Browsing Health Sciences by UP Author "Pretorius, Mariette Estelle"

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Assessing the extent of land-use change around important bat-inhabited caves

Pretorius, Mariette Estelle; Markotter, Wanda; Keith, Mark (BioMed Central, 2021-11-20)

BACKGROUND : Modification and destruction of natural habitats are bringing previously unencountered animal populations into contact with humans, with bats considered important zoonotic transmission vectors. Caves ...
No evidence of pre-hibernation or pre-migratory body mass gain in Miniopterus natalensis in north-eastern South Africa

Pretorius, Mariette Estelle; Markotter, Wanda; Kearney, Teresa; Seamark, Ernest; Broders, Hugh; Keith, Mark (Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2021-02-24)

Migration and hibernation are survival strategies that require physiological preparation using fattening. Bats employ both strategies in times of resource shortages. However, because males and females vary seasonally in ...

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