Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
van Aarde, RJ
MSc DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2753
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: rjvaarde@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:
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
Young K, van Aarde RJ: 2011. Science and elephant management decisions in South Africa. Biological Conservation, 144, pp 876-885, 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
Grainger M, van Aarde RJ, Wassenaar TD: 2011. Landscape composition influences the restoration of subtropical coastal dune forest. Restoration Ecology, 19 (101), pp 111-120, Full Text
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