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  1. Rules of attraction: the role of bait in small mammal sampling at high altitude in South Africa

    Rules of attraction: the role of bait in small mammal sampling at high altitude in South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Armand D. Kok --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Daniel M. Parker --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Nigel P. Barker --- Botany Department, South Africa
    Baits or lures are commonly used for surveying small mammal communities, not only because they attract large numbers of these animals, but also because they provide sustenance for trapped individuals. In this study we used Sherman live traps with five...
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  2. Contrasting patterns in the abundance of fish communities targeted by fishers on two coral reefs in southern Mozambique

    Contrasting patterns in the abundance of fish communities targeted by fishers on two coral reefs in southern Mozambique

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: T Sancelme --- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Australia J Goetze --- Global FinPrint Project, Australia S Jaquemet --- Université de La Réunion, UMR 9220 ENTROPIE [Tropical Marine Ecology Laboratory], Réunion MG Meekan --- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Australia A Flam --- Marine Megafauna Foundation, Marine Megafauna Research Center, Mozambique AM Watts --- Marine Megafauna Foundation, Marine Megafauna Research Center, Mozambique CW Speed --- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Australia
    Coastal populations of maritime countries in eastern Africa rely on fish as a primary source of protein, but baseline information on the abundance of fish communities on these coastlines is often lacking. We used baited remote underwater video stations to...
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  3. The impacts of past cultivation on the reptiles in a South African grassland

    The impacts of past cultivation on the reptiles in a South African grassland

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Gavin P. R. Masterson --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Bryan Maritz --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Darian Mackay --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
    Habitat transfonnation is the primary anthropogenic threat to global biodiversity. Fragmentation of reptile populations following habitat transfonnation within a landscape can lead to the extirpation of species. We investigated the effects of land-use on the species richness and abundance of...
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  4. Genetic consequences in the southern African endemic seabream <em>Polysteganus undulosus</em> (Sparidae) after eight decades of overfishing

    Genetic consequences in the southern African endemic seabream Polysteganus undulosus (Sparidae) after eight decades of overfishing

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: CJ Oosthuizen --- University of Pretoria, South Africa BQ Mann --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa P Bloomer --- University of Pretoria, South Africa TB Hoareau --- University of Pretoria, South Africa
    The Critically Endangered seventy-four seabream Polysteganus undulosus, a slow-growing sparid that forms spawning aggregations off South Africa, faced heavy exploitation from 1910 until a fishery moratorium was put in place in 1998. Utilising temporal samples from 1962/1963 (mid-collapse) and 2005/2006...
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