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The invasive Asian green mussel Perna viridis in South Africa: all that is green is not viridis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JM Micklem --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa CL Griffiths --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa N Ntuli --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa M Mwale --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South AfricaThe Asian green mussel Perna viridis is an invasive Indo-Pacific species recently reported from South African harbours. To verify the invasion, a phylogenetic (and morphological) analysis of green-shelled mussels (n = 39), found in six South African harbours, was conducted... -
Two cases of probable hybridisation between the pufferfishes Arothron meleagris (Anonymous 1798) and A. nigropunctatus (Bloch and Schneider 1801) on a fringing reef at Réunion Island
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: P Bourjon --- Les Sentinelles du Récif, réseau d’observateurs volontaires de la Réserve Naturelle Marine de La Réunion [‘Sentinels of the Reef’, Volunteer Observers Network of the Réunion Marine Park] (GIP–RNMR), Réunion Island B Chanet --- Institut de Systématique, FranceTwo individuals displaying mixed features of the colour patterns distinctive of Arothron meleagris and A. nigropunctatus were observed on the fringing reef at Réunion Island, between September 2012 and August 2013. Because many hybrid fish have been first identified through... -
Carotenoid-based plumage pigmentation and concentration as a function of sex and habitat type in the Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: S Temidayo Osinubi --- School of Biological Sciences, New Zealand Kevin J McGraw --- School of Life Sciences, USA Ulf Ottosson --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Nigeria Jennifer A Brown --- School of Mathematics and Statistics, New Zealand James V Briskie --- School of Biological Sciences, New Zealand Hazel M Chapman --- School of Biological Sciences, New ZealandThe study of avian integumentary colouration can offer insight into dietary and metabolic processes as well as fitness in focal species. Yet, we know relatively less about the system of feather colouration in African birds in comparison to Europe, North... -
Mc1r genotype and plumage colouration in highly polymorphic jackal buzzards, Buteo rufofuscus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Sophia Bam --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Lorinda Hart --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Sandi Willows-Munro --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaEvolution is driven by natural selection acting on variable phenotypic traits. Understanding the molecular basis of those traits is crucial for elucidating the mechanisms of natural selection. The southern African jackal buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) displays extreme plumage colour polymorphism, with... -
New data on the South African acontine skink Typhlosaurus lomii Haacke 1986 (Squamata: Scincidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Victoria Schneider --- Villanova University, USA Trip Lamb --- East Carolina University, USA PaulE. Moler --- Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission , USA RandallD. Babb --- , USA