Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by UP Author "Le Roux, Peter Christiaan"

Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by UP Author "Le Roux, Peter Christiaan"

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  • Empty Gonometa postica cocoons function as nest sites and shelters for arboreal ants 
    Raath, Morgan Jade; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan; Veldtman, Ruan; Campbell, Heather; Buyens, Isabelle Patricia Rita; Greve, Michelle (Elsevier, 2017-09)
    Arboreal ants use a variety of plant structures as nesting sites, but may also nest in structures created by arboreal ecosystem engineers. We observed, for the first time, ants using empty cocoons of the economically ...
  • Exploring South Africa's southern frontier : a 20-year vision for polar research through the South African National Antarctic Programme 
    Ansorge, Isabelle J.; Skelton, Paul; Bekker, Annie; De Bruyn, P.J. Nico; Butterworth, Doug; Cilliers, Pierre; Cooper, John; Cowan, Don A.; Dorrington, Rosemary; Fawcett, Sarah; Fietz, Susanne; Findlay, Kenneth Pierce; Froneman, P. William; Grantham, Geoff H.; Greve, Michelle; Hedding, D.W. (David William); Hofmeyr, G.J. Greg (Gordon John Gregory); Kosch, Michael; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan; Lucas, Mike; MacHutchon, Keith; Meiklejohn, K.I. (Ian); Nel, Werner; Pistorius, Pierre Anton; Ryan, Peter G.; Stander, Johan; Swart, Sebastiaan; Treasure, Anne; Vichi, Marcello; Jaansen van Vuuren, Bettine J. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017-05)
    Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic islands and surrounding Southern Ocean are regarded as one of the planet’s last remaining wildernesses, ‘insulated from threat by [their] remoteness and protection under the Antarctic ...
  • Spatial overlaps between the global protected areas network and terrestrial hotspots of evolutionary diversity 
    Daru, Barnabas H.; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan; Gopalraj, Jeyanthi; Park, Daniel S.; Holt, Ben G.; Greve, Michelle (Wiley, 2019-06)
    AIM : A common approach for prioritizing conservation is to identify concentrations (hotspots) of biodiversity. Such hotspots have traditionally been designated on the basis of species‐level metrics (e.g., species richness, ...