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  • Prey preferences of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) 
    Bugir, Cassandra K.; Butynski, Thomas M.; Hayward, Matt W. (Wiley Open Access, 2021-06)
    The common chimpanzee Pan troglodytes is the closest extant relative of modern humans and is often used as a model organism to help understand prehistoric human behavior and ecology. Originally presumed herbivorous, ...
  • Protecting the protected : reducing wildlife roadkill in protected areas 
    Collinson, Wendy J.; Marneweck, Courtney; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Wiley, 2019-08)
    Social media discussions highlight public concern for wildlife‐vehicle collisions (WVCs) inside protected areas. Using a quasi‐experimental field trial, we investigated factors affecting the likelihood of WVCs within ...
  • Pseudostalked barnacles Xenobalanus globicipitis attached to killer whales Orcinus orca in South African waters 
    Whitehead, Thomas Otto; Rollinson, Dominic Paul; Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf (Springer, 2015-12)
    Several records describe pseudostalked barnacles Xenobalanus globicipitis attached to killer whales Orcinus orca, yet little is known of this association in Southern African waters. Here we describe Xenobalanus prevalence ...
  • Public preferences for ecological indicators used in Everglades restoration 
    Stainback, G. Andrew; Lai, John H.; Pienaar, Elizabeth Frances; Adam, Damian C.; Wiederholt, Ruscena; Vorseth, Chloe’ (Public Library of Science, 2020-06)
    The Everglades is one of the largest wetland ecosystems in the world covering almost 18,000 square miles from central Florida southward to Florida Bay. Over the 20th century, efforts to drain the Everglades for agriculture ...
  • Pygmy right whale Caperea marginata records from Namibia 
    Leeney, Ruth H.; Post, K.; Best, Peter B.; Hazevoet, C.J.; Elwen, Simon Harvey (Taylor & Francis, 2013)
    All known records of pygmy right whales Caperea marginata in Namibia since 1978 are summarised for the first time, including 12 strandings (live and recently dead animals) and skeletal remains from at least eight more ...
  • Quantification of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites as a measure of stress in the rock hyrax Procavia capensis living in an urban green space 
    Carlin, Elisabetta; Somers, Michael J.; Scheun, Juan; Campbell, R.; Ganswindt, Andre (Wiley Open Access, 2022-01)
    Despite the abundance of rock hyrax Procavia capensis within South Africa’s urban areas, there is not much information available about the effect of anthropogenic activities on rock hyrax wellbeing. To determine the potential ...
  • Quantifying imperfect camera-trap detection probabilities : implications for density modelling 
    McIntyre, Trevor; Majelantle, Tshepiso Lesedi; Slip, D.J.; Harcourt, R.G. (CSIRO Publishing, 2020-02)
    CONTEXT : Data obtained from camera traps are increasingly used to inform various population-level models. Although acknowledged, imperfect detection probabilities within camera-trap detection zones are rarely taken into ...
  • Quantitative serial MRI of the treated fibroid uterus 
    Munro, Kirsty I.; Thrippleton, Michael J.; Williams, Alistair R.W.; McKillop, Graham; Walker, Jane B.; Horne, Andrew W.; Newby, David E.; Anderson, Richard A.; Semple, Scott I.; Marshall, Ian; Lewis, Steff C.; Millar, Robert P.; Bastin, Mark E.; Critchley, Hilary O.D. (Public Library of Science, 2014-03-07)
    OBJECTIVE: There are no long-term medical treatments for uterine fibroids, and non-invasive biomarkers are needed to evaluate novel therapeutic interventions. The aim of this study was to determine whether serial dynamic ...
  • R31C GNRH1 mutation and congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism 
    Maione, Luigi; Albarel, Frederique; Bouchard, Philippe; Gallant, Megan; Flanagan, Colleen A.; Bobe, Regis; Cohen-Tannoudji, Joelle; Pivonello, Rosario; Colao, Annamaria; Brue, Thierry; Millar, Robert P.; Lombes, Marc; Young, Jacques; Guiochon-Mantel, Anne; Bouligand, Jerome (Public Library of Science, 2013-07-25)
    Normosmic congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (nCHH) is a rare reproductive disease leading to lack of puberty and infertility. Loss-of-function mutations of GNRH1 gene are a very rare cause of autosomal recessive ...
  • Rampant introgressive hybridization in Pogoniulus tinkerbirds (Piciformes: Lybiidae) despite millions of years of divergence 
    Nwankwo, Emmanuel C.; Mortega, Kim G.; Karageorgos, Athanasios; Ogolowa, Bridget O.; Papagregoriou, Gregory; Grether, Gregory F.; Monadjem, Ara; Kirschel, Alexander N.G. (Oxford University Press, 2019-04)
    Incomplete reproductive isolation between related species of birds at contact zones is increasingly being documented. Such hybridization typically occurs between sister taxa that diverged in relatively recent times, and ...
  • Ranging behaviour of Long-crested Eagles Lophaetus occipitalis in human-modified landscapes of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 
    Maphalala, Machawe I.; Monadjem, Ara; Bildstein, Keith L.; McPherson, Shane; Hoffman, Ben; Downs, Colleen T. (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
    The ranging behaviour of raptors in human-altered environments, such as agricultural and suburban landscapes, is becoming increasingly important for conservationists in the context of unprecedented high rates of anthropogenic ...
  • 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 ...
  • Rapid molecular evolution of pain insensitivity in multiple African rodents 
    Eigenbrod, Ole; Debus, Karlien Y.; Reznick, Jane; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Sanchez-Carranza, Oscar; Omerbasic, Damir; Hart, Daniel William; Barker, Alison J.; Zhong, Wei; Lutermann, Heike; Katandukila, Jestina V.; Mgode, Georgies Frank; Park, Thomas J.; Lewin, Gary R. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2019-05)
    Noxious substances, called algogens, cause pain and are used as defensive weapons by plants and stinging insects. We identified four previously unknown instances of algogen-insensitivity by screening eight African rodent ...
  • Reactions of Heaviside’s dolphins to tagging attempts using remotely-deployed suction-cup tags 
    Sakai, Mai; Karczmarski, Leszek; Morisaka, Tadamichi; Thornton, Meredith; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011-04)
    Tagging attempts of Heaviside’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii ) using a remotely-deployed suction-cup tag were performed in Table Bay and St Helena Bay on the southwest coast of South Africa. The observed reactions ...
  • Recommendations for the development of a carnivore viewing site at a colony of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) in southern Namibia 
    Lemerle, Marie Anna; Wiesel, Ingrid; Somers, Michael J. (Routledge, 2024)
    This study examined the daily and monthly activity patterns of brown hyenas (Hyaena brunnea) and black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) at a Cape fur seal colony in southern Namibia, to provide recommendations for developing ...
  • Records of kogiid whales in Namibia, including the first record of the dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) 
    Elwen, Simon Harvey; Gridley, Tess; Roux, J.P. (Jacobus Petrus); Best, Peter B.; Smale, Malcolm J. (Cambridge University Press, 2014-01)
    Dwarf (Kogia sima) and pygmy (K. breviceps) sperm whales occur in pelagic waters around southern Africa. Here we report the first record of K. sima from Namibia and provide information on the basic morphometrics and diet ...
  • The recovery of North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, has been constrained by human-caused mortality 
    Corkeron, Peter; Hamilton, Philip; Bannister, John; Best, Peter B.; Charlton, Claire; Groch, Karina R.; Findlay, Kenneth Pierce; Rowntree, Victoria; Vermeulen, Els; Pace III, Richard M. (Royal Society Publishing, 2018)
    North Atlantic right whales (NARW), Eubalaena glacialis, were nearly exterminated by historical whaling. Their abundance slowly increased up until 2010, to a maximum of fewer than 500 whales, and since then they have ...
  • Referencing practices in physical geography : how well do we cite what we write? 
    Haussmann, N.S. (Natalie); McIntyre, Trevor; Bumby, Adam John; Loubser, M.J. (Michael John) (SAGE, 2013)
    Accurate citation practices are important, from both an ethical and a scientific point of view. Using an easily reproducible, previously published method, we assess citation accuracy in 120 articles published in the ...
  • A regional stable carbon isotope dendro-climatology from the South African summer rainfall area 
    Woodborne, Stephan M.; Gandiwa, Patience; Hall, Grant; Patrut, Adrian; Finch, Jemma (Public Library of Science, 2016-07-18)
    Carbon isotope analysis of four baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) trees from the Pafuri region of South Africa yielded a 1000-year proxy rainfall record. The Pafuri record age model was based on 17 radiocarbon dates, cross ...
  • Rehabilitation method affects behavior, welfare, and adaptation potential for subsequent release of orphaned white rhinoceros 
    Fabregas, María C.; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; Ganswindt, Andre; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan; Hofmeyr, Markus; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Springer, 2020-05)
    Poaching is the primary threat to the survival of rhinoceros’ populations. One frequent consequence of poaching is the creation of orphan calves. If found, orphans are taken into captivity for rehabilitation and subsequent ...