) / Oct, pp 156-174.

Jackson CR, Setsaas TH, Robertson MP, Bennett NC: 2008. Ecological variables governing habitat suitability and the distribution of the endangered Juliana's golden mole. African Zoology, 43 (2), pp 245-255.

Whitten PL, Turner TR: 2008. Ecological and reproductive variance in serum leptin in wild vervet monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 137, pp 441-448.

Clutton-Brock TH, Hodge SJ, Flower TP: 2008. Group size and the suppression of subordinate reproduction in Kalahari meerkats. Animal Behaviour, 76, pp 689-700.

Cameron EZ, Linklater WL, Stafford KJ, Minot EO: 2008. Maternal investment results in better foal condition through increased play behaviour in horses. Animal Behaviour, 76, pp 1511-1518.

Manser M, Madden JR, Kunc HP, English S, Clutton-Brock TH: 2008. Signals of need in a cooperatively breeding mammal with mobile offspring. Animal Behaviour, 76, pp 1805-1813, Full Text

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

Martins CM, Beyene G, Hofs J-L, Krüger K, van der Vyver C, Schlüter U, Kunert KJ: 2008. Effect of water-deficit stress on cotton plants expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin. Annals of Applied Biology, 152, pp 255-262, 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

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Strauss K, Scharpenberg H, Crewe RM, Glahn F, Foth H, Moritz RFA: 2008. The role of the queen mandibular gland pheromone in honeybees (Apis mellifera): honest signal or suppressive agent?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62, pp 1523-1531, Full Text

Slater K, Slater K, Cameron EZ, Turner T, du Toit JT: 2008. The influence of oestrous swellings on the grooming behaviour of chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest, Uganda. Behaviour, 145, pp 1235-1246.

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

Dalerum F, Somers MJ, Kunkel KE, Cameron EZ: 2008. The potential for large carnivores to act as biodiversity surrogates in southern Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 17, pp 2939-2949.

Robertson MP, Kriticos DJ, Zachariades C: 2008. Climate matching techniques to narrow the search for biological control agents. Biological Control, 46, pp 442-452.

Johnson SD, Nicolson SW: 2008. Evolutionary associations between nectar properties and specificity in bird pollination systems. Biology Letters, 4, pp 49-52.

Napier KR, Purchase C, McWhorter TJ, Nicolson SW, Fleming PA: 2008. The sweet life: diet sugar concentration influences paracellular glucose absorption. Biology Letters, 4, pp 530-533.

Nicolson SW, Human SW: 2008. Bees get a head start on honey production. Biology Letters, 4, pp 299-301, Full Text

Nemec P, Cvekova P, Benada O, Wielkopolska E, Olkowicz S, Turlejski K, Burda H, Bennett NC, Peichl L: 2008. The visual system in subterranean African mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae): retina, subcortical visual nuclei and primary visual cortex. Brain Research Bulletin, 75, pp 356-364.

Hart L, Bennett NC, Kalamatianos T, Oosthuizen MK, Jarvis JUM, O Riain MJ, Coen CW: 2008. Neuroanatomical investigation of the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone 1 system in the seasonally breeding Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus. Brain Research Bulletin, 77, pp 185-188.

Saccaggi DL, Krüger K, Pietersen G: 2008. A multiplex PCR assay for the simultaneous identification of three mealybug species (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 98, pp 27-33, Full Text

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Deuve JL, Bennett NC, Ruiz-Herrera A, Waters PD, Britton-Davidian J, Robinson TJ: 2008. Dissection of a Y-autosome translocation in Cryptomys hottentotus (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) and implications for the evolution of a meiotic sex chromosome chain. Chromosoma, 117, pp 211-217.

Deuve JL, Bennett NC, Britton-Davidian J, Robinson TJ: 2008. Chromosomal phylogeny and evolution of the African mole-rats (Bathyergidae). Chromosome Research, 16, pp 57-74.

Haim A, Elsalam Zubidat A, van Aarde RJ: 2008. Daily rhythms of body temperature and heat production of sibling Mastomys species from different ecosystems - The response to photoperiod manipulations. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151, pp 505-510, Full Text

Basset Y, Missa O, Alonso A, Miller SE, Curletti G, De Meyer M, Eardley CD, Lewis OT, Mansell MW, Novotny V, Wagner T: 2008. Changes in arthropod assemblages along a wide gradient of disturbance in Gabon. Conservation Biology, 22 (6), pp 1552-1563.

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.

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Davis ALV, Brink DJ, Scholtz CH, Prinsloo LC, Deschodt C: 2008. Functional implications of temperature-correlated colour polymorphism in an iridescent, scarabaeine dung beetle. Ecological Entomology, 33, pp 771-779.

Owen-Smith N, Mills MGL: 2008. Shifting prey selection generates contrasting herbivore dynamics within a large-mammal predator-prey web. Ecology, 89 (4), pp 1120-1133, Full Text

Bohensky EL: 2008. Discovering resilient pathways for South African water management: Two frameworks for a vision. Ecology and Society, 13 (1), pp 1-12.

Fornara D, du Toit JT: 2008. Responses of woody saplings exposed to chronic mammalian herbivory in an African savanna. Ecoscience, 15 (1), pp 129-135.

Fornara DA, du Toit JT: 2008. Browsing-induced effects in leaf litter quality and decomposition in a southern African savanna. Ecosystems, 11, pp 238-249.

Tshikae BP, Davis ALV, Scholtz CH: 2008. Trophic associations of a dung beetle assemblage (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in a woodland savanna of Botswana. Environmental Entomology, 37 (2), pp 431-441.

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.

Medger K, Verburgt L, Bateman PW: 2008. The influence of tail autotomy on the escape response of the Cape Dwarf Gecko, Lygodactylus capensis. Ethology, 114, pp 45-52, Full Text

Douglas (Smit) N, Krüger K: 2008. Transmission efficiency of Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) by the mealybugs Planococcus ficus and Pseudococcus longispinus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). European Journal of Plant Pathology, 122, pp 207-212, Full Text

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Fleming PA, Xie S, Napier KR, McWhorter TJ, Nicolson SW: 2008. Nectar concentration affects sugar preferences in two Australian honeyeaters and a lorikeet. Functional Ecology, 22, pp 599-605, Full Text

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Oosthuizen MK, Bennett NC, Lutermann H, Coen CW: 2008. Reproductive suppression and the seasonality of reproduction in the social Natal mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 159, pp 236-240.

Greve M, Gaston KJ, van Rensburg BJ, Chown SL: 2008. Environmental factors, regional body size distributions and spatial variation in body size of local avian assemblages. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17, pp 514-523, Full Text

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

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Human SW, Nicolson SW: 2008. Flower structure and nectar availability in Aloe greatheadii var. davyana: an evaluation of a winter nectar source for honeybees. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 169 (2), pp 263-269, Full Text

Ryan SJ, Starks PT, Milton K, Getz WM: 2008. Intersexual conflict and group size in Alouatta palliata: A 23-year evaluation. International Journal of Primatology, 29, pp 405-420.

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Hay CT, Hay CT, Cross PC, Funston PJ: 2008. Trade-offs of predation and foraging explain sexual segregation in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Journal of Animal Ecology, 77, pp 850-858, 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.

Owen-Smith N, Mills MGL: 2008. Predator-prey size relationships in an African large-mammal food web. Journal of Animal Ecology, 77, pp 173-183.

Hodge SJ, Manica A, Flower TP, Clutton-Brock TH: 2008. Determinants of reproductive success in dominant female meerkats. Journal of Animal Ecology, 77, pp 92-102, Full Text

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 Graaf J, Govender P, Schoeman AS, Viljoen A: 2008. Efficacy of cultural control measures against the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), in South Africa. Journal of Applied Entomology, 132 (1), pp 36-44, 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.

Fornara DA, du Toit JT: 2008. Community-level interactions between ungulate browsers and woody plants in an African savanna dominated by palatable-spinescent Acacia trees. Journal of Arid Environments, 72, pp 534-545, Full Text

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

Davis ALV, Scholtz CH, Deschodt C: 2008. Multi-scale determinants of dung beetle assemblage structure across abiotic gradients of the Kalahari-Nama Karoo ecotone, South Africa. Journal of Biogeography, 35, pp 1465-1480, Full Text

De Meyer M, Robertson MP, Peterson AT, Mansell MW: 2008. Ecological niches and potential geographic distributions of Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) and Natal fruit fly (Ceratitis rosa). Journal of Biogeography, 35, pp 270-281.

Bhagwandin A, Fuxe K, Bennett NC, Manger PR: 2008. Nuclear organization and morphology of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic and serotonergic neurons in the brains of two species of African mole-rat. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 35, pp 371-387.

Verburgt L, Ferguson JWH, Weber T: 2008. Phonotactic response of female crickets on the Kramer treadmill: methodology, sensory and behavioural implications. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 194, pp 79-96.

Köhler A, Verburgt L, Fleming PA, Nicolson SW: 2008. Changes in nectar concentration: how quickly do whitebellied sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala) adjust feeding patterns and food intake?. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 178, pp 785-793.

Scantlebury M, Lovegrove BG, Jackson CR, Bennett NC, Lutermann H: 2008. Hibernation and non-shivering thermogenesis in the Hottentot golden mole (Amblysomus hottentottus longiceps). Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 178, pp 887-897.

De Bruyn PJN, Tosh C, Bester MN: 2008. Sexual harassment of a king penguin by an Antarctic fur seal. Journal of Ethology, 26, pp 295-297, 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

le Roux E, Le Roux E, Scholtz CH, Kinahan AA, Bateman PW: 2008. Pre- and post-copulatory mate selection strategies of an African dung beetle Circellium bacchus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 21, pp 111-122.

Moritz RFA, Kraus FB, Kryger P, Crewe RM: 2008. The size of wild honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) and is implications for the conservation of honeybees. Journal of Insect Conservation, 11, pp 391-397, Full Text

Moritz RFA, Dietemann V, Crewe RM: 2008. Determining colony densities in wild honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) with linked microsatellite DNA markers. Journal of Insect Conservation, 12, pp 455-459.

Schmid MR, Brockmann A, Pirk CWW, Stanley DW, Tautz J: 2008. Adult honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) abandon hemocytic, but not phenoloxidase-based immunity. Journal of Insect Physiology, 54, pp 439-444, Full Text

Ellis M, Nicolson SW, Crewe RM, Dietemann V: 2008. Hygropreference and brood care in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Journal of Insect Physiology, 54, pp 1516-1521, Full Text

Pistorius PA, Bester MN, Hofmeyr GJG, Kirkman SP, Taylor FE: 2008. Seasonal survival and the relative cost of first reproduction in adult female southern elephant seals. Journal of Mammalogy, 89 (3), pp 567-574.

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

Ashdown AM, Mckechnie AE, McKechnie AE: 2008. Environmental correlates of Freckled Nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma) activity in a seasonal, subtropical habitat. Journal of Ornithology , 149 (4) / Oct, pp 615-619.

Symes CT, Nicolson SW, McKechnie AE: 2008. Response of avian nectarivores to the flowering of Aloe marlothii: a nectar oasis during dry South African winters. Journal of Ornithology , 149, pp 13-22, Full Text

Purchase C, Picard JA, McDonald R, Bisschop SPR: 2008. A comparison of the oral application and injection routes using the Onderstepoort Biological Products Fowl Typhoid vaccine, its safety, efficacy and duration of protection in commercial laying hens. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 79 (1), pp 39-43, Full Text

Steenkamp G, Ferguson JWH, Boy SC, Ferreira SM, Bester MN: 2008. Estimating exposed pulp lengths of tusks in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana africana). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 79 (1), pp 25-30, 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.

Jackson CR, Lubbe NR, Robertson MP, Setsaas TH, van der Waals JH, Bennett NC: 2008. Soil properties and the distribution of the endangered Juliana's golden mole. Journal of Zoology, 274, pp 13-17, Full Text

Kinahan AA, Kinahan AA, Bennett NC, Belton LE, Bateman PW: 2008. Do mating strategies determine genital allometry in African mole rats (Bathyergidae)?. Journal of Zoology, 274, pp 312-317, Full Text

Lutermann H, Bennett NC: 2008. Strong immune function: a benefit promoting the evolution of sociality?. Journal of Zoology, 275, pp 26-32, Full Text

Manjerovic ME, Kinahan AA, Kinahan AA, Waterman J, Bennett NC, Bateman PW: 2008. Structure and allometry of genitalia in males and females of a social African ground squirrel with high polygynandry. Journal of Zoology, 275, pp 375-380, Full Text

Sichilima AM, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, le Comber SC: 2008. Evolution of African mole-rat sociality: burrow architecture, rainfall and foraging in colonies of the cooperatively breeding Fukomys mechowii. Journal of Zoology, 275, pp 276-282, Full Text

De Vries JL, Oosthuizen MK, Sichilima AM, Bennett NC: 2008. Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in Ansell's mole-rat: are mole-rat's clocks ticking?. Journal of Zoology, 276, pp 343-349, Full Text

Marker LL, Dickman AJ, Mills MGL, Jeo RM, Macdonald DW: 2008. Spatial ecology of cheetahs on north-central Namibian farmlands. Journal of Zoology, 274, pp 226-238, Full Text

Kabat AP, Blackburn TM, Mckechnie AE, Butler PJ: 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of the allometric scaling of therapeutic regimes for birds. Journal of Zoology, 275, pp 359-367, Full Text

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Viljoen JJ, Ganswindt A, Palme R, Reynecke HC, du Toit JT, Langbauer WR: 2008. Measurement of concentrations of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in free-ranging African elephants within the Kruger National Park. Koedoe, 50 (1), pp 18-21, Full Text

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

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Tosh C, De Bruyn PJN, Bester MN: 2008. Preliminary analysis of the social structure of killer whales, Orcinus orca, at subantarctic Marion Island. Marine Mammal Science, 24 (4), pp 929-940.

Best PB: 2008. Nineteenth-century evidence for the Golfo de Panama as a migratory destination for southern humpback whales, including the first mention of singing. Marine Mammal Science, 24 (3), pp 737-742, 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

Flach L, Flach PA, Chiarello AG: 2008. Aspects of behavioral ecology of Sotalia guianensis in Sepetiba Bay, southeast Brazil. Marine Mammal Science, 24 (3), pp 503-515, Full Text

Spong G, Hodge SJ, Young AJ, Clutton-Brock TH: 2008. Factors affecting the reproductive success of dominant male meerkats. Molecular Ecology, 17, pp 2287-2299, Full Text

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Moritz RFA, Pirk CWW, Hepburn HR, Neumann P: 2008. Short-sighted evolution of virulence in parasitic honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Naturwissenschaften, 95, pp 507-513, Full Text

Oosthuizen MK, Bennett NC, Coen CW: 2008. An immunohistochemical study of the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone 1 system in solitary Cape mole-rats, Georychus capensis, and social Natal mole-rats, Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis. Neuroscience, 157, pp 164-173.

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Du Toit CA, Scholtz CH, Hyman WB: 2008. Prevalence of the dog nematode Spirocerca lupi in populations of its intermediate dung beetle host in the Tshwane (Pretoria) Metropole, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 73, pp 315-321, Full Text

Harris GM, Russell GJ, van Aarde RJ, Pimm SL: 2008. Rules of habitat use by elephants Loxodonta africana in southern Africa. Oryx, 42 (1) / Jan, pp 66-75.

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.

Symes CT, Symes CT, Perrin MR: 2008. The habitat and associated bird assemblages of the Grey-head parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis suahelicus in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Ostrich, 79 (1) / Apr, pp 9-22.

Symes CT, Wilson JW: 2008. Primary moult patterns and morphometrics in the Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba. Ostrich, 79 (1), pp 87-90.

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Köhler A, Verburgt L, Nicolson SW: 2008. Nectar intake of white-bellied sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala): can meal size be inferred from feeding duration?. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 81 (5), pp 682-687, Full Text

Kotze J, Bennett NC, Scantlebury M: 2008. The energetics of huddling in two species of mole-rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Physiology & Behavior, 93, pp 215-221, Full Text

Scantlebury M, Waterman J, Bennett NC: 2008. Alternative reproductive tactics in male Cape ground squirrels Xerus inauris. Physiology & Behavior, 94, pp 359-367.

Roxburgh L, Roxburgh L, Nicolson SW: 2008. Differential dispersal and survival of an African mistletoe: does host size matter?. Plant Ecology, 195, pp 21-31.

Pietersen G, Idris AM, Krüger K, Brown JK: 2008. Characterization of tomato curly stunt virus: a new tomato-infecting begomovirus from South Africa. Plant Pathology, 57 (5), pp 809-818.

Antunes A, Troyer JL, Roelke ME, Pecon-Slattery J, Packer C, Winterbach C, Winterbach H, Hemson G, Frank L, Stander P, Siefert L, Driciru M, Funston PJ, Alexander KA, Prager KC, Mills MGL, Wildt D, Bush M, Obrien SJ, Johnson WE: 2008. The evolutionary dynamics of the lion Panthera leo revealed by host and viral population genomics. PLoS Genetics, 4 (11), pp 1-11.

de Bruyn PJN, Bastos AD, Eadie C, Tosh C, Bester MN: 2008. Mass mortality of adult male subantarctic fur seals: Are alien mice the culprits?. PLOS One, 3 (11), p. e3757, Full Text

Makhado AB, Bester MN, Kirkman SP, Pistorius PA, Ferguson JWH, Klages NTW: 2008. Prey to the Antarctic fur seal< I>Arctocephalus gazella at Marion Island. Polar Biology, 31, pp 575-581, Full Text

Setsaas TH, Bester MN, van Niekerk JH, Roux JP, Hofmeyr GJG: 2008. Dispersion during the moult haulout of southern elephant seals at the Courbet Peninsula, Iles Kerguelen. Polar Biology, 31, pp 249-253.

Bester MN, de Clerq H, Hofmeyr GJG, De Bruyn PJN: 2008. Leucistic southern elephant seal at Marion island?. Polar Biology, 31, pp 255-257.

Ferreira JM, De Oliveira LR, Wynen LP, Bester MN, Guinet C, Moraes-Barros N, Martins FM, Meulbert MMC, Moreno IB, Siciliano S, Ott PH, Morgante JS: 2008. Multiple origins of vagrant Subantarctic fur seals: a long journey to the Brazilian coast detected by molecular markers. Polar Biology, 31, pp 303-308, Full Text

Getz WM, Saltz D: 2008. A framework for generating and analyzing movement paths on ecological landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (49), pp 19066-19071.

Wittemyer G, Polansky L, Douglas-Hamilton I, Getz WM: 2008. Disentangling the effects of forage, social rank, and risk on movement autocorrelation of elephants using Fourier and wavelet analyses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (49), pp 19108-19113.

Cameron EZ, Lemons P, Bateman PW, Bennett NC: 2008. Experimental alteration of litter sex ratios in a mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 275, pp 323-327.

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Coetzee BWT: 2008. Letters: Conservation with Caveats. Science, 321 / July, pp 340-341.

Symes CT, Nicolson SW: 2008. Production of copious dilute nectar in the bird-pollinated African succulent Aloe marlothii (Asphodelaceae). South African Journal of Botany, 74, pp 598-605.

De Bruyn PJN, Tosh CA, Oosthuizen WC, Phalanndwa MV, Bester MN: 2008. Temporary marking of unweaned southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina L.) pups. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 38 (2), pp 133-137, Full Text

Dalerum F, Lange H, Skarpe C, Rooke T, Inga B, Bateman PW: 2008. Foraging competition, vigilance and group size in two species of gregarious antelope. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 38 (2) / Oct, pp 138-145, Full Text

Viljoen JJ, Viljoen JJ, Ganswindt A, du Toit JT, Langbauer WR: 2008. Translocation stress and faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in free-ranging African savanna elephants. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 38 (2) / Oct, pp 146-152, Full Text

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Bennett NC: 2008. The Mammal Research Institute 1966-2006. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 63 (1), pp 53-60.

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Basile R, Pirk CWW, Tautz J: 2008. Trophallactic activities in the honeybee brood nest - Heaters get supplied with high performance fuel. Zoology, 111, pp 433-441.

Kerzhner IM, Jacobs DH: 2008. A new species of Himacerus from South Africa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nabidae). Zootaxa, 1819, pp 63-67.