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:
Bennett NC: 2009. African mole-rats (family Bathyergidae): Models for studies in animal physiology. African Zoology, 44 (2) / Oct, pp 263-270, 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
Asher RJ, Bennett NC, Lehmann T: 2009. The new framework for understanding placental mammal evolution. Bioessays, 31, pp 853-864.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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