Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Bastos, AD
MSc PhD(Pret) - Associate Professor
NRF Rating: Y1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 4612
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: amanda.bastos@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Molecular epidemiology of wildlife diseases
Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
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.
Jori F, Bastos AD: 2009. Role of wild suids in the epidemiology of African swine fever. Ecohealth, 6 (2), pp 296-310, Full Text
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.
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.
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