Browsing Research Articles (Mammal Research Institute) by UP Author "Bateman, Philip W."

Browsing Research Articles (Mammal Research Institute) by UP Author "Bateman, Philip W."

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  • Extension of the diet of an extreme foraging specialist, the aardwolf (Proteles cristata) 
    De Vries, J.L.; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Bateman, Philip W.; Cameron, Elissa Z.; Dalerum, Fredrik (Zoological Society of Southern Africa, 2011-04)
    The aardwolf, Proteles cristata, is a highly specialized myrmecophagous carnivore that feeds almost exclusively on termites of the genus Trinervitermes. Here we report data from an ongoing analysis of aardwolf diet, where ...
  • Foraging competition, vigilance and group size in two species of gregarious antelope 
    Dalerum, Fredrik; Lange, Henrik; Skarpe, Christina; Rooke, Tuulikki; Inga, Berit; Bateman, Philip W. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2008-10)
    In gregarious species, rates of foraging behaviour are often positively related to group size while there is simultaneously a negative relation between group size and vigilance. Although the mechanisms underlying these ...
  • Seasonal changes in burrow geometry of the common mole rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) 
    Thomas, Hannah Grace; Scantlebury, Michael; Swanepoel, Daniel; Bateman, Philip W.; Bennett, Nigel Charles (2013-11)
    Sociality in mole rats has been suggested to have evolved as a response to the widely dispersed food resources and the limited burrowing opportunities that result from sporadic rainfall events. In the most arid regions, ...
  • What drives human-carnivore conflict in the North West Province of South Africa? 
    Thorn, Michelle; Green, Matthew; Dalerum, Fredrik; Bateman, Philip W.; Scott, Dawn M. (Elsevier, 2012-06)
    Alleviating human–carnivore conflict is central to large carnivore conservation and is often of economic importance, where people co-exist with carnivores. However, effective conflict mitigation requires knowledge of ...