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Mammal Research Institute
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

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Select the first letter of the journal title from the alphabetical list.

 
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Hofmeyr-Juritz L, Best PB: 2011. Acoustic behaviour of southern right whales in relation to numbers of whales present in Walker Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 415-427, Full Text

Elwen SH, Findlay KP, Kiszka J, Weir A: 2011. Cetacean research in the southern African subregion: a review of previous studies and current knowledge. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 469-493, Full Text

Findlay KP, Best PB, Me˙er M: 2011. Migrations of humpback whales past Cape Vidal, South Africa, and an estimate of the population increase rate (1988-2002). African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 375-392.

Photopoulou T, Best PB, Hammond PS, Findlay KP: 2011. Movement patterns of coastal bottlenose dolphins in the presence of a fast-flowing, prevailing current: shore-based observations at Cape Vidal, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 393-401.

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

Penry GS, Penry GS, Cockcroft VG, Hammond PS: 2011. Seasonal fluctuations in occurrence of inshore Bryde's whales in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, with notes on feeding events and multi-species associations. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 403-414.

Elwen SH, Thornton M, Kirkman SP, Pistorius PA, Weir C: 2011. The first African Marine Mammal Colloquium, South Africa, May 2010. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 349-351, Full Text

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

Barendse J, Best PB, Thornton M, Elwen SH, Rosenbaum HC, Carvalho I, Pomilla C, Collins TJQ, Me˙er M, Leeney RH: 2011. Transit station or destination? Attendance patterns, movements, and abundance estimate of humpback whales off west South Africa from photographic and genotypic matching. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 353-373, Full Text

Me˙er M, Best PB, Anderson-Reade MD, Cliff G, Dudley SFJ, Kirkman SP: 2011. Trends and interventions in large whale entanglement along the South African coast. African Journal of Marine Science, 33 (3), pp 429-439.

De Vries JL, Pirk CWW, Bateman PW, Cameron EZ, Dalerum FD: 2011. Extension of the diet of an extreme foraging specialist, the aardwolf (Proteles cristata). African Zoology, 46 (1), pp 194-196, Full Text

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

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

LaBeaud AD, Cross PC, Getz WM, Glinka A, King CH: 2011. Rift Valley Fever Virus infection in African buffalo(Syncerus caffer) herds in rural South Africa: Evidence of interepidemic transmission. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, 84 (4), pp 641-646, 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.

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Kamath PL, Getz WM: 2011. Adaptive molecular evolution of the Major Histocompatibility Complex genes, DRA and DQA, in the genusEquus. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11, p. 128, 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

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.

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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

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Cumming GS, Caron A, Abolnik C, Catolli G, Bruinzeel L, Burger CE, Cecchettin K, Chiweshe N, Mochotlhoane B, Mutumi GL, Ndlovu M: 2011. The ecology of Influenza A viruses in wild birds in southern Africa. Ecohealth, 8, pp 4-13.

Boettiger AN, Wittmeyer G, Starfield R, Volrath F, Douglas-Hamilton I, Getz WM: 2011. Inferring ecological and behavioral drivers of African elephant movement using a linear filtering approach. Ecology, 92 (8), pp 1648-1657, Full Text

Jori F, Roger M, Baldet T, Delecolle JC, Sauzier J, Jaumally MR, Roger F: 2011. Orbiviruses in Rusa Deer, Mauritius, 2007. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17 (2), pp 312-313, Full Text

Etter EMC, Seck I, Grosbois V, Jori F, Blanco E, Vial L, Akakpo AJ, Bada-Alhambedji R, Kone P, Roger FL: 2011. Seroprevalence of African Swine Fever in Senegal, 2006. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17 (1), pp 49-54, Full Text

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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

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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

George JT, Veldhuis JD, Roseweir AK, Newton CL, Faccenda E, Millar RP, Millar RP, Anderson RA: 2011. Kisspeptin-10 is a potent stimulator of LH and increases pulse frequency in men. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 96 (8), pp E1228-E1236, Full Text

White AM, Cameron EZ: 2011. Evidence of helping behavior in a free-ranging population of communally breeding warthogs. Journal of Ethology, 29, pp 419-425.

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

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

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

White AM, Cameron EZ: 2011. Fitness consequences of maternal rearing strategies in warthogs: influence of a group size and composition. Journal of Zoology, 285, pp 77-84.

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

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

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

Maputla N, Dempster ER, Raman J, Ferguson JWH: 2011. Strong hyrid viability between two widely divergent chromosomal forms of the pouched mouse. Journal of Zoology, 285, pp 180-187.

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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.

Miller CA, Reeb D, Best PB, Knowlton AR, Brown MW, Moore MJ: 2011. Blubber thickness in right whalesEubalaena glacialis andEubalaena australis related with reproduction, life history status and prey abundance. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 438, pp 267-283, Full Text

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.

Mate BR, Best PB, Lagerquist BA, Winsor MH: 2011. Coastal, offshore and migratory movements of South African right whales revealed by satellite telemetry. Marine Mammal Science, 27 (3), pp 455-476, Full Text

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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

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Horak IG, Horak IG, Welman S, Hallam SL, Lutermann H, Mzilikazi N: 2011. Ticks of four-toed elephant shrews and Southern African hedgehogs. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 78 (1), pp 1-3, Full Text

Lindsey PA, Romanach S, Matema S, Matema C, Mupamhadzi I, Muvengwi J: 2011. Dynamics and underlying causes of illegal bushmeat trade in Zimbabwe. Oryx, 45 (1), pp 84-95, Full Text

Lindsey PA, Romanach S, Tambling CJ, Chartier K, Groom RJ: 2011. Ecological and financial impacts of illegal bushmeat trade in Zimbabwe. Oryx, 45 (1), pp 96-111, Full Text

Thorn M, Green M, Keith M, Marnewick K, Bateman PW, Cameron EZ, Scott DM: 2011. Large-scale distribution patterns of carnivores in northern South Africa: implications for conservation and monitoring. Oryx, 45 (4), pp 579-586, Full Text

Lindsey PA, Tambling CJ, Brummer R, Davies-Mostert HT, Hayward MW, Marnewick K, Parker D: 2011. Minimum prey and area requirements of the cheetahAcinonyx jubatus: implications for reintroduction and management of the species in South Africa. Oryx, 45 (4), pp 587-599, Full Text

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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

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

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

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

Jori F, Brahmbhatt D, Fosgate GT, Thompson PN, Budke C, Ward MP, Ferguson K, Gummow B: 2011. A questionnaire-based evaluation of the veterinary cordon fence separating wildlife and livestock along the boundary of the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 100, pp 210-220, Full Text

Newton CL, Whay AM, McArdle CA, Zhang M, van Koppen CJ, van de Lagemaat R, Segaloff DL, Millar RP, Millar RP: 2011. Rescue of expression and signaling of human luteinizing hormone G protein-coupled receptor mutants with an allosterically binding small-molecule agonist. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (17), pp 7172-7176.

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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

Elwen SH, Leeney RH: 2011. Interactions between leatherback turtles and killer whales in Namibian waters, including possible predation. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 41 (2), pp 205-209, 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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Ravaomanana J, Jori F, Vial L, Perez-Sanchez R, Blanco E, Michaud V, Roger F: 2011. Assessment of interactions between African swine fever virus, bushpigs (Otamochoerus larvatus),Ornithodoros moubata ticks and domestic pigs in north-western Madagascar. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 58 (3), pp 247-254, Full Text

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Abu Samra N, Jori F, Samie A, Thompson PN: 2011. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in wild mammals in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 175, pp 155-159.

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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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