Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Robertson, MP
BSc (Hons) PhD - Senior Lecturer
NRF Rating: Y2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 4396
Fax number: 012 420 3210
E-mail address: mrobertson@zoology.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:
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
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
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
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.
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
Trethowan PD, Robertson MP, McConnachie AJ: 2011. Ecological niche modelling of an invasive alien plant and its potential biological control agents. South African Journal of Botany, 77, pp 137-146, Full Text
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