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Postgraduate Student Research Projects 2009

Dissertations/Theses: [15]

De Bruyn PJN: Life history characteristics of southern elephant seals at Marion Island (Prof MN Bester)

Köhler A: Food quality, fasting periods and temperature stress: effects of energy challenges on the feeding patterns of avian nectarivores (Prof SW Nicolson)

Sichilima AM: The burrow structure, colony composition and reproductive biology of the giant mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii) Peters 1881 from the Copperbelt of Zambia (Prof NC Bennett, Dr CG Faulkes)

Slater K: Social significance of grooming behaviour among chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda (Prof EZ Cameron, Prof JT du Toit, Prof V Reynolds)

Chauke LF: Genetic variation and population structure of southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina from Marion Island (Prof AD Bastos, Prof MN Bester)

Douglas (Smit) N: A real-time PCR assay for the detection and quantification of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) in Vitis vinifera L. (Vitaceae) and Planococcus ficus Signoret (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Dr K Krüger)

Ellis M: Homeostasis of the hive environment, the interaction between temerature and humidity within honeybee colonies (Prof SW Nicolson, Prof RM Crewe, Dr V Dietemann)

Flower TP: Competition for food in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) (Prof EZ Cameron)

Fourie M: The potential of crops as plant borders to reduce aphid-transmitted virus incidence in seed potatoes (Dr K Krüger)

Harris K: Assessing local scale impacts of Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae) invasion on arthropod assemblages in the Kruger National Park, South Africa (Prof BJ Van Rensburg, Dr MP Robertson)

Junker J: An analysis of numerical trends in African elephant populations (Prof R van Aarde, Dr SM Ferreira)

Maboko V: Genetic diversity and hybridisation estimates of Arctocephalus tropicalis and A. gazella from Marion Island (Prof AD Bastos, Prof MN Bester)

Shaw T: Sexual differences in diet of Little Penguins Eudyptula minor (Prof MN Bester)

Thomas (Osuagwuh) JC: Enrichment in zoo housed animals to increase wild type behaviour patterns (Dr PW Bateman)

van der Merwe Y: Systematics of Trogidae (Coleoptera): new South African species, and a molecular phylogeny of the family (Prof CH Scholtz, Prof AD Bastos)

 

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