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: marthan.bester@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:
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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