Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
van Aarde, RJ
MSc DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2753
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: rjvaarde@zoology.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:
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.
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.
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.
van Aarde RJ, Ferreira SM: 2009. Elephant populations and CITES trade resolutions. Environmental Conservation, 36 (1), pp 8-10, Full Text
Trimble M, Ferreira SM, van Aarde RJ: 2009. Drivers of megaherbivore demographic fluctuations: Inference from elephants. Journal of Zoology, 279, pp 18-26.
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.
Olivier P, van Aarde RJ, Ferreira SM: 2009. Support for a metapopulation structure among mammals. Mammal Review, 39 (3), pp 178-192.
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
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
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