Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Bennett, NC
BSc(Hons)(Bristol) PhD(Cape Town) - Professor
NRF Rating: B1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2538
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: nigel.bennett@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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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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