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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
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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Mann BQ, Lieberman V, Köhler A, Korine C, Hedworth H, Voigt-Heucke SL: 2011. Finding your friends at densely populated roosting places: male Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics. Acta Chiropterologica, 13 (2), pp 411-417.

Saag P, Mänd R, Tilgar V, Kilgas P, Mägi M, Rasmann E: 2011. Plumage bacterial load is related to species, sex, biometrics and fledging success in co-occurring cavity-beeding passerines. Acta Ornithologica, 46 (2), pp 191-201.

Storm JJ, Boyles JG: 2011. Body temperature and body mass of hibernating little brown batsMyotis lucifugus in hibernacula affected by white-nose syndrome. Acta Theriologica, 56, pp 123-127, Full Text

Lewis nee (Honiball) AS, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS: 2011. A revision of the spider genus Sylligma in the Afrotropical Region (Araneae, Thomsidae). African Entomology, 19 (1), pp 119-132, Full Text

Holm E, Perissinotto R: 2011. New descriptions and revisions of southern African Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). I. African Entomology, 19 (1), pp 88-95, Full Text

Human H, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Dietemann V: 2011. The honeybee disease American foulbrood - an African perspective. African Entomology, 19 (3), pp 551-557, Full Text

Grainger M, van Aarde RJ: 2011. The resilience of the medicinal plant community of rehabilitating coastal dune forests, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 50, pp 120-123, Full Text

Yetman C, Ferguson JWH: 2011. Spawning and non-breeding activity of adult giant bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus. African Journal of Herpetology: Journal of the Herpetological Association of South Africa, 60 (1), pp 13-29, Full Text

Meÿer M, Best PB, Anderson-Reade MD, Cliff G, Dudley SFJ, Kirkman SP: 2011. Trends and interventions in large whale entanglement along the South African coast. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 429-439.

Reisinger R, de Bruyn PJN, Tosh C, Oosthuizen WC, Mufanadzo NT, Bester MN: 2011. Prey and seasonal abundance of killer whales at sub-Antarctic Marion Island. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (1), pp 99-105, Full Text

Penry GS, Penry GS, Cockcroft VG, Hammond PS: 2011. Seasonal fluctuations in occurrence of inshore Bryde's whales in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, with notes on feeding events and multi-species associations. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 403-414.

Pistorius PA, de Bruyn PJN, Bester MN: 2011. Population dynamics of southern elephant seals: a synthesis of three decades of demographic research at Marion Island. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 523-534, Full Text

Photopoulou T, Best PB, Hammond PS, Findlay KP: 2011. Movement patterns of coastal bottlenose dolphins in the presence of a fast-flowing, prevailing current: shore-based observations at Cape Vidal, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 393-401.

Findlay KP, Best PB, Meÿer M: 2011. Migrations of humpback whales past Cape Vidal, South Africa, and an estimate of the population increase rate (1988-2002). African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 375-392.

Barendse J, Best PB, Thornton M, Elwen SH, Rosenbaum HC, Carvalho I, Pomilla C, Collins TJQ, Meÿer M, Leeney RH: 2011. Transit station or destination? Attendance patterns, movements, and abundance estimate of humpback whales off west South Africa from photographic and genotypic matching. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 353-373, Full Text

Bester MN, de Bruyn PJN, Oosthuizen WC, Tosh C, McIntyre T, Reisinger R, Postma M, van der Merwe DS, Wege M: 2011. The Marine Mammal Programme at the Prince Edward Islands: 38 years of research. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 511-521, Full Text

Hofmeyr-Juritz L, Best PB: 2011. Acoustic behaviour of southern right whales in relation to numbers of whales present in Walker Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 415-427, Full Text

Elwen SH, Thornton M, Kirkman SP, Pistorius PA, Weir C: 2011. The first African Marine Mammal Colloquium, South Africa, May 2010. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 349-351, Full Text

Elwen SH, Findlay KP, Kiszka J, Weir A: 2011. Cetacean research in the southern African subregion: a review of previous studies and current knowledge. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 469-493, Full Text

Zanre R, Bester MN: 2011. Vagrant Subantarctic fur seal in the Mayumba National Park, Gabon. African Zoology, 46 (1), pp 185-187, Full Text

Sichilima AM, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG: 2011. Field evidence for colony size and aseasonality of breeding in Ansell's mole-rat,Fukomys anselli (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). African Zoology, 46 (2), pp 334-339, Full Text

De Vries JL, Pirk CWW, Bateman PW, Cameron EZ, Dalerum FD: 2011. Extension of the diet of an extreme foraging specialist, the aardwolf (Proteles cristata). African Zoology, 46 (1), pp 194-196, Full Text

Robertson MP, Harris KR, Coetzee JA, Foxcroft LC, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Van Rensburg BJ: 2011. Assessing local scale impacts ofOpuntia stricta (Cactaceae) invasion on beetle and spider diversity in Kruger National Park, South Africa. African Zoology, 46 (2), pp 205-223, Full Text

Postma M, Wege M, Bester MN, van der Merwe DS, de Bruyn PJN: 2011. Inshore occurrence of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) at Subantarctic Marion Island. African Zoology, 46 (1), pp 188-193, Full Text

Nicolson SW: 2011. Bee food; the chemistry and nutritional value of nectar, pollen and mixtures of the two. African Zoology, 46 (2), pp 197-204, Full Text

Le Grange A, van der Merwe M, Bester MN: 2011. Reproductive strategy of the Egyptian free-tailed bat,Tadarida aegyptiaca, from a subtropical latitude (25^o) in South Africa. African Zoology, 46 (1), pp 169-175, Full Text

Chaplot V, Brown J, Dlamini P, Eustice T, Janeau J-L, Jewitt G, Lorentz S, Martin L, Nontokozo-Mchunu C, Oakes E, Poswojewski P, Revil S, Rumpel C, Zondi N: 2011. Rainfall simulation to identify the storm-scale mechanisms of gully bank retreat. Agricultural Water Management, 98, pp 1704-1710.

LaBeaud AD, Cross PC, Getz WM, Glinka A, King CH: 2011. Rift Valley Fever Virus infection in African buffalo(Syncerus caffer) herds in rural South Africa: Evidence of interepidemic transmission. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, 84 (4), pp 641-646, Full Text

Verburgt L, Ferreira M, Ferguson JWH: 2011. Male field cricket song reflects age, allowing females to prefer young males. Animal Behaviour, 81, pp 19-29, Full Text

de Bruyn PJN, Tosh C, Bester MN, Cameron EZ, McIntyre T, Wilkinson IS: 2011. Sex at sea: alternative mating system in an extremely polygynous mammal. Animal Behaviour, 82, pp 445-451, Full Text

Greve M, Chown SL, Van Rensburg BJ, Dallimer M, Gaston KJ: 2011. The ecological effectiveness of protected areas: a case study for South African birds. Animal Conservation, 14, pp 295-305.

Oosthuizen WC, Bester MN, Tosh C, Guinet C, Besson D, de Bruyn PJN: 2011. Dispersal and dispersion of southern elephant seals in the Kerguelen province, Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science, 23 (6), pp 567-577, Full Text

Grobler G, Bastos AD, Chimimba CT, Chimimba CT, Chown SL: 2011. Inter-island dispersal of flightlessBothrometropus huntleyi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island archipelago. Antarctic Science, 23 (3), pp 225-234, Full Text

Grobler G, Bastos AD, Treasure AM, Chown SL: 2011. Cryptic species, biogeographic complexity and the evolutionary history of theEctemnorhinus group in the sub-Antarctic, including a description ofBothrometropus huntleyi, n. sp.. Antarctic Science, 23 (3), pp 211-224, Full Text

Hartel S, Wossler TC, Wossler TC, Moltzer GJ, Crewe RM, Moritz RFA, Neumann P: 2011. Pheromone-mediated reproductive dominance hierarchies among pseudo-clonal honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis). Apidologie, 42 (5), pp 659-668.

Reisinger R, de Bruyn PJN, Bester MN: 2011. Abundance estimates of killer whales at subantarctic Marion Island. Aquatic Biology, 12, pp 177-185.

Leeney RH, Carslake D, Elwen SH: 2011. Using static acoustic monitoring to describe echolocation behaviour of Heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) in Namibia. Aquatic Mammals, 37 (2), pp 151-160, Full Text

Strumpher WP, Scholtz CH: 2011. New species of Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 50, pp 139-143.

Bryant G, Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2011. Tantalising tongues: male carpet pythons (Morelia spilota) use chemosensory information to differentiate among females. Australian Journal of Zoology, 59, pp 1-7.

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Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2011. Failure to launch? The influence of limb autotomy on the escape behavior of a semi-aquatic grasshopperParoxya atlantica (Acrididae). Behavioral Ecology, 22, pp 763-768.

Robin FA, Moritz RFA, Lattorff HMG, Crous K, Hepburn HR: 2011. Social parasitism of queens and workers in the Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65, pp 735-740.

Musundire R, Chabi-Olaye A, Löhr B, Krüger K: 2011. Diversity of agromyzidae and associated hymenopteran parasitoid species in the afrotropical region: implications for biological control. Biocontrol, 56, pp 1-9.

Engelbrecht I, Prendini L: 2011. Assessing the taxonomic resolution of southern African trapdoor spiders (Araneae : Ctenizidae; Cyrtaucheniidae; Idiopidae) and implications for their conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 20, pp 3101-3116.

Young K, van Aarde RJ: 2011. Science and elephant management decisions in South Africa. Biological Conservation, 144, pp 876-885, Full Text

Thorn M, Green M, Bateman PW, Waite S, Scott DM: 2011. Brown hyaenas on roads: Estimating carnivore occupancy and abundance using spatially auto-correlated sign survey replicates. Biological Conservation, 144 (6), pp 1799-1807, Full Text

Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2011. Frequency of tail loss reflects variation in predation levels, predator efficiency, and the behaviour of three populations of brown anoles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 103, pp 648-656.

Kamath PL, Getz WM: 2011. Adaptive molecular evolution of the Major Histocompatibility Complex genes, DRA and DQA, in the genusEquus. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11, p. 128, Full Text

Bastos AD, Nair CH, Taylor PJ, Brettschneider H, Kirsten F, Mostert ME, von Maltitz E, Lamb JM, Van Hooft P, Belmain S, Contrafatto G, Downs S, Chimimba CT: 2011. Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasiveRattus congeners in South Africa. BMC Genetics, 12, p. 26, Full Text

Bhagwandin A, Gravett N, Lyamin OI, Oosthuizen MK, Bennett NC, Siegel JM, Manger PR: 2011. Sleep and wake in rhythmic vs. arrhythmic chronotypes of a microphthalmic species of African mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii). Brain Behavior and Evolution, 78, pp 162-183.

Krüger K, De Klerk A, Douglas (Smit) N, Joubert J, Pietersen G, Stiller M: 2011. Aster yellows phytoplasma in grapevines: identification of vectors in South Africa. Bulletin Of Insectology, 64, pp S137-S138, Full Text

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Weirauch C, Forero D, Jacobs DH: 2011. On the evolution of raptorial legs - an insect example (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae). Cladistics-The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society, 27, pp 138-149.

Bray T, Bennett NC, Bloomer P: 2011. Low levels of polymorphism at novel microsatellite loci developed for bathyergid mole-rats from South Africa. Conservation Genetics Resources, 3 (2), pp 221-224, Full Text

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Thompson GD, Robertson MP, Robertson MP, Webber BL, Richardson DM, Le Roux JJ, Wilson JRU: 2011. Predicting the subspecific identity of invasive species using distribution models:Acacia saligna as an example. Diversity and Distributions, 17, pp 1001-1014.

Richardson DM, Carruthers J, Hui C, Impson FAC, Miller JT, Robertson MP, Robertson MP, Rouget M, Le Roux JJ, Wilson JRU: 2011. Human-mediated introductions of Australian acacias - a global experiment in biogeography. Diversity and Distributions, 17, pp 771-787, Full Text

Hui C, Richardson DM, Robertson MP, Wilson JRU, Yates CJ: 2011. Macroecology meets invasion ecology: linking the native distributions of Australian acacias to invasiveness. Diversity and Distributions, 17, pp 872-883, Full Text

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Garnas JR, Houston DR, Ayres MP, Evans C: 2011. Disease ontogeny overshadows effects of climate and species interaction on population dynamics in a non native forest disease complex. Ecography, 34, pp 001-010, Full Text

Cumming GS, Caron A, Abolnik C, Catolli G, Bruinzeel L, Burger CE, Cecchettin K, Chiweshe N, Mochotlhoane B, Mutumi GL, Ndlovu M: 2011. The ecology of Influenza A viruses in wild birds in southern Africa. Ecohealth, 8, pp 4-13.

Boettiger AN, Wittmeyer G, Starfield R, Volrath F, Douglas-Hamilton I, Getz WM: 2011. Inferring ecological and behavioral drivers of African elephant movement using a linear filtering approach. Ecology, 92 (8), pp 1648-1657, Full Text

Carvalheiro LG, Veldtman R, Shenkute AG, Tesfay GB, Pirk CWW, Donaldson JS, Nicolson SW: 2011. Natural and within-farmland biodiversity enhances crop productivity. Ecology Letters, 14, pp 251-259, Full Text

Garibaldi LA, Steffan-Dewenter I, Kremen C, Morales JM, Bommarco R, Cunningham SA, Carvalheiro LG, Chacoff NP, Dudenhoffer JH, Greenleaf SS, Holzschuh A, Isaacs R, Krewenka K, et al : 2011. Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits. Ecology Letters, 14, pp 1062-1072, Full Text

Jori F, Roger M, Baldet T, Delecolle JC, Sauzier J, Jaumally MR, Roger F: 2011. Orbiviruses in Rusa Deer, Mauritius, 2007. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17 (2), pp 312-313, Full Text

Etter EMC, Seck I, Grosbois V, Jori F, Blanco E, Vial L, Akakpo AJ, Bada-Alhambedji R, Kone P, Roger FL: 2011. Seroprevalence of African Swine Fever in Senegal, 2006. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17 (1), pp 49-54, Full Text

Köhler A, Verburgt L, Fleming PA, McWhorter TJ, Nicolson SW: 2011. Interruptions in nectar availability: responses of White-bellied Sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala) and Brown Honeyeaters (Lichmera indistincta). Emu, 111, pp 252-258, Full Text

Aubrey DP, Boyles JG, Krysinsky LS, Teskey RO: 2011. Spatial and temporal patterns of xylem sap pH derived from stems and twigs of Populus deltoides L. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 71, pp 376-381.

Zengeya TA, Booth AJ, Bastos AD, Chimimba CT: 2011. Trophic interrelationships between the exotic Nile tilapia,Oreochromis niloticus and indigenous tilapiine cichlids in a subtropical African river system (Limpopo River, South Africa). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 92, pp 479-489, Full Text

April V, Robertson MP, Simelane DO: 2011. Interaction betweenUroplata girardi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) andOphiomyia camarae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on their shared hostLantana camara Verbenaceae). Environmental Entomology, 40 (5), pp 1123-1130, Full Text

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Huth-Schwartz A, Leon A, Vandame R, Moritz RFA, Kraus FB: 2011. Workers dominate male production in the neotropical bumblebee Bombus wilmattae (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Frontiers In Zoology, 8 (13), pp 1-6.

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Ncube H, Duncan P, Grange S, Cameron EZ, Barnier F, Ganswindt A: 2011. Pattern of faecal 20-oxopregnane and oestrogen concentrations during pregnancy in wild plains zebra mares. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 172, pp 358-362, Full Text

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Köhler A, Sadowska J, Olszewska J, Trzeciak P, Berger-Tal O, Tracy CR: 2011. Staying warm or moist? Operative temperature and thermal preferences of common frogs (Rana temporaria), and effects on locomotion. Herpetological Journal, 21 (1), pp 17-26, Full Text

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Symes CT, Symes CT, McKechnie AE, McKechnie AE, Nicolson SW, Woodborne SM: 2011. The nutritional significance of a winter-flowering succulent for opportunistic avian nectarivores. Ibis, 153, pp 110-121, Full Text

Zheng H-Q, Hu F-L, Pirk CWW: 2011. Errors in comb building behaviour inApis cerana cerana that result in entrapped workers. Insectes Sociaux, 58, pp 413-415.

Sole CL, Wirta H, Forgie SA, Scholtz CH: 2011. Origin of Madagascan Scarabaeini dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): dispersal from Africa. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 42, pp 29-40, Full Text

Strumpher WP, Scholtz CH: 2011. Description of a new, possibly extinct, species of flightlessTrox F. (Coleoptera: Trogidae) from South Africa. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 42, pp 337-348.

Deschodt CM, Davis ALV, Scholtz CH: 2011. New dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa from arid south-western Africa. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 42 (3), pp 277-294, Full Text

Willis CKR, Menzies AK, Boyles JG, Wojciechowski MS: 2011. Evaporative water loss is a plausible explanation for mortality of bats from white-nose syndrome. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51 (3), pp 364-373.

Boyles JG, Seebacker F, Smit B, McKechnie AE: 2011. Adaptive thermoregulation in endotherms may alter responses to climate change. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51 (5), pp 676-690.

McKechnie AE, Mzilikazi N: 2011. Heterothermy in Afrotropical mammals and birds: a review. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51 (3), pp 349-363, Full Text

Bennett NC: 2011. Teasing apart socially-induced infertility in non-reproductive female Damaraland mole-rats,Fukomys damarensis (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Integrative Zoology, 6, pp 311-320, Full Text

Mlambo S, Sole CL, Scholtz CH: 2011. Phylogeny of the African ball-rolling dung beetle genusEpirinus Reiche (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Invertebrate Systematics, 25, pp 197-207, Full Text

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Smit B, Boyles JG, Brigham RM, McKechnie AE: 2011. Torpor in dark times: patterns of heterothermy are associated with the lunar cycle in a nocturnal bird. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 26 (3), pp 241-248, Full Text

Bhagwandin A, Fuxe K, Bennett NC, Manger PR: 2011. Distribution of orexinergic neurons and their terminal networks in the brains of two species of African mole rats. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 41, pp 32-42, Full Text

George JT, Veldhuis JD, Roseweir AK, Newton CL, Faccenda E, Millar RP, Millar RP, Anderson RA: 2011. Kisspeptin-10 is a potent stimulator of LH and increases pulse frequency in men. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 96 (8), pp E1228-E1236, Full Text

Pirk CWW, Crous K, Duangphakdee O, Radloff SE, Hepburn HR: 2011. Economics of comb wax salvage by the red dwarf honeybee,Apis florea. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 181, pp 353-359, Full Text

Garnas JR, Ayres MP, Liebhold A, Evans C: 2011. Subcontinental impacts of an invasive tree disease on forest structure and dynamics. Journal of Ecology, 99, pp 532-541.

Wege M, Bester MN, van der Merwe DS, Postma M: 2011. Oedipus complex in an Antarctic fur seal pup?. Journal of Ethology, 29, pp 505-507, Full Text

White AM, Cameron EZ: 2011. Evidence of helping behavior in a free-ranging population of communally breeding warthogs. Journal of Ethology, 29, pp 419-425.

Neumann P, Hartel S, Kryger P, Crewe RM, Moritz RFA: 2011. Reproductive division of labour and thelytoky result in sympatric barriers to gene flow in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24, pp 286-294.

Yetman C, Ferguson JWH: 2011. Conservation implications of spatial habitat use by adult giant bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus). Journal of Herpetology, 45 (1), pp 56-62.

Jarosch A, Moritz RFA: 2011. Systemic RNA-interference in the honeybee Apis mellifera : tissue dependent uptake of fluorescent siRNA after intra-abdominal application observed by laser-scanning microscopy. Journal of Insect Physiology, 57, pp 851-857.

Holter P, Scholtz CH: 2011. Re-establishment of biting mouthparts in desert-living dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) feeding on plant litter - old structures reacquired or new ones evolved?. Journal of Morphology, 272, pp 1007-1016.

Zengeya TA, Decru E, Vreven E: 2011. Revalidation ofHepsetus cuvieri (Castelnau, 1861) (Characiformes: Hepsetidae) from the Quanza, Zambezi and southern part of the Congo ichthyofaunal provinces. Journal of Natural History, 45 (27-28), pp 1723-1744.

Wakelin J, McKechnie AE, Woodborne S: 2011. Stable isotope analysis of migratory connectivity in a threatened intra-African migrant, the Blue Swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea). Journal of Ornithology , 152, pp 171-177, Full Text

Harrison A, Bown KJ, Horak IG, Horak IG: 2011. Detection of Anaplasma bovis in an undescribed tick species collected from the eastern rock sengi Elephantulus myurus. Journal of Parasitology, 97 (6), pp 1012-1016, Full Text

Boyles JG, Smit B, McKechnie AE: 2011. Does use of the torpor cut-off method to analyze variation in body temperature cause more problems than it solves?. Journal of Thermal Biology, 36, pp 373-379.

Joubert KE, Serfontein T, Scantlebury M, Manjerovic ME, Bateman PW, Bennett NC, Waterman J: 2011. Determination of an optimal dose of medetomidine-ketamine-buprenorphine for anaesthesia in the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 82 (2), pp 94-96, Full Text

White AM, Cameron EZ: 2011. Fitness consequences of maternal rearing strategies in warthogs: influence of a group size and composition. Journal of Zoology, 285, pp 77-84.

Bateman PW, Fleming PA: 2011. Who are you looking at? Hadeda ibises use direction of gaze, head orientation and approach speed in their risk assessment of a potential predator. Journal of Zoology, 285, pp 316-323.

Faulkes CG, Bennett NC, Cotterill FPD, Stanley W, Mgode GF, Verheyen E: 2011. Phylogeography and cryptic diversity of the solitary-dwelling silvery mole-rat, genusHeliophobius (Family: Bathyergidae). Journal of Zoology, 285, pp 324-338, Full Text

van der Merwe I, Oosthuizen MK, Chimimba CT, Bennett NC: 2011. Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the reddish grey musk shrew (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) from South Africa. Journal of Zoology, 284 (1), pp 124-132, Full Text

Viljoen H, Bennett NC, Lutermann H: 2011. Life history traits, but not season, affect the febrile response to a lipopolysaccharride challenge in highveld mole-rats. Journal of Zoology, 285, pp 222-229, Full Text

Reisinger R, de Bruyn PJN, Bester MN: 2011. Predatory impact of killer whales on pinniped and penguin populations at the Subantarctic Prince Edward Islands: fact and fiction. Journal of Zoology, 285, pp 1-10, Full Text

Maputla N, Dempster ER, Raman J, Ferguson JWH: 2011. Strong hyrid viability between two widely divergent chromosomal forms of the pouched mouse. Journal of Zoology, 285, pp 180-187.

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Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Hamer M, Haddad CR: 2011. Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Mkambati Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Koedoe, 53 (1058), pp 1-10, Full Text

McGeoch MA, Sithole H, Samways MJ, Simaika JP, Pryke JS, Picker M, Uys C, Armstrong AJ, Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Engelbrecht IA, Braschler B, Hamer M: 2011. Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas. Koedoe, 53 (2), pp 1-13, Full Text

Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Hamer M, Haddad CR: 2011. Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the vegetation layer of the Mkambati Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Koedoe, 53 (1), pp 1-10, Full Text

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McIntyre T, Bornemann H, Plötz J, Tosh C, Bester MN: 2011. Water column use and forage strategies of female southern elephant seals from Marion Island. Marine Biology, 158, pp 2125-2139.

Miller CA, Reeb D, Best PB, Knowlton AR, Brown MW, Moore MJ: 2011. Blubber thickness in right whalesEubalaena glacialis andEubalaena australis related with reproduction, life history status and prey abundance. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 438, pp 267-283, Full Text

McIntyre T, Ansorge IJ, Bornemann H, Plötz J, Tosh C, Bester MN: 2011. Elephant seal dive behaviour is influenced by ocean temperature: implications for climate change impacts on an ocean predator. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 441, pp 257-272.

Mate BR, Best PB, Lagerquist BA, Winsor MH: 2011. Coastal, offshore and migratory movements of South African right whales revealed by satellite telemetry. Marine Mammal Science, 27 (3), pp 455-476, Full Text

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Bates MF, Pietersen DW, Measey GJ: 2011. New amphisbaenian records for the Northern Cape, South Africa. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein, 26 (3), pp 61-72.

Bhagwandin A, Gravett N, Hemingway J, Oosthuizen MK, Bennett NC, Siegel JM, Manger PR: 2011. Orexinergic neuron numbers in three species of African mole-rats with rhythmic and arrhythmic chronotypes. Neuroscience, 199, pp 153-165, Full Text

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Horak IG, Horak IG, Welman S, Hallam SL, Lutermann H, Mzilikazi N: 2011. Ticks of four-toed elephant shrews and Southern African hedgehogs. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 78 (1), pp 1-3, Full Text

Thorn M, Green M, Keith M, Marnewick K, Bateman PW, Cameron EZ, Scott DM: 2011. Large-scale distribution patterns of carnivores in northern South Africa: implications for conservation and monitoring. Oryx, 45 (4), pp 579-586, Full Text

Lindsey PA, Romanach S, Matema S, Matema C, Mupamhadzi I, Muvengwi J: 2011. Dynamics and underlying causes of illegal bushmeat trade in Zimbabwe. Oryx, 45 (1), pp 84-95, Full Text

Lindsey PA, Romanach S, Tambling CJ, Chartier K, Groom RJ: 2011. Ecological and financial impacts of illegal bushmeat trade in Zimbabwe. Oryx, 45 (1), pp 96-111, Full Text

Lindsey PA, Tambling CJ, Brummer R, Davies-Mostert HT, Hayward MW, Marnewick K, Parker D: 2011. Minimum prey and area requirements of the cheetahAcinonyx jubatus: implications for reintroduction and management of the species in South Africa. Oryx, 45 (4), pp 587-599, Full Text

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Dacke M, Byrne M, Baird E, Scholtz CH, Warrant EJ: 2011. How dim is dim? Precision of the celestial compass in moonlight and sunlight. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 366, pp 697-702.

Boyles JG, Smit B, McKechnie AE: 2011. A new comparative metric for estimating heterothermy in endotherms. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 84 (1), pp 115-123, Full Text

Lebesa L, Khan ZR, Hassanali A, Pickett JA, Bruce TJA, Skellern M, Krüger K: 2011. Responses of the blister beetleHycleus apicicornis to visual stimuli. Physiological Entomology, 36, pp 220-229.

Streicher S, Boyles JG, Oosthuizen MK, Bennett NC: 2011. Body temperature patterns and rhythmicity in free-ranging subterranean Damaraland mole-rats,Fukomys damarensis. Plos One, 6 (10), p. e26346, Full Text

Trimble M, van Aarde RJ: 2011. Decline of birds in a human modified coastal dune forest landscape in South Africa. Plos One, 6 (1), p. e16176, Full Text

Trimble M, van Aarde RJ, Ferreira SM, Norgaard CF, Fourie J, Lee CL, Moss CJ: 2011. Age determination by back length for African savanna elephants: Extending age assessment techniques for aerial-based surveys. Plos One, 6 (10), p. e26614, Full Text

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