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  • Odour-based social recognition in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis 
    Leedale, Amy E.; Thorley, Jack; Clutton-Brock, Tim H. (Elsevier, 2021-09)
    The ability to discriminate between conspecifics functions in mate choice, kin-selected cooperation and territory defence. In mammals, olfaction plays a key role in such social interactions. Olfactory cues may be particularly ...
  • Oedipus complex in an Antarctic fur seal pup? 
    Wege, Mia; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt; Van der Merwe, Derek S.; Postma, Martin (Springer, 2011-09)
    We present the first evidence of a possible case of the Oedipus complex in a nonprimate. An Antarctic fur seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, unsuccessfully directed what appeared to be copulatory behaviour towards its own ...
  • The olfactory landscape concept : a key source of past, present, and future information driving animal movement and decision-making 
    Finnerty, Patrick B.; McArthur, Claire; Banks, Peter; Price, Catherine; Shrader, A.M. (Adrian) (Oxford University Press, 2022-08)
    Odor is everywhere, emitted across the landscape from predators, prey, decaying carcasses, conspecifics, vegetation, surface water, and smoke. Many animals exploit odor to find food, avoid threats, and attract or judge ...
  • On the fence : the impact of education on support for electric fencing to prevent conflict between humans and baboons in Kommetjie, South Africa 
    Walsh, Debbie; O'Riain, M. Justin; Nattrass, Nicoli; Gaynor, David (MDPI, 2023-07)
    Few studies test whether education can help increase support for wildlife management interventions. This mixed methods study sought to test the importance of educating a community on the use of a baboon-proof electric ...
  • On the genetic diversity of spiny mice (genus Acomys) and gerbils (genus Gerbillus) in the Arabian Peninsula 
    Bray, Timothy C.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Mohammed, Osama B.; Alagaili, Abdulaziz N. (Taylor & Francis, 2013-11)
    Using non-destructive sampling we provide further genetic characterisations for spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus/cahirinus) and gerbils (Gerbillus sp.) in three regions in Saudi Arabia. All individuals were sequenced for a ...
  • Online and pet stores as sources of trade for reptiles in South Africa 
    Mantintsilili, Asekho; Shivambu, Ndivhuwo; Shivambu, T.C. (Tinyiko); Downs, Colleen T. (Elsevier, 2022-06)
    The ever-increasing human population, globalisation, and desire to keep pets have resulted in the translocation of many species into non-native environments. As a result, some of the non-native reptile species have been ...
  • Only the largest terrestrial carnivores increase their dietary breadth with increasing prey richness 
    Ferretti, Francesco; Lovari, Sandro; Lucherini, Mauro; Hayward, Matt W.; Stephens, Philip A. (Wiley, 2020-07)
    Animals should adapt their foraging habits, changing their dietary breadth in response to variation in the richness and availability of food resources. Understanding how species modify their dietary breadth according to ...
  • The ontogeny of at-sea behaviour in male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at Marion Island 
    Lasch, Kiara G.; Tosh, Cheryl A.; Bester, Marthan N.; De Bruyn, P.J. Nico (2023-11-22, 2023-01)
    Megafauna, such as southern elephant seals (SESs) (Mirounga leonina, Linn.), forage in diverse, seemingly limitless habitats. In pelagic settings, their behaviour is more likely to be limited by physiological ability and ...
  • Opportunistic ship-based census of pack ice seals in eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica 
    Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt; Wege, Mia; Lubcker, Nico; Postma, Martin; Syndercombe, Gavin (Springer, 2019-01)
    The distribution, density and percentage contribution of pack ice pinnipeds during ship-board censuses in the eastern Weddell Sea in summer 2015/2016 are presented. Of the four true pack ice seal species encountered, ...
  • Opposing community assembly patterns for dominant and nondominant plant species in herbaceous ecosystems globally 
    Arnillas, Carlos Alberto; Borer, Elizabeth; Seabloom, Eric W.; Alberti, Juan; Baez, Selene; Bakker, Jonathon; Boughton, Elizabeth; Buckley, Yvonne; Bugalho, Miguel Nuno; Donohue, Ian; Dwyer, John; Eskelinen, Anu; Firn, Jennifer; Gridzak, Riley; Hagenah, Nicole; Hautier, Yann; Helm, Aveliina; Jentsch, Anke; Knops, Johannes M.H.; Komatsu, Kimberly J.; Laanisto, Lauri; Laungani, Ramesh; McCulley, Rebecca L.; Moore, Joslin L.; Morgan, John; Peri, Pablo Luis; Power, Sally A.; Price, Jodi; Sankaran, Mahesh; Schamp, Brandon; Speziale, Karina L.; Standish, Rachel; Virtanen, Risto; Cadotte, Marc W. (Wiley Open Access, 2021-12)
    Biotic and abiotic factors interact with dominant plants—the locally most frequent or with the largest coverage—and nondominant plants differently, partially because dominant plants modify the environment where nondominant ...
  • Optimised ICP-MS quantification method for using animal faeces as a measure of protected area ecosystem health 
    Webster, A.B. (Andrea); Ganswindt, Andre; Small, Charney; Rossouw, Riana (Elsevier, 2021)
    Pollution is a key threat to biodiversity and ecosystem health within protected areas. Using a non-invasive, multi-matrix approach, sediment, vegetation and faecal material from lion (Panthera leo) and giraffe (Giraffa ...
  • Optimising the cost of roadkill surveys based on an analysis of carcass persistence 
    Henry, Dominic A.W.; Collinson-Jonker, Wendy J.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Nicholson, Samantha K.; Roxburgh, Lizanne; Parker, Daniel M. (Elsevier, 2021-08)
    Reliable estimates of wildlife mortality due to wildlife-vehicle collisions are key to understanding its impact on wildlife populations and developing strategies to prevent or reduce collisions. Standardised approaches for ...
  • Oral, maxillofacial and dental diseases in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) 
    Steenkamp, Gerhardus; Boy, S.C.; Van Staden, Paul Jacobus; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt (Elsevier, 2018-01)
    Descriptions of several oral, maxillofacial and dental conditions/diseases exist for a variety of captive large felids, but little is reported on the pathology of free roaming large felids. Apart from focal palatine erosions ...
  • Orbiviruses in Rusa Deer, Mauritius, 2007 
    Jori, Ferran J.; Roger, Matthieu; Baldet, Thierry; Delecolle, Jean-Claude; Sauzier, Jacqueline; Jaumally, Mahmad Reshad; Roger, Francois L. (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011-02)
    Bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease are caused by orbiviruses transmitted by Culicoides spp. biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). These diseases are restricted to regions where their vectors exist and ...
  • An “orientation sphere” visualization for examining animal head movements 
    Wilson, Rory P.; Williams, Hannah J.; Holton, Mark D.; Di Virgilio, Agustina; Borger, Luca; Potts, Jonathan R.; Gunner, Richard; Arkwright, Alex; Fahlman, Andreas; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Alagaili, Abdulaziz; Cole, Nik C.; Duarte, Carlos M.; Scantlebury, David M. (Wiley Open Access, 2020-05)
    Animal behavior is elicited, in part, in response to external conditions, but understanding how animals perceive the environment and make the decisions that bring about these behavioral responses is challenging. Animal ...
  • Over 80% of Africa's savannah conservation land is failing or deteriorating according to lions as an indicator species 
    Robson, Ashley; Trimble, Morgan; Bauer, Dominik; Loveridge, Andrew; Thomson, Paul; Westerntbz, Guy; Lindsey, Peter Andrew (Wiley Open Access, 2022-01)
    Calls to increase the global area under protection for conservation assume existing conservation areas are effective but, without adequate investment, they may not be. We collected survey data from expert respondents on ...
  • Overground versus underground : a genetic insight into dispersal and abundance of the Cape dune mole-rat 
    Bray, Timothy C.; Jansen van Rensburg, Alexandra; Bennett, Nigel Charles (Wiley, 2013-12)
    Molecular methods are commonly used to investigate cryptic populations that are difficult to locate or observe directly. The population dynamics of many subterranean organisms have been overlooked, at least in part, as a ...
  • Overlap and temporal variation in the diets of sympatric Antarctic and Subantarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus spp.) at Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands 
    Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf; Landman, Marietjie; Mgibantaka, Nonkoliso; Smale, Malcolm J.; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt; De Bruyn, P.J. Nico; Pistorius, Pierre Anton (Co-Action Publishing, 2018-04-20)
    Antarctic (Arctocephalus gazella) and Subantarctic (A. tropicalis) fur seals are important predators in the Southern Ocean. Marion Island (southern Indian Ocean) hosts the largest sympatric breeding populations of these ...
  • Oxidative costs of cooperation in cooperatively breeding Damaraland mole-rats 
    Mendonca, Rute; Vullioud, Philippe; Katlein, Nathan; Vallat, Armelle; Glauser, Gaetan; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Helfenstein, Fabrice (Royal Society, 2020-09)
    Within cooperatively breeding societies, individuals adjust cooperative contributions to maximize indirect fitness and minimize direct fitness costs. Yet, little is known about the physiological costs of cooperation, which ...
  • Pangolin genomes offer key insights and resources for the world's most trafficked wild mammals 
    Heighton, Sean P.; Allio, Remi; Murienne, Jerome; Salmona, Jordi; Meng, Hao; Scornavacca, Celine; Bastos, Armanda; Njiokou, Flobert; Pietersen, Darren W.; Tilak, Marie-Ka; Luo, Shu-Jin; Delsuc, Frederic; Gaubert, Philippe (Oxford University Press, 2023-10)
    Pangolins form a group of scaly mammals that are trafficked at record numbers for their meat and purported medicinal properties. Despite their conservation concern, knowledge of their evolution is limited by a paucity of ...