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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology

The ecology, ethology, physiology and evolution of African animals; Behavioural, physiological and evolutionary ecology; and Antarctic biology - Postgraduate Student Projects

Dissertations/Theses:
Tambling C: Movement analysis for monitoring predation by large carnivores: lions in Kruger National Park (Prof EZ Cameron, Prof JT du Toit, Prof W Getz)

Tosh CA: oceanographic signatures and foraging areas of southern elephant seals (Prof MN Bester)

Yusuf AA: Termite raiding in the ponerine ant Pachycondyla analis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): behavioural and chemical ecology (Prof RM Crewe, Dr CWW Pirk)

Altaye SZ: Regulation of protein and carbohydrate intake in caged honeybees Apis mellifera scutellata: assessment based on consumption and various performance measures (Prof SW Nicolson, Dr CWW Pirk, Prof RM Crewe)

Honiball A: Systematics of the Afrotropical Mystarini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Dietinae) (Prof CT Chimimba, Dr AS Dippenaar-Schoeman, Prof CH Scholtz)

Mostert ME: Molecular and morphological assessment of invasive, inland Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) congenerics in South Africa and their reservoir host potential with respect to Helicobacter and Bartonella (Prof AD Bastos, Prof CT Chimimba)

Oosthuizen WC: Untagged southern elephant seals at Marion Island: origin and demographic consequences (Prof MN Bester)

Ramunasi AJ: The diet of the Subantarctic fur seals at Marion Island (Prof MN Bester)

Shenkute AG: Behavioural response of honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata Lep.) to wild pollinators on sunflowers (Helianthus annuus L.) (Prof SW Nicolson, Dr CWW Pirk, Prof RM Crewe)

Tesfay GB: Contribution of managed honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata Lep.) to sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seed yield and quality (Prof SW Nicolson, Dr CWW Pirk, Prof RM Crewe)

 

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