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The biology, ecology and conservation of four Flufftail species, Sarothrura (Aves: Rallidae)
(1994)
The distribution, status, biology and ecology of four flufftail species were investigated in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The Redchested Flufftail is a successful and widely distributed species, occupying a wide range of ...
Feral cats (Felis catus) in an urban conservancy : University of KwaZulu- Natal, Howard College campus.
(2005)
The resident feral cat (Felis catus) population on the University of KwaZulu-Natal
(UKZN), Howard College campus (HCC) in Durban, South Africa was studied from
March 2004 to November 2005. This study was initiated as the ...
Sexual reproduction of Pocillopora damicornis (Cnidaria : hexacorallia) at high latitude off Durban, South Africa.
(2009)
Pocillopora damicornis is one of the best-studied and most widespread of corals.
Previous studies on its sexual reproduction have yielded a diverse and contradictory view of
its reproductive strategy. This coral has long ...
Aspects of digestion and physiology in Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi)
(2012)
Degradation of forest environments in South Africa have greatly affected both the plants and animals that interact with these plants. It is therefore important to understand plant-animal interactions in forest ecosystems ...
The analysis of erythropoiesis and other early developmental events in the chick embryo using mesodermal-inducing factors.
(1994)
The causal and temporal aspects of blood tissue specification in the chick embryo were
investigated in this study. The main focus was on the role of basic fibroblast growth factor
(bFGF) in the determination of the ...
An investigation of the ichthyofaunal by-catch of the Tugela Bank prawn trawlers.
(1993)
The by-catch of penaeid prawn trawlers operating on the Tugela Bank of Natal was analysed at irregular intervals for a period of three years, from May 1989 to June 1992. This was primarily in response to claims by Iinefishermen ...
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 ...
Aspects of the conservation of oribi (Ourebia ourebi) in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2006)
The oribi Ourebia ourebi is probably South Africa's most endangered
antelope. As a specialist grazer, it is extremely susceptible to habitat loss and the
transformation of habitat by development. Another major threat to ...
Wildlife rehabilitation in South Africa.
(2009)
Wildlife rehabilitation, defined as “providing temporary care to injured, ill and orphaned wild animals with the goal of releasing them back into their natural habitat”, developed in response to the increase in human ...
The effects of forest fragmentation on bird species in Madagascar : a case study from Ambohitantely Forest Reserve on the central high plateau.
(1995)
Considering the high rate of endemism in Madagascan
organisms, which are mostly restricted to forest ecosystems,
and the accelerating rate of deforestation affecting the
island, it is critical to understand the effects ...