Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Bennett, NC
BSc(Hons)(Bristol) PhD(Cape Town) - Professor
NRF Rating: A2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2538
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: nigel.bennett@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:
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Viljoen H, Bennett NC, Ueckermann EA, Lutermann H: 2011. The role of host traits, season and group size on parasite burdens in a cooperative mammal. Plos One, 6 (11), p. e27003, Full Text
Taylor PJ, Lavrenchenko A, Carleton MD, Verheyen E, Bennett NC, Oosthuizen CJ, Maree S: 2011. Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genusOtomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): a revision of theOtomys typus complex. Zootaxa, 3024, pp 1-66, Full Text
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