Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Bester, MN
BSc(Hons) MSc(Stell) DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: B3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2067
Fax number: 012 420 2534
E-mail address: marthan.bester@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:
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, 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
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
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
Johnson RL, Bester MN, Dudley SFJ, Oosthuizen WH, Me˙er 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.
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.
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.
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
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
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