Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by Author "Van der Merwe, Derek S."

Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by Author "Van der Merwe, Derek S."

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  • Hitchhiking goose barnacles and their potential implications on the functioning of animal-borne instruments 
    McIntyre, Trevor; Postma, Martin; Van der Merwe, Derek S.; Wege, Mia; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011-10)
    Goose barnacles (Lepas australis) were found attached to satellite-tracking and time-depth recording (TDR) instruments carried by two lactating Subantarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus tropicalis) from Marion Island. We ...
  • Inshore occurrence of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) at Subantarctic Marion Island 
    Postma, Martin; Wege, Mia; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt; Van der Merwe, Derek S.; De Bruyn, P.J. Nico (Zoological Society of Southern Africa, 2011-04)
    Opportunistic shore-based sightings of southern right whales Eubalaena australis for Marion Island (46°54'S, 37°45'E) were documented at five different times between 1974 and 2009. Whales were sighted between May 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 ...
  • Oedipus complex in an Antarctic fur seal pup? 
    Wege, Mia; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt; Van der Merwe, Derek S.; Postma, Martin (Springer, 2011-09)
    We present the first evidence of a possible case of the Oedipus complex in a nonprimate. An Antarctic fur seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, unsuccessfully directed what appeared to be copulatory behaviour towards its own ...
  • Prevalence of allosuckling behaviour in Subantarctic fur seal pups 
    De Bruyn, P.J. Nico; Cameron, Elissa Z.; Tosh, Cheryl A.; Oosthuizen, Wessel Christiaan; Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf; Mufanadzo, N. Thomas; Phalanndwa, Mashudu V.; Postma, Martin; Wege, Mia; Van der Merwe, Derek S.; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt (Elsevier, 2010-01)
    Non-offspring maternal care should be rare due to the high costs of raising offspring, particularly lactation, but nonetheless occurs in a variety of taxa. Misguided parental care, associated with recognition errors and/or ...