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Browsing Research Articles (Mammal Research Institute) by UP Author "Bennett, Nigel Charles"
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Park, Thomas J.; Smith, Ewan St. J.; Reznick, Jane; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Applegate, Daniel T.; Larson, John; Lewin, Gary R. (Springer, 2021-08)Please read abstract in the article.
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Wolf, Tanja Esther; Schaebs, F.S.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Burroughs, Richard E.J.; Ganswindt, Andre (Elsevier, 2018-01)In many mammal species, androgen levels in males are elevated during periods of mating activity, often to facilitate aggressive behavior between males over access to fertile females. However, this pattern might be less ...
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Majelantle, Tshepiso Lesedi; Ganswindt, Andre; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Hart, Daniel William (MDPI, 2022-11-09)Animal personality traits (consistent behavioral differences between individuals in their behavior across time and/or situation) affect individual fitness through facets, such as dispersal. In eusocial naked mole-rat ...
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Zottl, Markus; Vullioud, Philippe; Goddard, Katy; Torrents-Tico, Miquel; Gaynor, David; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Clutton-Brock, Tim H. (Elsevier, 2018-09)In Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis), non-breeding subordinates contribute to the care of offspring born to the breeding pair in their group by carrying and retrieving young to the nest. In social mole-rats and ...
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Davimes, Joshua G.; Alagaili, Abdulaziz N.; Gravett, Nadine; Bertelsen, Mads F.; Mohammed, Osama B.; Ismail, Khairy; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Manger, Paul R. (Sage, 2016-08)The Arabian oryx inhabits an environment where summer ambient temperatures can exceed 40 °C for extended periods of time. While the oryx uses a suite of adaptations that aid survival, the effects of this extreme environment ...
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De Bruin, Phillippus Rudolf; Medger, Katarina; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Ganswindt, Andre (Zoological Society of Southern Africa, 2014-04)For spiny mice, detailed long-term data on reproductive endocrine function is lacking, as limited blood volumes make frequent collections of individual plasma samples for hormone monitoring impractical. To provide the ...
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Webster, Andrea B.; Rossouw, Riana; Javier Callealta, F.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Ganswindt, Andre (Elsevier, 2021-03)The savannah biome supports unique biodiversity and provides a multitude of ecosystem services. Defining background concentrations for trace elements in the environment is beneficial for the determination of nutrient ...
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Cronje, Nadine; Schwartz, Ilan S.; Retief, Liezl; Bastos, Armanda D.S.; Matthee, Sonja; Preiser, Wolfgang; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Maphanga, Tsidiso; Govender, Nelesh P.; Colebunders, Robert; Kenyon, Chris (Oxford University Press, 2018-06)The ecological niche of Emergomyces africanus (formerly Emmonsia species), a dimorphic fungus that causes an AIDS-related mycosis in South Africa, is unknown. We hypothesized that natural infection with E. africanus occurs ...
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Hatyoka, Luiza M.; Brettschneider, Helene; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Kleynhans, Dewald J.; Muteka, Sachariah Penda; Bastos, Armanda D.S. (Elsevier, 2019-09)Bartonellosis is a vector-borne disease that is often misdiagnosed due to a broad range of clinical symptoms, compounded by a lack of awareness regarding the prevalence, diversity and public health impacts of regional ...
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Sumbera, R.; Uhrova, M.; Begall, S.; Caspar, K.R.; Jerkovicova, D.; Van Daele, P.; Chitaukali, W.N.; Faulkes, Chris G.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Johannes, C.; Burda, H.; Mikula, O. (Springer, 2023-09)The Mashona mole-rat, Fukomys darlingi (Thomas, 1895), is a little studied social African mole-rat (Bathyergidae) from south-astern Africa. Here, we present an integrative study characterizing the genetic diversity of ...
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Montoya-Sanhueza, German; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Oosthuizen, Maria Kathleen; Dengler-Crish, Christine M.; Chinsamy, Anusuya (Wiley, 2021-07)The pattern of bone remodeling of one of the most peculiar mammals in the world, the naked mole-rat (NMR), was assessed. NMRs are known for their long lifespans among rodents and for having low metabolic rates. We assessed ...
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Logan, Samantha M.; Szereszewski, Kama E.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Hart, Daniel William; Van Jaarsveld, Barry; Pamenter, Matthew E.; Storey, Kenneth B. (Company of Biologists, 2020-05)Mole-rats are champions of self-preservation, with increased longevity compared with other rodents their size, strong antioxidant capabilities and specialized defenses against endogenous oxidative stress. However, how ...
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Zöttl, Markus; Bensch, Hanna M.; Finn, Kyle T.; Hart, Daniel William; Thorley, Jack; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Braude, Stan (Frontiers Media, 2022-06-20)The social mole-rats of the family Bathyergidae show elaborate social organisation that may include division of labour between breeders and non-breeders as well as across non-breeders within their groups. However, ...
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Neves, Kleber; Ferreira, Fenanda M.; Tovar-Moll, Fernanda; Gravett, Nadine; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Kaswera, Consolate; Gilissen, Emmanuel; Manger, Paul R.; Herculano-Houzel, Suzana (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2014-02)Quantitative analysis of the cellular composition of rodent, primate and eulipotyphlan brains has shown that non-neuronal scaling rules are similar across these mammalian orders that diverged about 95 million years ago, ...
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Medger, Katarina; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Ganswindt, Stefanie Birgit; Ganswindt, Andre; Hart, Daniel William (Springer, 2019-05)Colonies of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber, NMRs) are characterised by an extreme skew in lifetime reproductive success with only one female and one to three male consorts in a colony. The rest of the individuals ...
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Wilson, John W.; Mills, Michael G.L. (Gus); Wilson, Rory P.; Peters, Gerrit; Mills, Margaret E.J.; Speakman, John R.; Durant, Sarah M.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Marks, Nikki J.; Scantlebury, Michael (Royal Society, 2013-10)Predator–prey interactions are fundamental in the evolution and structure of ecological communities. Our understanding, however, of the strategies used in pursuit and evasion remains limited. Here, we report on the hunting ...
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De Vries, J.L.; Oosthuizen, Maria Kathleen; Sichilima, Alfred Matafwali; Bennett, Nigel Charles (Blackwell, 2008)Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity have been investigated in several African mole-rat species. Even though mole-rats spend most of their lives in underground burrows devoid of light, studies have shown that they do ...
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Oosthuizen, Maria Kathleen; Bennett, Nigel Charles (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-04-22)Biological rhythms are rhythmic fluctuations of biological functions that occur in almost all organisms and on several time scales. These rhythms are generated endogenously and entail the coordination of physiological ...
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The comparative gastrointestinal morphology of five species of muroid rodents found in Saudi Arabia Walters, Jacklynn; Marais, Sumine; Johnson, Olga; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Alagaili, Abdulaziz N.; Mohammed, Osama B.; Kotze, Sanet H. (Wiley, 2014-09)Meriones rex (King jird), Meriones libycus (Libyan jird), Acomys dimidiatus (Eastern spiny mouse), Acomys cahirinus (Egyptian spiny mouse), and Dipodillus dasyurus (Wagner’s dipodil) are five species of small rodents ...
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Boonzaier, Julia; Van der Merwe, Elizabeth Louisa; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Kotze, Sanet H. (Wiley, 2013-06)The gastrointestinal morphology was investigated in three mammalian insectivorous species, namely Acomys spinosissimus, Crocidura cyanea, and Amblysomus hottentotus. The aim of the study was to provide a comprehensive ...
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