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Department of Zoology and Entomology
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

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Select the first letter of the journal title from the alphabetical list.

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Strauss U, Human H, Crewe RM, Pirk CWW: 2010. The first report of storage mites, Catoglyphus hughesi (Acaridae) on laboratory-reared Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in South Africa. African Entomology, 18 (2), pp 379-382, Full Text

Holm E, Perissinotto R: 2010. Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Spilophorus Westwood (in Shaum), 1848 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cremastocheilini). African Entomology, 18 (1), pp 47-65, Full Text

Engelbrecht I: 2010. Invertebrate species inventories in protected area management: are they useful?. African Entomology, 18 (2), pp 235-245, Full Text

van Niekerk P, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2010. A revision of the spider genus Simorcus Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) of the Afrotropical region. African Entomology, 18 (1), pp 66-86, Full Text

Guldemond RAR, van Aarde RJ: 2010. The influence of tree canopies and elephants on sub-canopy vegetation in a savannah. African Journal of Ecology, 48 (1) / Mar, pp 180-189.

Barendse J, Best PB, Thornton M, Pomilla C, Carvalho I, Rosenbaum HC: 2010. Migration redefined? Seasonality, movements and group composition of humpback whalesMegaptera novaeangliae off the west coast of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 32 (1), pp 1-22, Full Text

Best PB, Reeb D: 2010. A near mass stranding of cetaceans in St Helena Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 32 (1), pp 163-166.

Best PB, Meyer MA, Lockyer CH: 2010. Killer whales in South African waters - a review of their biology. African Journal of Marine Science, 32 (2), pp 171-186.

Kirkman SP, Meyer MA, Thornton M: 2010. False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens mass stranding at Long Beach on South Africa's Cape Peninsula, 2009. African Journal of Marine Science, 32 (1), pp 167-170.

Reisinger R, Bester MN: 2010. Goose barnacles on seals and a penguin at Gough Island. African Zoology, 45 (1), pp 129-132, Full Text

Chimimba CT, Sichilima AM, Faulkes CG, Bennett NC: 2010. Ontogenetic variation and craniometric sexual dimorphism in the social giant mole-rat, Fukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae), from Zambia. African Zoology, 45 (2), pp 160-176, Full Text

Elwen SH, Thornton M, Reeb D, Best PB: 2010. Near-shore distribution of Heaviside's (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) and dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) at the southern limit of their range in South Africa. African Zoology, 45 (1), pp 78-91, Full Text

van Zyl A, Delport JH: 2010. Digestibility of nutrients and aspects of the digestive physiology of the greater cane rat, Thryonomys swinderianus in two seasons. African Zoology, 45 (2), pp 254-264, Full Text

Muelelwa MI, Foord SH, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Stam EM: 2010. Towards a standardized and optimized protocol for rapid biodiversity assessments: Spider species richness and assemblage composition in two Savanna vegetation types. African Zoology, 45 (2) / Oct, pp 273-290.

Hofmeyr GJG, Amir OA: 2010. Vagrant Subantarctic fur seal on the coast of Tanzania. African Zoology, 45 (1), pp 144-146, Full Text

Kohler A, Verburgt L, Leseigneur CDC, Nicolson SW: 2010. Dilute bird nectars: viscosity constrains food intake by licking in a sunbird. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory integrative and Comparative Physiology, 299, pp R1068-R1074.

Clutton-Brock TH, Hodge SJ, Flower TP, Spong G, Young AJ: 2010. Adaptive suppression of subordinate reproduction in cooperative mammals. American Naturalist, 176 (5), pp 664-673, Full Text

Lutermann H, Verburgt L, Rendigs A: 2010. Resting and nesting in a small mammal: sleeping sites as a limiting resource for female grey mouse lemurs. Animal Behaviour, 79, pp 1211-1219, Full Text

Biuw M, Lydersen C, de Bruyn PJN, Arriola A, Hofmeyr GJG, Kritzinger P, Kovacs KM: 2010. Long-range migration of a chinstrap penguin from Bouvetoya to Montagu Island, South Sandwich Islands. Antarctic Science, 22 (2), pp 157-162, Full Text

Pirk CWW, Boodhoo C, Human H, Nicolson SW: 2010. The importance of protein type and protein to carbohydrate ratio for survival and ovarian activation of caged honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata). Apidologie, 41, pp 62-72, Full Text

Phiancharoen M, Pirk CWW, Radloff SE, Hepburn R: 2010. Clinal nature of the frequencies of ovarioles and spermathecae in Cape worker honeybees, Apis mellifera capensis. Apidologie, 41, pp 129-134, Full Text

Yang M-X, Ken T, Radloff SE, Pirk CWW, Hepburn HR: 2010. Hetero-specific queen retinue behavior of worker bees in mixed-species colonies of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera. Apidologie, 41, pp 54-61, Full Text

Brown J, Scholtz CH, Janeau J-L, Grellier S, Podwojewski P: 2010. Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) can improve soil hydrological properties. Applied Soil Ecology, 46, pp 9-16, Full Text

Elwen SH, Leeney RH: 2010. Injury and subsequent healing of a propeller strike injury to a Heaviside’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii). Aquatic Mammals, 36 (4), pp 382-387, Full Text

Davies AB, Parr CL, Van Rensburg BJ: 2010. Termites and fire: Current understanding and future research directions for improved savanna conservation. Austral Ecology, 35, pp 482-486.

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Zheng H-Q, Dietemann V, Crewe RM, Hepburn HR, Hu F-L, Yang M-X, Pirk CWW: 2010. Pheromonal predisposition to social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis. Behavioral Ecology, 21, pp 1221-1226.

White AM, Cameron EZ, Peacock MM: 2010. Grouping patterns in warthogs, Phacochoerus africanus: is communal care of young enough to explain sociality?. Behaviour, 147, pp 1-18.

Shrader A, Shrader A, Pimm SL, van Aarde RJ: 2010. Elephant survival, rainfall and the confounding effects of water provision and fences. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19, pp 2235-2245.

Hurley B, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Govender P, Smith JE, Wingfield MJ: 2010. Genetic diversity of Bradysia difformis (Sciaridae: Diptera) populations reflects movement of an invasive insect between forestry nurseries. Biological Invasions, 12, pp 729-733, Full Text

Faulkes CG, Mgode GF, le Comber SC, Bennett NC: 2010. Cladogenesis and endemism in Tanzanian mole-rats, genus Fukomys: (Rodentia: Bathyergidae): a role for tectonics?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100, pp 337-352.

Davis ALV, Scholtz CH: 2010. Speciation and evolution of eco-climatic ranges in the intertropical African dung beetle genus, Diasellopalpus van Lansberge. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 99, pp 407-423, Full Text

Sharpe LL, Sharpe LL, Joustra AS, Cherry MI: 2010. The presence of an avian co-forager reduces vigilance in a cooperative mammal. Biology Letters, 6 (4), pp 475-477.

McKechnie AE, Wolf BO: 2010. Climate change increases the likelihood of catastrophic avian mortality events during extreme heat waves. Biology Letters, 6, pp 253-256, Full Text

Trimble MJ, van Aarde RJ: 2010. Fences are more than an issue of aesthetics. Bioscience, 60 (7), p. 486, Full Text

Cryan PM, Meteyer CU, Boyles JG, Blehert DS: 2010. Wing pathology of white-nose syndrome in bats suggests life-threatening disruption of physiology. BMC Biology, 8, p. 135/8pp, Full Text

Van Hooft P, Prins HHT, Getz WM, Jolles AE, van Wieren SE, Greyling BJ, Van Helden PD, Bastos AD: 2010. Rainfall-driven sex-ratio genes in African buffalo suggested by correlations between Y-chromosomal haplotype frequencies and foetal sex ratio. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10, pp 106-116, Full Text

Asher RJ, Maree S, Bronner GN, Bennett NC, Bloomer P, Czechowski P, Meyer M, Hofreiter M: 2010. A phylogenetic estimate for golden moles (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Chrysochloridae). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10 (69), pp 1-13, Full Text

Russo IM, Chimimba CT, Bloomer P: 2010. Bioregion heterogeneity correlates with extensive mitochondrial DNA diversity in the Namaqua rock mouse, Micaelamys namaquensis (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa - evidence for a species complex. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10, p. 307, Full Text

Ferreira M, Ferguson JWH: 2010. Do Mediterranean crickets Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) come from the Mediterranean? Largescale phylogeography and regional gene flow. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 100, pp 49-58, Full Text

De Meyer M, Robertson MP, Mansell MW, Ekesi S, Tsuruta K, Mwaiko W, Vayssieres J-F, Peterson AT: 2010. Ecological niche and potential geographic distribution of the invasive fruit fly Bactrocera invadens (Diptera, Tephritidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 100, pp 35-48, Full Text

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Oosthuizen MK, Bennett NC, Cooper HM: 2010. Photic induction of Fos in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of African mole-rats: Responses to increasing irradiance. Chronobiology International, 27 (8), pp 1532-1545, Full Text

Trimble MJ, van Aarde RJ: 2010. Species inequality in Scientific Study. Conservation Biology, 24 (3), pp 886-890.

McKechnie AE, Swanson DL: 2010. Sources and significance of variation in basal, summit and maximal metabolic rates in birds. Current Zoology, 56 (6), pp 741-758, Full Text

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Robertson MP, Cumming GS, Erasmus BFN: 2010. Getting the most out of atlas data. Diversity and Distributions, 16, pp 363-375.

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Warren M, Robertson MP, Greeff JM: 2010. A comparative approach to understanding factors limiting abundance patterns and distributions in a fig tree - fig wasp mutualism. Ecography, 33, pp 148-158, Full Text

Caron A, Abolnik C, Mundava J, Gaidet N, Burger CE, Mochotlhoane B, Bruinzeel L, Chiweshe N, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Cumming GS: 2010. Persistence of low pathogenic avian influenza virus in waterfowl in an African ecosystem. Ecohealth, 1, p. 7pp Online.

Boyles JG, McKechnie AE: 2010. Energy conservation in hibernating endotherms: Why "suboptimal" temperatures are optimal. Ecological Modelling, 221, pp 1644-1647, Full Text

Polansky L, Wittemyer G, Cross C, Tambling C, Getz WM: 2010. From moonlight to movement and synchronized randomness: Fourier and wavelet analyses of animal location time series data. Ecology, 91 (5), pp 1506-1518, Full Text

Caron A, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Gaidet N, Chiweshe N, Cumming GS: 2010. Estimating dynamic risk factors for pathogen transmission using community-level bird census data at the wildlife/domestic interface. Ecology and Society, 15 (3), p. 25 [Online], Full Text

de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Caron A, Gomo C, Foggin C, Dutlow K, Pfukenyi D, Lane E, Le Bel S, Hofmeyr M, Hlokwe TM, Michel AL: 2010. Bovine tuberculosis in buffaloes, Southern Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16 (5) / May, pp 884-885, Full Text

Willis CKR, Barclay RMR, Boyles JG, Brigham RM, Brack Jr V, Waldien DL, Reichard J: 2010. Bats are not birds and other problems with Sovacool's (2009) analysis of animal fatalities due to electricity generation. Energy Policy, 38, pp 2067-2069, Full Text

Nofemela RS: 2010. The ability of synthetic sex pheromone traps to forecast Plutella xylostella infestations depends on survival of immature stages. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 136, pp 281-289.

Davis ALV, Scholtz CH, Kryger U, Deschodt CM, Strumpher WP: 2010. Dung beetle assemblage structure in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve: Responses to a mosaic of landscape types, vegetation communities, and dung types. Environmental Entomology, 39 (3), pp 811-820, Full Text

Young AJ, Bennett NC: 2010. Morphological divergence of breeders and helpers in wild Damaraland mole-rat societies. Evolution, 64 (11), pp 3190-3197.

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Wilson JW, Stirnemann RL, Shaikh ZS, Scantlebury M: 2010. The response of small mammals to natural and human-altered edges associated with Afromontane forests of South Africa. Forest Ecology and Management, 259, pp 926-931.

Angilletta Jr MJ, Cooper BS, Schuler M, Boyles JG: 2010. The evolution of thermal physiology in endotherms. Frontiers in Bioscience, E2, pp 861-881.

Kohler A, Verburgt L, McWhorter TJ, Nicolson SW: 2010. Energy management on a nectar diet: can sunbirds meet the challenges of low temperature and dilute food?. Functional Ecology, 24, pp 1241-1251, Full Text

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Young AJ, Oosthuizen MK, Lutermann H, Bennett NC: 2010. Physiological suppression eases in Damaraland mole-rat societies when ecological constraints on dispersal are relaxed. Hormones and Behavior, 57, pp 177-183, Full Text

Ganswindt A, Muenscher S, Henley M, Henley S, Heistermann M, Palme R, Thompson PN, Bertschinger HJ: 2010. Endocrine correlates of musth and the impact of ecological and social factors in free-ranging African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Hormones and Behavior, 57, pp 506-514, Full Text

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Jackson CR, Robertson MP: 2010. Predicting the potential distribution of an endangered cryptic subterranean mammal from few occurrence records. Journal for Nature Conservation, 1, pp 1-2, Full Text

Young K, van Aarde RJ: 2010. Density as an explanatory variable of movements and calf survival in savanna elephants across southern Africa. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, pp 662-673.

Carvalheiro LG, Seymour CL, Veldtman R, Nicolson SW: 2010. Pollination services decline with distance from natural habitat even in biodiversity-rich areas. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47, pp 810-820.

Musundire R, Chabi-Olaye A, Krüger K: 2010. Host plant effects on morphometric characteristics of Liriomyza huidobrensis, L. sativae and L. trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Journal of Applied Entomology, 1, p. 12pp.

Mawela KV, Kfir R, Krüger K: 2010. Host suitability of UV-irradiated eggs of three Lepidoptera species for rearing Trichogrammatoidea lutea Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Journal of Applied Entomology, 134, pp 737-744.

Wolmarans R, Robertson MP, Van Rensburg BJ: 2010. Predicting invasive alien plant distributions: how geographical bias in occurrence records influences model performance. Journal of Biogeography, 37, pp 1797-1810.

Guldemond RAR, van Aarde RJ: 2010. Forest patch size and isolation as drivers of bird species richness in Maputaland, Mozambique. Journal of Biogeography, 37, pp 1884-1893.

Yusuf AA, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Njagi PGN, Gordon I, Torto B: 2010. Nestmate recognition and the role of cuticular hydrocarbons in the African termite raiding ant Pachycondyla analis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36, pp 441-448.

Metz BN, Pankiw T, Tichy SE, Aronstein KA, Crewe RM: 2010. Variation in and responses to brood pheromone of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36, pp 432-440.

Tan K, Wang Z-W, Li H, Yang M-X, Pirk CWW, Hepburn HR, Radloff SE: 2010. Responses of queenright and queenless workers of Apis cerana to 9-keto-e(E)-decenoic acid, a pheromonal constituent of the mandibular gland. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36, pp 966-968, Full Text

Kalamatianos T, Faulkes CG, Oosthuizen MK, Poorun R, Bennett NC, Coen CW: 2010. Telencephalic binding sites for oxytocin and social organization: A comparative study of eusocial naked mole-rats and solitary Cape mole-rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518, pp 1792-1813.

Baird E, Byrne M, Scholtz CH, Warrant EJ, Dacke M: 2010. Bearing selection in ball-rolling dung beetles:is it constant?. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 196, pp 801-806.

Purchase C, Fleming PA, Nicolson SW: 2010. Added salt helps sunbirds and honeyeaters maintain energy balance on extremely dilute nectar diets. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 180, pp 1227-1234.

Verburgt L, Ferguson JWH: 2010. Mate choice in field crickets: can females acoustically detect male body size?. Journal of Ethology, 28, pp 141-151.

Altaye SZ, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Nicolson SW: 2010. Convergence of carbohydrate-biased intake targets in caged worker honeybees fed different protein sources. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213, pp 3311-3318, Full Text

Turner WC, Cizauskas CA, Getz WM: 2010. Variation in faecal water content may confound estimates of gastro-intestinal parasite intensity in wild African herbivores. Journal of Helminthology, 84, pp 99-105.

Jacobs CT, Scholtz CH, Escobar F, Davis ALV: 2010. How might intensification of farming influence dung beetle diversity (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Maputo Special Reserve (Mozambique)?. Journal of Insect Conservation, 14, pp 389-399, Full Text

Oosthuizen MK, Viljoen H, Bennett NC: 2010. Effects of season and social status on gonadal function in social Natal mole-rats. Journal of Mammalogy, 91 (2), pp 429-436.

Kotze SH, van der Merwe EL, Bennett NC, O Riain MJ: 2010. The comparative anatomy of the abdominal gastrointestinal tract of six species of African mole-rat (Bathyergidae). Journal of Morphology, 271, pp 50-60.

Mukherjee A, Wilske B, Navarro R, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Underhill LG: 2010. Association of spiders and lichen on Robben Island. Journal of Threatened Taxa, Full Text

Turner WC, Getz WM: 2010. Seasonal and demographic factors influencing gastrointestinal parasitism in ungulates of Etosha National Park. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 46 (4), pp 1108-1119.

Tambling C, Cameron EZ, du Toit JT, Getz WM: 2010. Methods for locating African lion kills using Global Positioning System movement data. Journal of Wildlife Management, 74 (3), pp 549-556, Full Text

Scantlebury M, Maher-McWilliams M, Marks M, Dick JTA, Edgar H, Lutermann H: 2010. Effects of life-history traits on parasite load in grey squirrels. Journal of Zoology, 282, pp 245-255.

Medger K, Chimimba CT, Bennett NC: 2010. Seasonal reproduction in the female spiny mouse from South Africa. Journal of Zoology, 282, pp 163-170.

Nice PA, Fleming PA, Bennett NC, Bateman PW, Millar DW: 2010. Exposure to non-kin females rapidly affects testicular morphology in non-reproductive male Damaraland mole-rats. Journal of Zoology, 282, pp 84-90.

Bennett NC, van Sandwyk J, Lutermann H: 2010. The pattern of ovulation in Ansell's mole-rat: phylogenetic or ecological constraints?. Journal of Zoology, 281, pp 66-73, Full Text

Herbst M, Mills MGL: 2010. The feeding habits of the Southern African wildcat, a facultative trophic specialist, in the southern Kalahari (Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa / Botswana). Journal of Zoology, 280, pp 403-413, Full Text

Faulkes CG, Sichilima AM, van Sandwyk J, Lutermann H, Bennett NC: 2010. Control of ovulation in female giant mole-ratsFukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae), and phylogenetic trends within the family. Journal of Zoology, 282, pp 64-74.

Scantlebury M, Krackow S, Pillay N, Bennett NC, Schradin C: 2010. Basking is affected by season and influences oxygen consumption in desert-living striped mice. Journal of Zoology, 281, pp 132-139.

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Herbst M, Mills MGL: 2010. Techniques used in the study of African wildcat,Felis silvestris cafra, in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (South Africa / Botswana). Koedoe, 52 (1), pp 1-6, Full Text

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de Bruyn PJN, Cameron EZ, Tosh CA, Oosthuizen WC, Reisinger R, Mufanadzo NT, Phalanndwa MV, Postma M, Wege M, van der Merwe DS, Bester MN: 2010. Prevalence of allosuckling behaviour in Subantarctic fur seal pups. Mammalian Biology, 75, pp 555-560, Full Text

Cory Toussaint D, McKechnie AE, van der Merwe M: 2010. Heterothermy in free-ranging male Egyptian free-tailed bats (Tadarida aegyptiaca) in a subtropical climate. Mammalian Biology, 75, pp 466-470, Full Text

Vignon M, Sasal P, Johnson RL, Galzin R: 2010. Impact of shark-feeding tourism on surrounding fish populations off Moorea Island (French Polynesia). Marine and Freshwater Research, 61 (2), pp 163-169.

McIntyre T, Tosh C, Plotz J, Bornemann H, Bester MN: 2010. Segregation in a sexually dimorphic mammal: a mixed-effects modelling analysis of diving behaviour in southern elephant seals. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 412, pp 293-304.

Kriegs JO, Zemann A, Churakov G, Matzke A, Ohme M, Zischler H, Brosius J, Kryger U, Schmitz J: 2010. Retroposon insertions provide insights into deep Lagomorph evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27 (12), pp 2678-2681.

Andrews KR, Karczmarski L, Whitlow WLU, Rickards SH, Vanderlip CA, Bowen BW, Grau EG, Toonen RJ: 2010. Rolling stones and stable homes: social structure, habitat diversity and population genetics of the Hawaiian spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris). Molecular Ecology, 19, pp 732-748.

Sole CL, Scholtz CH: 2010. Did dung beetles arise in Africa? A phylogenetic hypothesis based on five gene regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56, pp 631-641.

Reeb D, Best PB, Botha A, Cloete KJ, Thornton M, Mouton M: 2010. Fungi associated with the skin of a southern right whale (eubalaena australis) from South Africa. Mycology, 1 (3) / Sept, pp 155-162.

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de Bruyn PJN: 2010. Correspondence: Misreporting: hippo stories off-target. Nature, 468 (7327), p. 1041.

Ellis MB, Nicolson SW, Crewe RM, Dietemann V: 2010. Brood comb as a humidity buffer in honeybee nests. Naturwissenschaften, 97, pp 429-433.

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Harrison TJE, Smith J, Martin GR, Chamberlain DE, Bearhop S, Robb GN, Reynolds SJ: 2010. Does food supplementation really enhance productivity of breeding birds?. Oecologia, 164, pp 311-320.

Arnot LF, du Toit JT, Bastos AD: 2010. Molecular monitoring of African swine fever virus using surveys targeted at adult Ornithodoros: a re-evaluation of Mkuze Game Reserve, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 76 (4) / Dec, pp 385-392, Full Text

Linklater WL, Plotz RD, Kerley GIH, Brashares JS, Lent PC, Cameron EZ, Law PR, Hitchins PM: 2010. Dissimilar home range estimates for black rhinocerosDiceros bicornis cannot be used to infer habitat change. Response to Reidet al 2007. Oryx, 44, pp 16-19, Full Text

Pietersen DW, Symes CT: 2010. Assessing the diet of Amur FalconFalco amurensis Lesser KestrelFalco naumani using stomach content analysis. Ostrich, 81 (1), pp 39-44.

Pietersen DW, Symes CT, Ferguson JWH: 2010. Site fidelity and longevity of the Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi (Bonaparte 1850) in an urban environment. Ostrich, 81 (3), pp 211-215.

McKechnie AE, Smit B: 2010. Thermoregulation under seminatural conditions in two species of African barbets (Piciformes: Lybiidae). Ostrich, 81 (2), pp 97-102, Full Text

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Smit B, McKechnie AE, McKechnie AE: 2010. Do owls use torpor? Winter thermoregulation in free-ranging Pearl-spotted owlets and African scops-owls. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 83 (1), pp 149-156, Full Text

Reisinger R, Bester MN: 2010. Long distance breeding dispersal of a southern elephant seal. Polar Biology, 33, pp 1289-1291, Full Text

McIntyre T, de Bruyn PJN, Ansorge IJ, Bester MN, Bornemann H, Plotz J, Tosh C: 2010. A lifetime at depth: vertical distribution of southern elephant seals in the water column. Polar Biology, 33 (8), pp 1037-1048.

Bester MN, Reisinger R: 2010. Vagrant Antarctic fur seals at Gough Island in 2009. Polar Biology, 33, pp 709-711, Full Text

Hofmeyr GJG, Bester MN, Kirkman SP, Lydersen C, Kovacs KM: 2010. Intraspecific differences in the diet of Antarctic fur seals at Nyroysa, Bouvetoya. Polar Biology, 33, pp 1171-1178, Full Text

Reisinger R, de Bruyn PJN, Pistorius PA, Bester MN: 2010. Antarctic fur seal predation on cephalopods at Marion Island. Polar Biology, 33, pp 571-574, Full Text

Reisinger R, McIntyre T, Bester MN: 2010. Goose barnacles hitchhike on satellite-tracked southern elephant seals. Polar Biology, 33, pp 561-564.

Naito Y, Bornemann H, Takahashi A, McIntyre T, Plotz J: 2010. Fine-scale feeding behavior of Weddell seals revealed by a mandible accelerometer. Polar Science, Full Text

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Gray ME, Cameron EZ: 2010. Does contraceptive treatment in wildlife result in side effects? A review of quantitavive and anecdotal evidence. Reproduction, 139, pp 45-55, Full Text

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Swannepoel LH, Dalerum F, van Hoven W: 2010. Factors affecting location failure of GPS collars fitted to African leopards (Panthera pardus). South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 40 (1) / April, pp 10-15, Full Text

Thorn M, Green M, Bateman PW, Cameron EZ, Yarnell RW, Scott DM: 2010. Comparative efficacy of sign surveys, spotlighting and audio playbacks in a landscape-scale carnivore survey. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 40 (1), pp 77-86, Full Text

Ott T, van Aarde RJ: 2010. Inferred spatial use by elephants is robust to landscape effects on GPS telemetry. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 40 (2), pp 130-138, Full Text

Davies-Mostert HT, Mills MGL, Kent V, Macdonald D: 2010. Reducing potential sources of sampling bias when quantifying the diet of the African wild dog through scat analysis. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 40 (2) / Oct, pp 105-113.

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Dalerum F, Cameron EZ, Kunkel K, Somers MJ: 2010. Interactive effects of species richness and species traits on functional diversity and redundancy. Theoretical Ecology, 1, pp 1-2, Full Text

Tanga MC, Ngundu WI: 2010. Ecological transition from natural forest to tea plantations : effect on  the dynamics of malaria vectors in the high lands of Cameroon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104, pp 659-668.

Tanga MC, Ngundu WI, Judith N, Mbuh J, Tendongfor N, Simard F, Wanji S: 2010. Climate change and altitudinal structuring of malaria vectors in south-western Cameroon: their relation to malaria transmission. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104, pp 453-460.

Fasina FO, Shamaki D, Makinde AA, Lombin LH, Lazarus DD, Rufai SA, Adamu SS, Agom D, Pelayo V, Soler A, Simon A, Adedeji AJ, Yakubu MB, Mantip S, Benshak AJ, Okeke I, Anagor P, Mandeng DC, Akanbi BO, Ajibade AA, Faramade I, Kazeem MM, Enurah LU, Bishop R, Anchuelo R, Martin JH, Gallardo C: 2010. Surveillance for African swine fever in Nigeria, 2006-2009. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 57, pp 244-253.

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Owolodun OA, Bastos AD, Antiabong JF, Ogedengbe ME, Ekong PS, Yakubu B: 2010. Molecular characterization of African swine fever viruses from Nigeria (2003-2006) recovers multiple virus variants and reaffirms CVR epidemiological utility. Virus Genes, 41, pp 361-368, Full Text

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Hulsman A, Dalerum F, Swanepoel LH, Ganswindt A, Sutherland C, Paris M: 2010. Patterns of scat deposition by brown hyaenasHyaena brunnea in a mountain savannah region of South Africa. Wildlife Biology, 16 (4), pp 445-451, Full Text

Ganswindt A, Muenscher S, Henley M, Palme R, Thompson PN, Bertschinger HJ: 2010. Concentrations of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in physically injured free-ranging African elephantsLoxodonta africana. Wildlife Biology, 16 (3), pp 323-332, Full Text

Gray ME, Thain J, Cameron EZ, Miller LA: 2010. Multi-year fertility reduction in free-roaming feral horses with single-injection immunocontraceptive formulations. Wildlife Research, 37, pp 475-481, Full Text

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Hulsman A, Dalerum F, Ganswindt A, Muenscher S, Bertschinger HJ, Paris M: 2010. Non-invasive monitoring of glucocorticoid metabolites in brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea) feces. Zoo Biology, 29, pp 1-8.

Michel B, Mansell MW: 2010. Revision of the genusGanguilus Navas (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 2386, pp 1-24.

Hawkes PG: 2010. A new species of Asphinctopone (Hymenoptera:Formicidae:Ponerinae)from Tanzania. Zootaxa, 2480, pp 27-36.