Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Zoology) by Title
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The socioecology and conservation of the Samango monkey (Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus) in Natal.
(1990)The samango monkey (Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus) is the southern most representative of the polytypic mitis group. The samango is also the only truly arboreal guenon to have radiated as far as 30°S. At southern ... -
The Squamata (Reptilia) of the Orange Free State, South Africa.
(1977)This study deals with the three orders of Squamata (Sauria, Amphisbaenia, Serpentes) of the Orange Free State, South Africa. Following an intensive systematic survey 4 492 specimens have been examined comprising 77 ... -
Students' competence and understanding of scientific method in the life sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2015)This thesis focuses on describing the conceptions and misconceptions that undergraduate Life Science students hold regarding aspects of the scientific method at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). This research is ... -
Studies on the biology of three species of sea urchin (Echinodermata : Echnoidea), on the South African east coast.
(1993)Ten species of shallow water echinoid are found on the subtropical east coast of South Africa. Although their distributions are patchy, the most common species, Echinometra mathaei, stomopneustes variolaris and Diadema ... -
A study of the bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus in southern Africa.
(1988)The Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus has experienced a substantial decrease in range in southern Africa during this century. The present population, numbering about 200 pairs, is confined mainly to ... -
Systematics and bionomics of the scorpions of South West Africa (Arachnida, Scorpionida)
(1978)All the taxa of scorpions previously described from South West Africa are revised and a monographic account presented with phylogenetic and biogeographic discussions and conclusions derived in terms of current concepts ... -
Systematics of the phasianelloidea in Southern Africa : (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)
(2010)The taxonomy and biogeography of the southern African pheasant shell fauna are poorly known. Thirty–one nominal taxa referable to Phasianelloidea have been described or recorded in this region, but no systematic revision ... -
Thermoregulation in free-ranging African-endemic small mammals : the rock elephant shrew, Elephantulus myurus and the lesser bushbaby, Galago moholi.
(2005)Endothermy in birds and mammals is invariably associated with homeothermy. However, homeothermy can only be maintained if sufficient energy is obtained to meet the animals' maintenance budget. In mammals, daily torpor and ... -
Thermoregulatory capacity of arboreal small mammals in the tropics : insights from the past and implications for the future.
(2018)Species are expected to respond to global warming through range shifts that are either poleward or towards higher altitude such that they track the movement of their current thermal niches. This generalized view is ... -
Two aspects of the biology of an African honeybee, Apis mellifera scutellata (Hymenoptera, Apidae) : laying workers, and colony defence behaviour.
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The use of Cape gannets Morus capensis in management of the purse-seine fishery of the western Cape.
(1987)A large purse-seine fishery is located in the highly productive southern Benguela System off the western Cape. Purseseine fisheries have been prone to collapse worldwide and management practices have met with limited ...