Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
The ecology, ethology, physiology and evolution of African animals; Behavioural, physiological and evolutionary ecology; and Antarctic biology - Postgraduate Student Projects
Dissertations/Theses:
De Bruyn PJN: Life history characteristics of southern elephant seals at Marion Island (Prof MN Bester)
Köhler A: Food quality, fasting periods and temperature stress: effects of energy challenges on the feeding patterns of avian nectarivores (Prof SW Nicolson)
Sichilima AM: The burrow structure, colony composition and reproductive biology of the giant mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii) Peters 1881 from the Copperbelt of Zambia (Prof NC Bennett, Dr CG Faulkes)
Slater K: Social significance of grooming behaviour among chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda (Prof EZ Cameron, Prof JT du Toit, Prof V Reynolds)
Chauke LF: Genetic variation and population structure of southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina from Marion Island (Prof AD Bastos, Prof MN Bester)
Flower TP: Competition for food in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) (Prof EZ Cameron)
Harris K: Assessing local scale impacts of Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae) invasion on arthropod assemblages in the Kruger National Park, South Africa (Prof BJ Van Rensburg, Dr MP Robertson)
Maboko V: Genetic diversity and hybridisation estimates of Arctocephalus tropicalis and A. gazella from Marion Island (Prof AD Bastos, Prof MN Bester)
Shaw T: Sexual differences in diet of Little Penguins Eudyptula minor (Prof MN Bester)
Thomas (Osuagwuh) JC: Enrichment in zoo housed animals to increase wild type behaviour patterns (Dr PW Bateman)
van der Merwe Y: Systematics of Trogidae (Coleoptera): new South African species, and a molecular phylogeny of the family (Prof CH Scholtz, Prof AD Bastos)
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