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Changes in adult female white rhino seasonal home ranges in relation to variation in food quality and availability.
(2013)
As the dry season progresses across southern Africa, the availability and quality of food declines for large herbivores. Female white rhinos compensate for these declines by expanding and/or shifting their home ranges. ...
What drives the seasonal movements of african elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Ithala Game Reserve?
(2013)
The changes in plant quality and availability in space and time present a substantial problem to mammalian herbivores. As a result, these herbivores need to alter their foraging behaviour to maximize their energy gain at ...
Evolution of wind pollination in Leucadendron (Proteaceae) : experimental evidence and floral trait shifts.
(2014)
Evolutionary transitions from insect to wind pollination are thought to have occurred many
times during the angiosperm radiation. This transition is commonly associated with a suite
of distinctive floral traits such as ...
Population dynamics and relocation success of the oribi antelope (Ourebia ourebi) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2015)
In South Africa, oribi (Ourebia ourebi) antelope are listed as vulnerable. The lack of understanding of their population dynamics makes it difficult for oribi conservation. To address these gaps, I used the Oribi Working ...
Ecology and evolution of the specialized hemipepsis-wasp (Hymenoptera : Pompilidae) pollination guild in South Africa.
(2011)
Pollinators are believed to have played a key role in the radiation of flowering plants. The Grant-Stebbins model of pollinator-mediated speciation, in which evolutionary shifts between pollinators
result in phenotypic ...
The ecology and parasitology of small mammals from selected sites in Swaziland.
(2007)
The study was initially a long term study of the ecology of small mammals at Mlawula
Nature Reserve in the eastern part of Swaziland. Due to the drought and dwindling
numbers of rodents in the reserve the study was ...
The comparative ecology of Natal's smaller estuaries.
(1983)
Fifty one of Natal's 73 estuaries have been almost completely
overlooked in terms of any scientific study, despite which a marine
nursery function has commonly been attributed to each of them. In the
knowledge that many ...
Response of estuarine and freshwater macroinvertebrate assemblages to habitat, water quality, flow and land use change in the lowland Amatikulu/Nyoni catchment.
(2018)
Water has become a scarce commodity in Sub-Saharan Africa and in drought prone South Africa. Due to the extensive utilization of water resources in South Africa, management and monitoring of our rivers and estuaries is ...
Macroinvertebrates as ecological indicators of the wellbeing of the lower uMvoti and Thukela Rivers, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2018)
The excessive use of water resources and climate change stressors is impacting the quality and quantity of surface aquatic ecosystems in South Africa, a semi-arid country. Although South Africa is considered to be a ...
The ecology and conservation biology of Lilian's lovebird Agapornis lilianae in Malawi.
(2014)
Despite their popularity, parrots are the world’s most threatened birds. Lovebirds (Agapornis) are very popular pet and aviary birds and as ecologically specialised species in the wild, they are also among the most threatened ...