Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Bester, MN
BSc(Hons) MSc(Stell) DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: B3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2067
Fax number: 012 420 2534
E-mail address: marthan.bester@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:
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
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
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
Le Grange A, van der Merwe M, Bester MN: 2011. Reproductive strategy of the Egyptian free-tailed bat,Tadarida aegyptiaca, from a subtropical latitude (25o) in South Africa. African Zoology, 46 (1), pp 169-175, 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
Zanre R, Bester MN: 2011. Vagrant Subantarctic fur seal in the Mayumba National Park, Gabon. African Zoology, 46 (1), pp 185-187, 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
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
Reisinger R, de Bruyn PJN, Bester MN: 2011. Abundance estimates of killer whales at subantarctic Marion Island. Aquatic Biology, 12, pp 177-185.
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
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
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.
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.
Jewell O, Wcisel MA, Gennari E, Towner AV, Bester MN, Johnson RL, Singh S: 2011. Effects of smart position only (SPOT) tag deployment on white sharksCarcharodon carcharias in South Africa. Plos One, 6 (11), p. e27242, Full Text
McIntyre T, Postma M, van der Merwe DS, Wege M, Bester MN: 2011. Hitchhiking goose barnacles and their potential implications on the functioning of animal-borne instruments. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 41 (2), pp 218-223, Full Text
Mertz EM, Bester MN: 2011. Vagrant southern elephant seal and human disturbance in Mossel Bay, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 41 (2), pp 224-228, Full Text
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