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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology

Robertson, MP

BSc (Hons) PhD - Senior Lecturer

NRF Rating: Y2

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 4396
Fax number: 012 420 3210
E-mail address: mrobertson@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:

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

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

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

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

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.

 

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