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  • Loxodonta localizer: a software tool fori nferring the provenance of African elephants and their ivory using mitochondrial DNA 
    Zhao, Kai; Ishida, Yasuko; Green, Cory E.; Davidson, Alexis G.; Sitam, Frankie A.; Donnelly, Cassidy L.; De Flamingh, Alida; Perrin-Stowe, Tolulope I.N.; Bourgeois, Stephanie; Brandt, Adam L.; Mundis, Stephanie J.; Van Aarde, Rudi J.; Greenberg, Jonathan A.; Malhi, Ripan S.; Georgiadis, Nicholas J.; McEwing, Ross; Roca, Alfred L. (Oxford University Press, 2019-11)
    Illegal hunting is a major threat to the elephants of Africa, with more elephants killed by poachers than die from natural causes. DNA from tusks has been used to infer the source populations for confiscated ivory, relying ...
  • Macroecology meets invasion ecology : linking the native distributions of Australian acacias to invasiveness 
    Hui, Cang; Richardson, D.M. (David Mark), 1958-; Robertson, Mark P.; Wilson, John R.U.; Yates, Colin J. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-09)
    AIM : Species' native ranges reflect the net outcome of interactions between life-history strategies and biotic and abiotic influences over evolutionary timescales. Differences in native ranges might be indicative both of ...
  • The maintenance of a positive spatial correlation between South African bird species richness and human population density 
    Hugo, Sanet; Janse Van Rensburg, Berndt (Blackwell, 2008)
    AIM: To investigate explanations for the maintenance of a positive spatial species richness–human population density correlation at broad scales, despite the negative impact of humans on species richness. These are (hypotheses ...
  • Making use of multiple surveys : estimating breeding probability using a multievent‐robust design capture–recapture model 
    Oosthuizen, Wessel Christiaan; Pradel, Roger; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt; De Bruyn, P.J. Nico (Wiley Open Access, 2019-01)
    Increased environmental stochasticity due to climate change will intensify temporal variance in the life‐history traits, and especially breeding probabilities, of long‐lived iteroparous species. These changes may decrease ...
  • Male blue wildebeest increase activity during the rut, but not at the expense of rest 
    Malungo, Illke B.; Gravett, Nadine; Ganswindt, Andre; Manger, Paul R. (Springer, 2023-04)
    Rest is a state of adaptive inactivity that increases the efficiency of activity by regulating its timing and reducing energy use when activity is not beneficial. Thus, animals can go without rest when specific demands, ...
  • Male characteristics as predictors of genital color and display variation in vervet monkeys 
    Young, Mirjam M.I.; Winters, Sandra; Young, Christopher; Weiß, Brigitte M.; Troscianko, Jolyon; Ganswindt, Andre; Barrett, Louise; Henzi, S. Peter; Higham, James P.; Widdig, Anja (Springer, 2020-01)
    In the animal kingdom, conspicuous colors are often used for inter- and intra-sexual communication. Even though primates are the most colorful mammalian taxon, many questions, including what potential information color ...
  • Male field cricket song reflects age, allowing females to prefer young males 
    Verburgt, Luke; Ferreira, M.; Ferguson, Jan Willem Helenus (Elsevier, 2011-01)
    Sexual selection often involves female preference for males of a certain age, and a body of theory predicts preference for old males. We measured a comprehensive set of traits from the acoustic sexual display of male ...
  • Male immigration triggers increased growth in subordinate female meerkats 
    Dubuc, Constance; Clutton-Brock, Tim H. (Wiley Open Access, 2019-02)
    There is increasing evidence that some vertebrates can adjust their growth rate in relation to changes in the social context that affect their probability of breeding. Here, we show that, in meerkats (Suricata suricatta), ...
  • Male residency and dispersal triggers in a seasonal breeder with influential females 
    Young, Christopher; McFarland, Richard; Ganswindt, Andre; Young, Mirjam M.I.; Barrett, Louise; Henzi, S. Peter (Elsevier, 2019-08)
    Males in female-philopatric social groupings leave their natal groups to pursue successive reproductive opportunities in one or more other groups. In vervet monkeys, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, adult males coexist and physical ...
  • Mammalian herbivore movement into drought refugia has cascading effects on savanna insect communities 
    Trisos, Matthew O.; Parr, Catherine Lucy; Davies, Andrew Byron; Leitner, Monica; February, Edmund C. (Wiley, 2021-07)
    Global climate change is predicted to increase the frequency of droughts, with major impacts on tropical savannas. It has been suggested that during drought, increased soil moisture and nutrients on termite mounds could ...
  • Managing for change : using vertebrate at sea habitat use to direct management efforts 
    Arthur, Benjamin; Hindell, Mark; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt; De Bruyn, P.J. Nico; Goebel, Michael E.; Trathan, Phil; Lea, Mary-Anne (Elsevier, 2018-08)
    To understand and predict current and future distributions of animals under a changing climate it is essential to establish historical ranges as baselines against which distribution shifts can be assessed. Management ...
  • Mandibular gland pheromone contents in workers and queens of Apis mellifera adansonii 
    Yusuf, Abdullahi Ahmed; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Crewe, Robin M. (Springer, 2015-07)
    Secretions from the mandibular glands of honeybees have been studied extensively, with those of queens dominated by ώ-9 fatty acids and ώ-10 fatty acids dominating those of non-laying workers. Apis mellifera adansonii ...
  • Mango headspace volatiles trigger differential responses of the mango fruit fly Ceratitis cosyra and its parasitoids 
    Miano, Raphael Njura; Dekker, Teun; Rohwer, Egmont Richard; Biasazin, Tibebe Dejene; Ndlela, Shepard; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ahmed; Cheseto, Xavier; Mohamed, Samira A. (Elsevier, 2024-05)
    Before the introduction of Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) to sub-Saharan Africa, Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) was economically the most important pest in mango farming. Its native natural enemy, the solitary parasitoid Psyttalia ...
  • Mapping bugweed (Solanum mauritianum) infestations in Pinus patula plantations using hyperspectral imagery and support vector machines 
    Atkinson, Jonathan Tom; Ismail, Riyad; Robertson, Mark P. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014-01)
    The invasive plant known as bugweed (Solanum mauritianum) is a notorious invader of forestry plantations in the eastern parts of South Africa. Not only is bugweed considered to be one of five most widespread invasive ...
  • Mapping evaporative water loss in desert passerines reveals an expanding threat of lethal dehydration 
    Albright, Thomas P.; Mutiibwa, Dennis; Gerson, Alexander R.; Smith, Eric Krabbe; Talbot, William A.; O’Neill, Jacqueline J.; McKechnie, Andrew E.; Wolf, Blair O. (National Academy of Sciences, 2017-02)
    Extreme high environmental temperatures produce a variety of consequences for wildlife, including mass die-offs. Heat waves are increasing in frequency, intensity, and extent, and are projected to increase further under ...
  • Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations 
    Kauffman, Matthew J.; Cagnacci, Francesca; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Hebblewhite, Mark; Hopcraft, J. Grant C.; Merkle, Jerod A.; Mueller, Thomas; Mysterud, Atle; Peters, Wibke; Roettger, Christiane; Steingisser, Alethea; Meacham, James E.; Abera, Kasahun; Adamczewski, Jan; Aikens, Ellen O.; Bartlam-Brooks, Hattie; Bennitt, Emily; Berger, Joel; Boyd, Charlotte; Cote, Steeve D.; Debeffe, Lucie; Dekrout, Andrea S.; Dejid, Nandintsetseg; Donadio, Emiliano; Dziba, Luthando; Fagan, William F.; Fischer, Claude; Focardi, Stefano; Fryxell, John M.; Fynn, Richard W.S.; Geremia, Chris; Gonzalez, Benito A.; Gunn, Anne; Gurarie, Elie; Heurich, Marco; Hilty, Jodi; Hurley, Mark; Johnson, Aran; Joly, Kyle; Kaczensky, Petra; Kendall, Corinne J.; Kochkarev, Pavel; Kolpaschikov, Leonid; Kowalczyk, Rafal; Van Langevelde, Frank; Li, Binbin V.; Lobora, Alex L.; Loison, Anne; Madiri, Tinaapi H.; Mallon, David; Marchand, Pascal; Medellin, Rodrigo A.; Meisingset, Erling; Merrill, Evelyn; Middleton, Arthur D.; Monteith, Kevin L.; Morjan, Malik; Morrison, Thomas A.; Mumme, Steffen; Naidoo, Robin; Novaro, Andres; Ogutu, Joseph O.; Olson, Kirk A.; Oteng-Yeboah, Alfred; Ovejero, Ramiro J.A.; Owen-Smith, Norman; Paasivaara, Antti; Packer, Craig; Panchenko, Danila; Pedrotti, Luca; Plumptre, Andrew J.; Rolandsen, Christer M.; Said, Sonia; Salemgareyev, Albert; Savchenko, Aleksandr; Savchenko, Piotr; Sawyer, Hall; Selebatso, Moses; Skroch, Matthew; Solberg, Erling; Stabach, Jared A.; Strand, Olav; Suitor, Michael J.; Tachiki, Yasuyuki; Trainor, Anne; Tshipa, Arnold; Virani, Munir Z.; Vynne, Carly; Ward, Stephanie; Wittemyer, George; Xu, Wenjing; Zuther, Steffen (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021-05)
    Migration of ungulates (hooved mammals) is a fundamental ecological process that promotes abundant herds, whose effects cascade up and down terrestrial food webs. Migratory ungulates provide the prey base that maintains ...
  • Mapping potential connections between Southern Africa’s elephant populations 
    Huang, Ryan M.; Van Aarde, Rudi J.; Pimm, Stuart L.; Chase, Michael; Leggett, Keith (Public Library of Science, 2022-09-11)
    Southern Africa spans nearly 7 million km2 and contains approximately 80% of the world’s savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) mostly living in isolated protected areas. Here we ask what are the prospects for improving ...
  • Marine ecosystem assessment for the southern ocean : birds and marine mammals in a changing climate 
    Bestley, Sophie; Ropert-Coudert, Yan; Nash, Susan Bengtson; Brooks, Cassandra M.; Cotte, Cedric; Dewar, Meagan; Friedlaender, Ari S.; Jackson, Jennifer A.; Labrousse, Sara; Lowther, Andrew D.; McMahon, Clive Reginald; Phillips, Richard A.; Pistorius, Pierre Anton; Puskic, Peter S.; Reis, Ana Olivia de A.; Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf; Santos, Mercedes; Tarszisz, Esther; Tixier, Paul; Trathan, Philip N.; Wege, Mia; Wienecke, Barbara (Frontiers Media, 2020-11)
    The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals (cetaceans and pinnipeds) – referred to here as top predators – is one of the most iconic components of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean. ...
  • Marine hotspots of activity inform protection of a threatened community of pelagic species in a large oceanic jurisdiction 
    Requena, Susana; Oppel, Steffen; Bond, Alexander L.; Hall, Jonathan; Cleeland, Jaimie; Crawford, Robert J.M.; Davies, Delia; Dilley, Ben J.; Glass, Trevor; Makhado, Azwianewi; Ratcliffe, Norman; Reid, Timothy A.; Ronconi, Robert A.; Schofield, Andy; Steinfurth, Antje; Wege, Mia; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt; Ryan, Peter G. (Wiley, 2020-10)
    Remote oceanic islands harbour unique biodiversity, especially of species that rely on the marine trophic resources around their breeding islands. Identifying marine areas used by such species is essential to manage and ...
  • Marine Mammal Programme at the Prince Edward Islands : 38 years of research 
    Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt; De Bruyn, P.J. Nico; Oosthuizen, Wessel Christiaan; Tosh, Cheryl A.; McIntyre, Trevor; Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf; Postma, Martin; Van der Merwe, Derek S.; Wege, Mia (Taylor & Francis, 2011)
    The Marine Mammal Programme (MMP) conducts research on pinnipeds and killer whales Orcinus orca at Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands, under the auspices of the Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and ...