Browsing Theses and Dissertations (University of Pretoria) by Supervisor "Faulkes, Christopher G."

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Aspects of the biology of the East African root rat, Tachyoryctes splendens (Family: Spalacidae) from Tanzania

Katandukila, Jestina Venance (University of Pretoria, 2014)

This thesis investigates a number of aspects of the biology of the East African root rat, Tachyoryctes splendens (Rüppell, 1835) and provides important information currently depauperate in the literature. These aspects ...
The burrow structure, colony composition and reproductive biology of the giant mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii) Peters 1881 from the Copperbelt of Zambia

Sichilima, Alfred Matafwali (University of Pretoria, 2011-01-24)

African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) are subterranean hystricomorph rodents offering an excellent system with which to test theories relating to the evolution and maintenance of sociality in mammals. The aridity food distribution ...
The effects of rainfall and sociality on host-parasite dynamics in the common mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus (Lesson 1812)

Archer, Elizabeth (University of Pretoria, 2013)

There are many factors which may influence the distribution of parasites and often parasites are not evenly distributed amongst their hosts. The development and survival of ectoparasites is usually dependent on abiotic ...

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