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Helminth composition and prevalence of indigenous and invasive synanthropic murid rodents in urban areas of Gauteng Province, South Africa
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Although synanthropic rodents such as the indigenous species, Mastomys coucha, and the invasive species, Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus and R. tanezumi, are well-known to be hosts to various micro- and macroparasites, their ...
Molecular characterization of cosmopolitan and potentially co-invasive helminths of commensal, murid rodents in Gauteng Province, South Africa
(Springer, 2018)
Concurrent studies of helminth parasites of introduced and native rodent species are few and miss the opportunity to identify
potential co-invasive parasite species. This study employed molecular tools to infer the phylogeny ...
Ananlysis of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone-1 and kisspeptin neuronal systems in the nonphotoregulated seasonally breeding eastern rock elephant-shrew (Elephantulus myurus)
(Wiley Periodicals Inc., 2018)
Of the 18 sub-Saharan elephant-shrew species, only eastern rock elephant-shrews reproduce seasonally throughout their distribution, a process seemingly independent of photoperiod. The present study characterizes gonadal ...
Niche complementarity between an alien predator and native omnivorous fish in the Wilge River, South Africa
(Springer, 2018)
A major challenge in biological invasions is to predict community susceptibility to invasion. This study investigated trophic interrelationships between an alien predator, largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), and native ...
Faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations and their alteration post-defaecation in African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus from South Africa
(BioOne, 2018)
Non-invasive techniques for the monitoring of animal well-being, such as faecal hormone analysis, are increasingly becoming some of the most desirable methods for addressing practical conservation questions. Despite the ...