Natural & Applied Sciences

Intracolonial demography, biomass and food consumption of Macrotermes natalensis (Haviland) (Isoptera: Termitidae) colonies in the northern Kruger National Park, South Africa

Abstract: This thesis reports on the number of individuals in Macrotermes natalen

Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the Ectemnorhinus group of weevils in the Prince Edward Islands

Abstract: All previous taxonomic studies on the Ectemnorhinus group of weevils ha

The ecology and conservation of Juliana’s golden mole (Neamblysomus julianae)

Abstract: Despite an IUCN conservation status of critically endangered, Juliana’s

Dispersal and dispersion of southern elephant seals at Marion Island

Abstract: This study focused on the dispersal and dispersion of southern elephant

The taxonomic status of the Damaraland Redbilled Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus damarensis) : a behavioural, morphological and molecular analysis

Abstract: No abstract available.

Movement analysis for monitoring predation by large carnivores : lions in Kruger National Park

Abstract: Methods used to estimate the prey consumption by large carnivores inclu

A morphological analysis of weevils from sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands: an assessment of ecological influences

Abstract: The ecologically sensitive, but relatively simple sub-Antarctic mouse-c

Physiological and microbiological studies of nectar xylose metabolism in the Namaqua rock mouse, Aethomys namaquensis (A. Smith, 1834)

Abstract: Xylose is an unusual nectar sugar found in the nectar of Protea and Fau

Space and habitat use by elephants ( Loxodonta africana) in the Maputo Elephant Reserve, Mozambique

Abstract: Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document

Vigilance behaviour and its endocrine correlates in Plains zebra (Equus burchelli) living in a predator-free landscape

Abstract: Group size affects individual and collective vigilance levels of prey s

Diuretic factors controlling beetle Malpighian tubules : fluid secretion and immunohistochemistry

Abstract: Water balance in insects is under neuroendocrine control, and both diur

Genetic variation, structure and dispersal among Cape buffalo populations from the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi and Kruger National Parks of South Africa

Abstract: Genetic variation, structure and dispersal among Cape buffalo populatio

Untagged southern elephant seals at Marion Island : origin and demographic consequences

Abstract: Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document.

Potential for the establishment of Cylas punticollis Boheman (Coleoptera: Apionidae) as a pest of sweetpotato in Lesotho

Abstract: Sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lamarck was introduced into Lesotho i

Management plan for the Cinergy Conservation Area, Naboomspruit, Northern Province

Abstract: Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document

Female response and male signals in the acoustic communication system of the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus (De Geer)

Abstract: Sexual selection is a frame of reference that attempts to explain exagg

Aspects of memory in the Damaraland mole-rat, Cryptomys damarensis : spatial learning and kin recognition

Abstract: African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) exhibit a wide range of social structu

Phylogenetic relationships and mitochondrial DNA sequence evolution in the African rodent subfamily Otomyinae (Muridae)

Abstract: Instability characterizes the taxonomy of the African rodent subfamily

The compilation of indigenous knowledge regarding insect pests in small-scale farming communities in North Eastern South Africa

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Avian diversity in Southern Africa : patterns, processes and conservation

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A demographic comparison of two elephant seal populations

Abstract: The demography of two elephant seal populations was examined and compar

Black eagle Aquila Verreauxii predation on rock hyrax Procavia Capensis and other prey in the Karoo

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The diet of fur seals ( Arctocephalus tropicalis and A. Gazella ) at Marion Island

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The burrow structure, colony composition and reproductive biology of the giant mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii) Peters 1881 from the Copperbelt of Zambia

Abstract: African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) are subterranean hystricomorph rodents

Competition for food in meerkats (Suricata suricatta)

Abstract: In group living species animals commonly compete for limited resources

An evaluation of coastal dune forest restoration in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Abstract: Ecological restoration has the potential to stem the tide of habitat lo

Cytotaxonomy, classification and phylogeny of African Carventinae (Heteroptera: aradidae)

Abstract: The southern African species of the Aradidae subfamily Carventinae are

The nature and rate of vocalisation by southern right whales (Eubalaena australis), and the evidence for individually distinctive calls

Abstract: Southern right whale vocalisations recorded in Walker Bay, South Africa

Aspects of the biology, population ecology and behaviour of the sable antelope, Hippotragus niger niger, (Harris, 1838) in the Rhodes Matopos National Park, Rhodesia

Abstract: The study set out to determine some of the bioecological relationships

Biological studies on the lepidopteran egg parasitoid Trichogrammatoidea lutea Girault (Hymenoptera : Trichogrammatoidae) at various temperatures

Abstract: The African bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctu