Faculty of Natural and Agricultural 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:
Reisinger R, Bester MN: 2010. Goose barnacles on seals and a penguin at Gough Island. African Zoology, 45 (1), pp 129-132, Full Text
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
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.
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, Bester MN: 2010. Long distance breeding dispersal of a southern elephant seal. Polar Biology, 33, pp 1289-1291, 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.
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.
Research and technical/policy output for clients:
de Bruyn PJN, Bester MN: Technical Report: 2010. Marion Island Marine Mammal Programme Workplan 2010/11. For: Department of Environmental Affairs, SANAP.
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