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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology

Postgraduate Student Research Projects 2010

Dissertations/Theses: [20]

Herbst M: The behavioural ecology and conservation genetics of the African wildcat in the southern Kalahari (Prof MGL Mills, Prof P Bloomer)

Hofmeyr-Juritz L: The nature and rate of vocalisations by southern right whales Eubalaena australis in nearshore waters of southern Africa, and the evidence for individually distinctive calls (Dr PB Best)

Hurley BP: The Sirex woodwasp and its control in South Africa (Prof B Slippers, Prof MJ Wingfield)

Musundire R: Host plants, herbivores and natural enemies in Kenyan horticulture: tritrophic interactions involving Liriomyza leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) (Dr K Krüger)

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)

Young K: Functional correlates for elephant spatial use in southern African savannas and some implications for management (Prof RJ van Aarde)

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)

April V: Interspecific interaction between Uroplata girardi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Ophiomyia camarae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) and their impact on a shared host Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) in South Africa (Dr MP Robertson, Dr D Simelane)

Davies AB: Termite responses to long term burning regimes in southern African savannas: patterns, processes and conservation (Dr K Parr, Prof BJ Van Rensburg)

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

Kanapeckas K: Patterns of haemoparasite prevalence in free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) at Hluhluwe-iMfoloze Park and Kruger National Park, South Africa (Prof EZ Cameron, VO Ezenwa, AE Jolles)

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)

Olivier P: An evaluation of southern africa's elephant populations as a metapopulation (Prof R van Aarde, Dr SM Ferreira)

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)

Wolmarans R: Investigating the influence of data quality on ecological niche models for alien plant invaders (Prof BJ Van Rensburg, Dr MP Robertson)

 

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