Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
van Aarde, RJ
MSc DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2753
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: rjvaarde@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:
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.
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.
Trimble MJ, van Aarde RJ: 2010. Fences are more than an issue of aesthetics. Bioscience, 60 (7), p. 486, Full Text
Trimble MJ, van Aarde RJ: 2010. Species inequality in Scientific Study. Conservation Biology, 24 (3), pp 886-890.
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.
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.
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
Research and technical/policy output for clients:
Guldemond RAR, van Aarde RJ: Technical Report: 2010. Evaluating the ecological response of coastal dune forest communities to dune rehabilitation. For: CERU progress report to Richard Bay Minerals, July 2009-July 2010.
Guldemond RAR, van Aarde RJ: Technical Report: 2010. Monitoring of ecological development in dune forest rehabilitation sites at RBM. For: CERU Technical Report 44 to Richard Bay Minerals.
van Aarde RJ: Technical Report: 2010. Conservation Ecology Research Unit semi-annual report. For: International fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
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