• Cross-correlation analysis of invasive mango mealybug and its associated natural enemies in relation to meteorological factors : implications for biological control 

  Tanga, Mbi Chrysantus; Mohamed, Samira Abuelgasim; Prem, Govender; Salifu, Daisy; Ekesi, Sunday (Taylor and Francis, 2019)

  Damage caused by invasive downey snow line mealybug, Rastrococcus iceryoides Green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) has been reported to vary between 30% to complete crop loss where no control measure is applied. The current ...
• Structural characterization, reproductive phenology and anthropogenic disturbance of mangroves in Costa do Sol, Bons Sinais Estuary and Pemba-Metuge from Mozambique 

  Amade, F.M.C. (Faura); Chirwa, Paxie W.; Falcão, Mario P.; Oosthuizen, C.J. (Carel) (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

  Mangrove forests are among the most important ecosystems with high ecological and economic value. In order to better understand and conserve this ecosystem, we aim to provide an overview of mangrove structure along the ...
• Fencing Africa's protected areas : costs, benefits, and management issues 

  Pekor, Adam; Miller, Jennifer R.B.; Flyman, Michael V.; Kasiki, Samuel; Kesch, M. Kristina; Miller, Susan M.; Uiseb, Kenneth; Van der Merve, Vincent; Lindsey, Peter Andrew (Elsevier, 2019-01)

  The fencing of protected areas (PAs) is highly controversial, and much remains unknown about the associated financial, ecological, and social impacts. We surveyed experts on 63 fenced and 121 unfenced PAs across 23 African ...
• Can intrinsic foraging efficiency explain dominance status? A test with functional response experiments 

  Hartley, Alexandra; Shrader, A.M. (Adrian); Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon (Springer, 2018-11)

  The functional response describes how food abundance affects the intake rate of foraging individuals, and as such, it can influence a wide range of ecological processes. In social species, dominance status can affect the ...
• Trade-offs between immunity and testosterone in male African ground squirrels 

  O'Brien, Kelsey A.; Waterman, J.M. (Jane); Anderson, W. Gary; Bennett, Nigel C., 1961- (Company of Biologists, 2018-08)

  The immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (ICHH) proposes that testosterone has both beneficial effects on male reproductive potential and negative effects by suppressing the immune system. However, support for the ICHH ...
• Hybridization in bottlenose dolphins—a case study of tursiops aduncus × t. Truncatus hybrids and successful backcross hybridization events 

  Gridley, T.; Elwen, Simon Harvey; Harris, G.; Moore, D.M.; Hoelzel, A.R.; Lampen, F. (Public Library of Science, 2018-09-12)

  The bottlenose dolphin, genus Tursiops is one of the best studied of all the Cetacea with a minimum of two species widely recognised. Common bottlenose dolphins (T. truncatus), are the cetacean species most frequently ...
• Seasonal changes in social networks of giraffes 

  Wolf, T.E. (Tanja); Ngonga Ngomo, A.-C.; Bennett, Nigel C., 1961-; Burroughs, R.E.J. (Richard); Ganswindt, Andre (Wiley, 2018-06)

  Fission‐fusion social societies allow animals to respond in a flexible manner to environmental changes by adapting the size and composition of a group. Although group members change frequently in these systems, associations ...
• Indicators for monitoring biological invasions at a national level 

  Wilson, John R.U.; Faulkner, Katelyn T.; Rahlao, Sebataolo J.; Richardson, David M.; Zengeya, Tsungai Alfred; Van Wilgen, Brian W. (Wiley, 2018-11)

  1. A major challenge for the management of biological invasions is to ensure that data and information from basic inventories and ecological research are used alongside data from the monitoring and evaluation of interventions ...
• First report of gastrointestinal parasites from Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli) in Zambia 

  Lutermann, Heike; Haukisalmi, Voitto; Junker, Kerstin (American Society of Parasitologists, 2018-10)

  The endoparasite fauna of Ansell's mole-rat, Fukomys anselli (Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán and Kawalika) (Rodentia, Bathyergidae), was studied for the first time near Lusaka, Zambia. We recovered 7 endoparasite taxa ...
• Partial migration in savanna elephant populations distributed across southern Africa 

  Purdon, Andrew; Mole, Michael A.; Chase, Michael J.; Van Aarde, Rudi J. (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-07-27)

  Migration is an important, but threatened ecological process. Conserving migration requires the maintenance of functional connectivity across sufficiently large areas. Therefore, we need to know if, where and why species ...
• Dung beetle activity improves herbaceous plant growth and soil properties on confinements simulating reclaimed mined land in South Africa 

  Badenhorst, Jessica; Dabrowski, Jacqueline; Scholtz, Clarke H.; Truter, Wayne Frederick (Elsevier, 2018-12)

  Mining activities contribute greatly to economic growth and development in South Africa. However, post-mining soils have limited land-use potential due to low fertility, deficiency in organic matter content and poor physical, ...
• The phoretic association between Cyaneolytta Peringuey (Coleoptera: Meloidae) triungulins and Anthia Weber (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in southern Africa 

  Scholtz, Clarke H.; Basson, R.J.; Bologna, M.A. (Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 2018-09)

  Phoresis is the interspecific symbiotic association in which one of two participants, the phoront, utilises the other participant in the association (the host) for mechanical transport. The association is seldom ...
• Rank-related contrasts in longevity arise from extra-group excursions not delayed senescence in a cooperative mammal 

  Cram, Dominic L.; Monaghan, Pat; Gillespie, Robert; Dantzer, Ben; Duncan, Christopher; Spence-Jones, Helen; Clutton-Brock, Tim H. (Elsevier, 2018-09)

  In many cooperatively breeding animal societies, breeders outlive non-breeding subordinates, despite investing heavily in reproduction. In eusocial insects, the extended lifespans of breeders arise from specialized slowed ...
• Noninvasive measurements of ovarian activity in Beira antelope (Dorcatragus megalotis) 

  Wolf, T.E. (Tanja); Arif, Abdi; Bennett, Nigel C., 1961-; Ganswindt, Andre (Wiley, 2018-09)

  As the natural habitat of more and more species becomes depleted, captive breeding programmes have become established to bring species back from the brink of extinction. Monitoring the reproductive status of an individual ...
• Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) sperm revisited : motility, morphology and ultrastructure of fresh sperm of consecutive ejaculates 

  Van der Horst, Gerhard; Medger, Katarina; Steckler, Daniela; Luther, Ilse; Bartels, Paul (Elsevier, 2018-08)

  Computer aided sperm analysis systems allow detailed examination of sperm motility and morphology variables, which are important for the understanding of the spermatology of a species and the development of assisted ...
• Analysis of gonadotrophin‐releasing hormone‐1 and kisspeptin neuronal systems in the nonphotoregulated seasonally breeding eastern rock elephant‐shrew (Elephantulus myurus) 

  Medger, Katarina; Bennett, Nigel C., 1961-; Chimimba, Christian Timothy; Oosthuizen, Maria Kathleen; Mikkelsen, Jens D.; Coen, Clive W. (Wiley, 2018-10)

  Of the 18 sub‐Saharan elephant‐shrew species, only eastern rock elephant‐shrews reproduce seasonally throughout their distribution, a process seemingly independent of photoperiod. The present study characterizes gonadal ...
• Moving in the Anthropocene : global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements 

  Tucker, Marlee A.; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin; Fagan, William F.; Fryxell, John M.; Van Moorter, Bram; Alberts, Susan C.; Ali, Abdullahi H.; Allen, Andrew M.; Attias, Nina; Avgar, Tal; Bartlam-Brooks, Hattie; Bayarbaatar, Buuveibaatar; Belant, Jerrold L.; Bertassoni, Alessandra; Beyer, Dean; Bidner, Laura; Van Beest, Floris M.; Blake, Stephen; Blaum, Niels; Bracis, Chloe; Brown, Danielle; De Bruyn, P.J. Nico; Cagnacci, Francesca; Calabrese, Justin M.; Camilo-Alves, Constança; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Chiaradia, Andre; Davidson, Sarah C.; Dennis, Todd; DeStefano, Stephen; Diefenbach, Duane; Douglas-Hamilton, Iain; Fennessy, Julian; Fichtel, Claudia; Fiedler, Wolfgang; Fischer, Christina; Fischhoff, Ilya; Fleming, Christen H.; Ford, Adam; Fritz, Susanne; Gehr, Benedikt; Goheen, Jacob R.; Gurarie, Eliezer; Hebblewhite, Mark; Heurich, Marco; Hewison, A.J. Mark; Hof, Christian; Hurme, Edward; Isbell, Lynne A.; Janssen, René; Jeltsch, Florian; Kaczensky, Petra; Kane, Adam; Kappeler, Peter M.; Kauffman, Matthew; Kays, Roland; Kimuyu, Duncan; Koch, Flavia; Kranstauber, Bart; LaPoint, Scott; Leimgruber, Peter; Linnell, John D.C.; López-López, Pascual; Markham, A. Catherine; Mattisson, Jenny; Medici, Emilia Patricia; Mellone, Ugo; Merrill, Evelyn; De Miranda Mourão, Guilherme; Morato, Ronaldo G.; Morellet, Nicolas; Morrison, Thomas; Díaz-Muñoz, Samuel L.; Mysterud, Atle; Nandintsetseg, Dejid; Nathan, Ran; Niamir, Aidin; Odden, John; O'Hara, Robert B.; Oliveira-Santos, Luiz Gustavo R.; Olson, Kirk A.; Patterson, Bruce D.; De Paula, Rogerio Cunha; Pedrotti, Luca; Reineking, Björn; Rimmler, Martin; Rogers, Tracy L.; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Rosenberry, Christopher S.; Rubenstein, Daniel I.; Safi, Kamran; Saïd, Sonia; Sapir, Nir; Sawyer, Hall; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Selva, Nuria; Sergiel, Agnieszka; Shiilegdamba, Enkhtuvshin; Silva, João Paulo; Singh, Navinder; Solberg, Erling J.; Spiegel, Orr; Strand, Olav; Sundaresan, Siva; Ullmann, Wiebke; Voigt, Ulrich; Wall, Jake; Wattles, David; Wikelski, Martin; Wilmers, Christopher C.; Wilson, John W.; Wittemyer, George; Ziȩba, Filip; Zwijacz-Kozica, Tomasz; Mueller, Thomas (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018-01)

  Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across species. Using a unique GPS-tracking database ...
• A new species of Scolecoseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from coastal north-eastern Mozambique 

  Verburgt, Luke; Verburgt, U.K. (Ursula); Branch, William R. (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

  Seven specimens of Scolecoseps Loveridge, 1920 from the vicinity of Palma on the north coast of Mozambique are compared morphologically with other known material of this genus. The new material can be distinguished ...
• Digestibility and nutritional value of fresh and stored pollen for honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) 

  Nicolson, Sue W.; Das Neves, Susana Da Silva; Human, Hannelie; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner (Elsevier, 2018-05)

  Pollen, the main protein source for honey bees, is mixed with regurgitated nectar or honey during collection and then stored as ‘bee bread’ before its consumption, mainly by young nurse workers. It has been suggested that ...

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