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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology

Bastos, AD

MSc PhD(Pret) - Associate Professor

NRF Rating: C1

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Telephone number: 012 420 4612
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: adbastos@zoology.up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Molecular epidemiology of wildlife diseases

Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

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

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

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

Aplin KP, Suzuki H, Chinen AA, Chesser RT, Ten Have J, Donnellan SC, Austin J, Frost A, Gonzalez JP, Bastos AD, Catzeflis F, Soubrier J, Fang Y-P, et al : 2011. Multiple geographic origins of commensalism and complex dispersal history of Black Rats. Plos One, 6 (11), p. e26357, Full Text

 

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