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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
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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Deschodt CM, Scholtz CH, Kryger P: 2009. Description of the larva and pupa ofIchnestoma stobbiai Holm 1992 (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), a range-restricted species of conservation concern. African Entomology, 17 (1), pp 43-50.

Haddad CR, Honiball A, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Slotow R, Van Rensburg BJ: 2009. Spiders as potential indicators of elephant-induced habitat changes in endemic sand forest, Maputaland, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 48 / Sep, pp 446-460.

Olivier P, Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2009. Dung survey bias and elephant population estimates in southern Mozambique. African Journal of Ecology, 47, pp 202-213.

Bester MN, Ryan PG, Visagie J: 2009. Summer survey of fur seals at Prince Edward Island, southern Indian Ocean. African Journal of Marine Science, 31 (3), pp 451-455, Full Text

Oosthuizen WC, Dyer BM, de Bruyn PJN: 2009. Vagrant birds ashore at the Prince Edward Islands, southern Indian Ocean, from 1987 to 2009. African Journal of Marine Science, 31 (3), pp 445-450, Full Text

Oosthuizen WC, Bester MN, de Bruyn PJN, Hofmeyr GJG: 2009. Intra-archipelago moult dispersion of southern elephant seals at the Prince Edward Islands, southern Indian Ocean. African Journal of Marine Science, 31 (3), pp 457-462, Full Text

Hrabar HdNK, Hattas D, du Toit JT: 2009. Intraspecific host preferences of mopane moths (Imbrasia belina) in mopane (Colophospermum mopane) woodland. African Zoology, 44 (2) / Oct, pp 131-140, Full Text

Oosthuizen MK, Bennett NC: 2009. Seasonal variation in gonadal steroids of males and females in the Cape mole-rat (Georychus capensis): The potential for opportunistic breeding. African Zoology, 44 (1), pp 117-122, Full Text

van der Merwe I, Tambling C, Thorn M, Scott DM, Yarnell RW, Green M, Cameron EZ, Bateman PW: 2009. An assessment of diet overlap of two mesocarnivores in the North West Province, South Africa. African Zoology, 44 (2) / Oct, pp 288-291, Full Text

Bennett NC: 2009. African mole-rats (family Bathyergidae): Models for studies in animal physiology. African Zoology, 44 (2) / Oct, pp 263-270, Full Text

Whitten PL, Turner T: 2009. Endocrine mechanisms of primate life history trade-offs: Growth and reproductive maturation in vervet monkeys. American Journal of Human Biology, 21 (6), pp 754-761.

Schradin C, Scantlebury M, Pillay N, König B: 2009. Testosterone levels in dominant sociable males are lower than in solitary roamers: Physiological differences between three male reproductive tactics in a sociably flexible mammal. American Naturalist, 173 (3) / Mar, pp 376-388, Full Text

Linklater WL, Cameron EZ: 2009. Social dispersal but with philopatry reveals incest avoidance in a polygynous ungulate. Animal Behaviour, 77, pp 1085-1093, Full Text

White AM, Cameron EZ: 2009. Communal nesting is unrelated to burrow availability in the common warthog. Animal Behaviour, 77, pp 87-94, Full Text

Unck CE, Waterman J, Verburgt L, Bateman PW: 2009. Quantity versus quality: How does level of predation threat affect Cape ground squirrel vigilance?. Animal Behaviour, 78 (3), pp 625-632.

Marcotty T, Matthys F, Godfroid JXL, Rigouts L, Ameni G, Gey van Pittius NC, Kazwala R, Muma J, Van Helden PD, Walravens K, De Klerk LM, Geoghegan C, Mbotha D, Otte M, Amenu K, Abu Samra N, Botha CJ, Ekron M, Jenkins AO, Jori F, Kriek NPJ, McCrindle CME, Michel A, Morar D, Roger F, Thys E, van den Bossche P: 2009. Zoonotic tuberculosis and brucellosis in Africa: Neglected zoonoses or minor public-health issues? The outcomes of a multi-disciplinary workshop. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 103 (5), pp 401-411, Full Text

Tosh C, Bornemann H, Ramdohr S, Schroder M, Martin T, Carlini AR, Plotz J, Bester MN: 2009. Adult male southern elephant seals from King George Island utilize the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Science, 21 (2), pp 113-121, Full Text

Tan K, Yang M, Radloff SE, Yu Y, Pirk CWW, Hepburn HR: 2009. Intra- and interspecific brood recognition in pure and mixed-species honeyee colonies,Apis cerana andA. mellifera. Apidologie, 40, pp 184-191.

Dietemann V, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM: 2009. Is there a need for conservation of honeybees in Africa?. Apidologie, 40, pp 285-295, Full Text

De Bruyn PJN, Bester MN, Carlini AR, Oosthuizen WC: 2009. How to weigh an elephant seal with one finger: a simple three-dimensional photogrammetric application. Aquatic Biology, 5, pp 31-39, Full Text

Young K, Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2009. The influence of increasing population size and vegetation productivity on elephant distribution in the Kruger National Park. Austral Ecology, 34, pp 329-342.

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Hodge SJ, Thornton A, Flower TP, Clutton-Brock TH: 2009. Food limitation increases aggression in juvenile meerkats. Behavioral Ecology, 20 (5), pp 930-935.

Tan K, Yang M, Radloff SE, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Phiancharoen M, Hepburn R, Oldroyd B: 2009. Worker reproduction in mixed-species colonies of honey bees. Behavioral Ecology, 20 (5), pp 1106-1110.

McLean IG, Cameron EZ, Linklater WL, Schmitt NT, Pulskamp KSM: 2009. Partnerships in the social system of a small macropod marsupial, the quokka (Setonix brachyurus). Behaviour, 146, pp 89-112.

Torquebiau E, Taylor RD: 2009. Natural resource management by rural citizens in developing countries: innovations still required. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18, pp 2537-2550.

Asher RJ, Bennett NC, Lehmann T: 2009. The new framework for understanding placental mammal evolution. Bioessays, 31, pp 853-864.

Loarie SR, van Aarde RJ, Pimm SL: 2009. Fences and artificial water distort elephant movements across wet and dry savannahs. Biological Conservation, 142, pp 3086-3098.

Loarie SR, van Aarde RJ, Pimm SL: 2009. Elephant seasonal vegetation preferences across dry and wet svannas. Biological Conservation, 142, pp 3099-3107.

Roura-Pascual N, Richardson DM, Krug RM, Brown A, Chapman RA, Forsyth GG, le Maitre D, Robertson MP, Stafford L, van Wilgen BW, Wannenburgh A, Wessels N: 2009. Ecology and management of alien plant invasions in South African fynbos: accommodating key complexities in objective decision making. Biological Conservation, 142, pp 1595-1604, Full Text

Sande SO, Crewe RM, Raina SK, Nicolson SW, Gordon IJ: 2009. Proximity to a forest leads to higher honey yield: Another reason to conserve. Biological Conservation, 142, pp 2703-2709.

Hugo S, Van Rensburg BJ: 2009. Alien and native birds in South Africa: Patterns, processes and conservation. Biological Invasions, 11 (10), pp 2291-2302.

Taylor PJ, Maree S, van Sandwyk J, Kerbis Peterhans JC, Stanley WT, Verheyen E, Kaliba P, Verheyen W, Kaleme P, Bennett NC: 2009. Speciation mirrors geomorphology and palaeoclimatic history in African laminate-toothed rats (Muridae: Otomyini) of theOtomys denti andOtomys lacustris species-complexes in the 'Montane Circle' of East Africa. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 96, pp 913-941.

van Valkenburgh B, Maddox T, Funston PJ, Mills MGL, Grether GF, Carbone C: 2009. Sociality in Rancho La Brea Smilodon: arguments favour 'evidence' over 'coincidence'. Biology Letters, 5 (4), pp 563-564.

Dalerum F, Cameron EZ, Kunkel K, Somers MJ: 2009. Diversity and depletions in continental carnivore guilds: implications for prioritizing global carnivore conservation. Biology Letters, 5, pp 35-38.

Carbone C, Maddox T, Funston PJ, Mills MGL, Grether GF, van Valkenburgh B: 2009. Parallels between playbacks and Pleistocene tar seeps suggest sociality in an extinct sabretooth cat,Smilodon. Biology Letters, 5, pp 81-85.

Davis ALV, Philips TK: 2009. Regional fragmentation of rain forest in West Africa and its effect on local dung beetle assemblage structure. Biotropica, 41 (2), pp 215-220.

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Jaffe R, Dietemann V, Allsopp MH, Costa C, Crewe RM, Dall Olio R, De la Rua P, El-Niweiri MAA, Fries I, Kezic N, Meusel MS, Paxton RJ, Shaibi T, Stolle E, Moritz RFA: 2009. Estimating the density of honeybee colonies across their natural range to fill the gap in pollinator decline censuses. Conservation Biology, 24 (2), pp 583-593.

Malherbe GP, Maude G, Bastos AD: 2009. Genetic clues from olfactory cues: Brown hyaena scent marks provide a non-invasive source of DNA for genetic profiling. Conservation Genetics, 10, pp 759-762.

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Van Rensburg BJ, Levin N, Kark S: 2009. Spatial congruence between ecotones and range-restricted species: Implications for conservation biogeography at the sub-continental scale. Diversity and Distributions, 15, pp 379-389.

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Jori F, Bastos AD: 2009. Role of wild suids in the epidemiology of African swine fever. Ecohealth, 6 (2), pp 296-310, Full Text

Polansky L, De Valpine P, Lloyd-Smith JO, Getz WM: 2009. Likelihood ridges and multimodality in population growth rate models. Ecology, 90 (8), pp 2313-2320, Full Text

Bar-David S, Bar-David I, Cross PC, Ryan SJ, Knechtel C, Getz WM: 2009. Methods for assessing movement path recursion with application to African buffalo in South Africa. Ecology, 90 (9), pp 2467-2479, Full Text

Warren M, McGeoch MA, Chown SL: 2009. The detection of spatial structure in populations and communities: An empirical case study. Ecoscience, 16 (1), pp 95-110.

Johnson RL, Bester MN, Dudley SFJ, Oosthuizen WH, Meÿer M, Hancke L, Gennari E: 2009. Coastal swimming patterns of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at Mossel Bay, South Africa. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 85, pp 189-200.

van Aarde RJ, Ferreira SM: 2009. Elephant populations and CITES trade resolutions. Environmental Conservation, 36 (1), pp 8-10, Full Text

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Smit B, McKechnie AE: 2009. Avian seasonal metabolic variation in a subtropical desert: basal metabolic rates are lower in winter than in summer. Functional Ecology, 24 (srx) / Oct, pp 330-339.

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Coetzee BWT, Robertson MP, Erasmus BFN, Van Rensburg BJ, Thuiller W: 2009. Ensemble models predict Important Bird Areas in southern Africa will become less effective for conserving endemic birds under climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 18, pp 701-710.

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Caron A, Gaidet N, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Morand S, Cameron EZ: 2009. Evolutionary biology, community ecology and avian influenza research. Infection Genetics And Evolution, 9, pp 298-303.

Basset Y, Missa O, Alonso A, Miller S, Curletti G, De Meyer M, Eardley CD, Lewis OT, Mansell MW, Novotny V, Wagner T: 2009. Choice of metrics for studying anthropod responses to habitat disturbance: one example from Gabon. Insect Conservation And Diversity, 1, pp 55-66.

Strumpher WP, Scholtz CH: 2009. New species and status changes of small flightless relictualTrox Fabricius from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Trogidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 40, pp 71-84.

Brettschneider H, Chimimba CT, Scholtz CH, Bastos AD, Bateman PW: 2009. The tusked king cricket (Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby, 1899) Anostostomatidae) from South Africa: Morphological and molecular evidence suggest two cryptic species. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 40 (1), pp 85-103.

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Zheng H-Q, Jin S-H, Hu F-L, Pirk CWW: 2009. Sustainable multiple queen colonies of honey bees, Apis mellifera ligustica. Journal of Apicultural Research, 48 (4), pp 284-289.

Zheng H-Q, Jin S-H, Hu F-L, Pirk CWW, Dietemann V: 2009. Maintenance and application of multiple queen colonies in commercial beekeeping. Journal of Apicultural Research, 48 (4), pp 290-295.

Moe SR, Rutina LP, Hytteborn H, du Toit JT: 2009. What controls woodland regeneration after elephants have killed the big trees?. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46, pp 223-230.

Cross PC, Heisey DM, Bowers JA, Hay CT, Wolhuter J, Wolhuter J, Buss P, Hofmeyr M, Michel AL, Bengis RG, Bird TL, du Toit JT, Getz WM: 2009. Disease, predation and demography: assessing the impacts of bovine tuberculosis on African buffalo by monitoring at individual and population levels. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46, pp 467-475.

Holter P, Scholtz CH, Stenseng L: 2009. Desert detritivory: Nutritional ecology of a dung beetle (Pachysoma glentoni) subsisting on plant litter in arid South African sand dunes. Journal of Arid Environments, 73 (12), pp 1090-1094, Full Text

Leseigneur C, Nicolson SW: 2009. Nectar concentration preferences and sugar intake in the white-bellied sunbird,Cinnyris talatala (Nectariniidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 179, pp 673-679.

Nicolson SW: 2009. Water homeostasis in bees, with the emphasis on sociality. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212, pp 429-434, Full Text

Missa O, Basset Y, Alonso A, Miller SE, Curletti G, De Meyer M, Eardley CD, Mansell MW, Wagner T: 2009. Monitoring arthropods in a tropical landscape: relative effects of sampling methods and habitat types on trap catches. Journal of Insect Conservation, 13, pp 103-118.

Duangphakdee O, Radloff SE, Pirk CWW, Hepburn R: 2009. Sun angle time windows for absconding by the dwarf honeybee, Apis florea. Journal of Insect Physiology, 55 (11), pp 1009-1012.

Walton VM, Krüger K, Saccaggi DL, Millar IM: 2009. A survey of scale insects (Sternorryncha: Coccoidea) occurring on table grapes in South Africa. Journal of Insect Science, 9 (47), pp 1-6, Full Text

Kotze SH, van der Merwe EL, Ndou R, O Riain MJ, Bennett NC: 2009. The colonic groove or furrow: A comparative morphological study of six species of African mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae). Journal of Morphology, 270, pp 966-975.

Best PB, Glass JP, Ryan PG, Dalebout ML: 2009. Cetacean records from Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 89 (5), pp 1023-1032, Full Text

Hrabar H, Hattas D, du Toit JT: 2009. Differential effects of defoliation by mopane caterpillars and pruning by African elephants on the regrowth ofColophospermum mopane foliage. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 25, pp 301-309, Full Text

Mouton M, Reeb D, Botha A, Best PB: 2009. Yeast infection in a beached southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) neonate. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 45 (3), pp 692-699.

Oosthuizen WC, Cross PC, Bowers JA, Hay C, Ebinger MR, Buss P, Hofmeyr M, Cameron EZ: 2009. Effects of chemical immobilization on survival of African buffalo in he Kruger National Park. Journal of Wildlife Management, 73 (1), pp 149-153.

Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2009. To cut a long tail short: a review of lizard caudal autotomy studies carried out over the last 20 years. Journal of Zoology, 277 (1) / Jan, pp 1-14.

Young K, Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2009. Elephant spatial use in wet and dry savannas of southern Africa. Journal of Zoology, 278, pp 189-205.

Taylor PJ, Maree S, van Sandwyk J, Baxter R, Rambau RV: 2009. When is a species not a species? Uncoupled phenotypic, karyotypic and genotypic divergence in two species of South African laminate-toothed rats (Murinae: Otomyini). Journal of Zoology, 277 (4), pp 317-332.

Thomas HG, Bateman PW, le Comber SC, Bennett NC, Elwood RW, Scantlebury M: 2009. Burrow architecture and digging activity in the Cape dune mole rat. Journal of Zoology, 279, pp 277-284.

Lindsey PA, Romanach S, Davies-Mostert HT: 2009. The importance of conservancies for enhancing the conservation value of game ranch land in southern Africa. Journal of Zoology, 277, pp 99-105.

Trimble M, Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2009. Drivers of megaherbivore demographic fluctuations: Inference from elephants. Journal of Zoology, 279, pp 18-26.

Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2009. There will be blood: Autohaemorrhage behaviour as part of the defence repertoire of an insect. Journal of Zoology, 278 (4), pp 342-348.

Jackson CR, Setsaas TH, Robertson MP, Scantlebury M, Bennett NC: 2009. Insights into torpor and behavioural thermoregulation of the endangered Juliana's golden mole. Journal of Zoology, 278, pp 299-307.

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Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Van Den Berg A, Prendini L: 2009. Spiders and scorpions (Arachnida: Araneae, Scorpiones) of the Nylsvley Nature Reserve, South Africa. Koedoe, 51 (1), pp 1-9, Full Text

Haddad CR, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2009. A checklist of the non-acarine arachnids (Chelicerata: Arachnida) of the De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Koedoe, 51 (1), pp 1-9, Full Text

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Van Rensburg BJ, Peacock DS, Robertson MP: 2009. Biotic homogenization and alien bird species along an urban gradient in South Africa. Landscape and Urban Planning, 92, pp 233-241, Full Text

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Castiglia R, Annesi F, Sichilima AM, Hutterer R: 2009. A molecular and chromosomal study of the moonshine shrew,Crocidura luna Dollman, 1910 from Zambia with a description of a new remarkable karyotype. Mammalia, 73 (1), pp 56-59.

Suchentrunk F, Ben Slimen H, Kryger U: 2009. Molecular evidence of conspecificity of South African hares conventionally considered Lepus capensis L., 1758. Mammalian Biology, 74 (5), pp 325-343, Full Text

Abdel-Rahman EH, Taylor PJ, Contrafatto G, Lamb JM, Bloomer P, Chimimba CT: 2009. Geometric craniometric analysis of sexual dimorphism and ontogenetic variation: A case study based on two geographically disparate species,Aethomys ineptusfrom southern Africa andArvicanthis niloticusfrom Sudan (Rodentia: Muridae). Mammalian Biology, 74, pp 361-373, Full Text

Olivier P, van Aarde RJ, Ferreira SM: 2009. Support for a metapopulation structure among mammals. Mammal Review, 39 (3), pp 178-192.

Gubili C, Johnson RL, Gennari E, Oosthuizen WH, Kotze D, Meyer M, Sims DW, Jones CS, Noble LR: 2009. Concordance of genetic and fin photo identification in the great white shark,Carcharodon carcharias, off Mossel Bay, South Africa. Marine Biology, 156 (10), pp 2199-2207.

De Bruyn PJN, Tosh CA, Oosthuizen WC, Bester MN, Arnould JPY: 2009. Bathymetry and frontal system interactions influence seasonal foraging movements of lactating subantarctic fur seals from Marion Island. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 394, pp 263-276.

Biuw M, Krafft BA, Hofmeyr GJG, Lydersen C, Kovacs KM: 2009. Time budgets and at-sea behaviour of lactating female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at Bouvetoya. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 385, pp 271-284.

Oosthuizen WC, de Bruyn PJN, Bester MN, Girondot M: 2009. Cohort and tag-site-specific tag-loss rates in mark–recapture studies: A southern elephant seal cautionary case. Marine Mammal Science, In http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122593253/abstract, 26 (2) / Sep, pp 350-369.

Reisinger R, Karczmarski L: 2009. Population size estimate of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in the Algoa Bay region, South Africa. Marine Mammal Science, In http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122579979/abstract, 26 (1) / Aug, pp 86-97.

Oosthuizen WC, de Bruyn PJN: 2009. Isabelline King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus at Marion Island. Marine Ornithology, 37, pp 267-268.

Bastos AD, Arnot LF, Jacquier MD, Maree S: 2009. A host species-informative internal control for molecular assessment of African swine fever virus infection rates in the African sylvatic cycleOrnithodoros vector. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 23, pp 399-409.

Jaffe R, Dietemann V, Crewe RM, Moritz RFA: 2009. Temporal variation in the genetic structure of a drone congregation area: An insight into the population dynamics of wild African honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata). Molecular Ecology, 18 (7), pp 1511-1522.

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McMahon CR, Bester MN, Hindell MA, Brook BW, Bradshaw CJA: 2009. Shifting trends: Detecting environmentally mediated regulation in long-lived marine vertebrates using time-series data. Oecologia, 159, pp 69-82, Full Text

Ntumi CP, Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2009. A review of historical trends in the distribution and abundance of elephantsLoxodonta africana in Mozambique. Oryx, 43 (4), pp 568-579, Full Text

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Fleming PA, Verburgt L, Scantlebury M, Medger K, Bateman PW: 2009. Jettisoning ballast or fuel? Caudal autotomy and locomotory energetic of the Cape dwarf geckoLygodactylus capensis (Gekkonidae). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 82 (6), pp 756-765, Full Text

Costanzo MS, Bennett NC, Lutermann H: 2009. Spatial learning and memory in African mole-rats: The role of sociality and sex. Physiology & Behavior, 96, pp 128-134, Full Text

Jones CJP, Carter AM, Bennett NC, Blankenship TN, Enders AC: 2009. Placentation in the Hottentot golden mole, Amblysomus hottentotus (Afrosoricida: Chrysochloridae). Placenta, 30, pp 571-578, Full Text

Hagenah N, Munkert H, Gerhardt K, Olff H: 2009. Interacting effects of grass height and herbivores on the establishment of an encroaching savanna shrub. Plant Ecology, 201, pp 553-566, Full Text

Getz WM: 2009. Disease and the dynamics of food webs. PLoS Biology, 7 (9) / Sep, p. e100209, Full Text

de Bruyn M, Hall BL, Chauke LF, Baroni C, Koch PL, Hoelzel AR: 2009. Rapid response of a marine mammal species to Holocene climate and habitat change. PLoS Genetics, 5 (7) / Jul, p. e1000554, Full Text

Rosenbaum HC, Pomilla C, Mendez M, Leslie MS, Best PB, Findlay KP, Minton G, Ersts PJ, Collins T, Engel MH, Bonatto SL, Kotze DPGH, Meyer M, Barendse J, Thornton M, Razafindrakoto Y, Ngouessono S, Vely M, Kiszka J: 2009. Population structure of humpback whales from their breeding grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Plos One, 4 (10) / Oct, p. e7318, Full Text

Cameron EZ, Dalerum F: 2009. A Trivers-Willard Effect in contemporary humans: male-biased sex ratios among billionaires. Plos One, 4 (1) / Jan, p. e4195, Full Text

Oosthuizen WC, de Bruyn PJN: 2009. King penguin brooding and defending a sub-Antarctic skua chick. Polar Biology, 32, pp 303-305, Full Text

Dalerum F, Kunkel K, Angerbjorn A, Shults B: 2009. Diet of wolverines (Gulo gulo) in the western Brooks Range, Alaska. Polar Research, 28, pp 246-253.

Cameron EZ, Setsaas TH, Linklater WL: 2009. Social bonds between unrelated females increase reproductive success in feral horses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (33) / Aug, pp 13850-13853.

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Symes CT, Human H, Nicolson SW: 2009. Appearances can be deceiving: Pollination in two sympatric winter-floweringAloe species. South African Journal of Botany, 75, pp 668-674, Full Text

Cooper J, Bester MN, Chown SL, Crawford RJM, Crawford RJM, Daly R, Heyns E, Lamont T, Ryan PG, Shaw JD: 2009. Biological survey of the Prince Edward Islands, December 2008. South African Journal of Science, 105 / Jul/Aug, pp 317-320, Full Text

van der Merwe M, Stirnemann R: 2009. Group composition and socia events of the banana bat,Neoromicia nanus, in Mpumalanga, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 39 (1) / Apr, pp 48-56, Full Text

Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2009. Aerial survey intensity as a determinant of estimates of African elephant population sizes and trends. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 39 (2) / Oct, pp 181-191, Full Text

Thorn M, Scott DM, Green M, Bateman PW, Cameron EZ: 2009. Estimating brown hyaena occupancy using baited camera traps. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 39 (1) / Apr, pp 1-10, Full Text

de Bruyn PJN, Landman M, Tambling C, Verburgt L: 2009. Does science serve the wildlife industry? A critique of von Brandis & Reilly (2008). South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 39 (1) / Apr, pp 103-105, Full Text

Elwen S, Best PB, Reeb D, Thornton M: 2009. Diurnal movements and behaviour of Heaviside's dolphins,Cephalorhynchus heavisidii, with some comparative data for dusky dolphins,Lagenorhynchus obscurus. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 39 (2) / Oct, pp 143-154, Full Text

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Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Myburgh JG: 2009. A review of the cave spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 64 (1), pp 53-61.

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Tambling CJ, Belton LE: 2009. Feasibility of using proximity tags to locate female lion Panthera leo kills. Wildlife Biology, 15 (4), pp 435-441.

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Harrison JduG: 2009. A taxonomic revision of the African leaf chafer genusAsthenopholis Brenske, 1898 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): a SEM study. Zootaxa, 2225, pp 1-48.