Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Ferguson, JWH
BSc(Hons) MSc(Pret) PhD(Witwatersrand) - Professor and Director: Centre for Environmental Studies
NRF Rating: C1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2017
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: jwhferguson@zoology.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics
The ecology, ethology, physiology and evolution of African animals; Behavioural, physiological and evolutionary ecology; and Antarctic biology
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
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
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.
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
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
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