• Geographic distribution and habitat selection in the berg adder, Bitis atropos (serpentes, viperidae) on the Mpumalanga escarpment, and the consequences for conservation 

  Jordaan, Adriaan (University of the Free State, 2019-06-01)

  Understanding how species use geographic space is foundational to ecology, biogeography and conservation biology. However, such essential geographic information remains unavailable for many species. This is especially true ...

• Blood parasites of Free State and Lesotho reptiles 

  Van As, Johann (University of the Free State, 2003-07)

  English: The study of blood parasites of reptiles is a relatively new and unexplored field of research in South Africa. The Free State province and the Lesotho highlands provide a range of reptiles in which their ...

• Effect of soil moisture and host plants on behaviour and survival of the common cutworm, agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) 

  Mabuda, Khathutshelo (University of the Free State, 2001-11)

  English: The objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of light, soil moisture and host plants on behaviour of Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller). A marking technique for larvae was developed to study ...

• Myxosporean parasites (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) infecting fishes in the Okavango River system, Botswana 

  Reed, Cecile Catharine (University of the Free State, 2000-06)

  English: The Class Myxosporea Butschli, 1882 comprises an enormous group of spore forming obligatory parasites that are able to infect any organ of the hosts in which they are found. Myxosporeans mostly parasitise fish ...

• Insect-fungal ecology on selected new crops in South Africa 

  Swart, Vaughn Richmond (University of the Free State, 2002-11)

  English: This study investigates insect-fungal-plant interactions on three new crops (viz. cactus pear, pistachio and pigeonpea) in South Africa. Isolation of Drosophila. melanogaster and D. hydei flies from cactus pear ...

• Aspects of geophagia amongst dairy cattle in a feedlot system 

  Wiid, Emmarentia Elsabe (University of the Free State, 2017-03)

  English: Modern confinements imposed on animals limit their access to natural resources required for optimal nutrition. This lack of resources may lead to nutrient deficiencies and one of the hypotheses for the deliberate ...

• Diversity and seasonality of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) on kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus Linnaeus (Malvaceae), in South Africa, with special reference to preference indices of Podagrica testacea (Chapuis) (Alticinae) 

  Van Deventer, Francina Elizabeth (University of the Free State, 2005-05)

  English: Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) is being developed as a new fibre crop in South Africa and its potential in this regard has been under investigation since 2000. Kenaf is a short-day, annual, herbaceous plant. It ...

• The bio-ecology of the grass leaf miner, Agromyza ocularis (Diptera: Agromyzidae), on wheat and barley in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa 

  Adendorff, Joan (University of the Free State, 2010-06)

  English: The grass leaf miner fly, Agromyza ocularis (Spencer) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) was first described from specimens collected at Ceres (1959), Giant's Castle (1961) and the Maseru (1963) district. These specimens were ...

• Development of molecular and serological assays for diagnosis of bovine (taenia saginata) and porcine (taenia solium) cysticercosis in South Africa 

  Seipati, Eunice Sarah (University of the Free State (Qwaqwa Campus), 2016-09)

  Cysticercosis is an infection of cattle and pigs caused by metacestodes of human tapeworms, Taenia saginata, and T. solium. Currently, meat inspection is the standard method used for diagnosis of cysticercosis and has ...

• A review of the genus Caligus (Copepoda: Caligidae) from South Africa 

  Grobler, Nicolaas Johannes (University of the Free State, 2004-09)

  English: The ichthyoparasitic and fish louse copepod genus, Caligus Müller, 1785, is the most abundant copepod genus, found in almost any part of the world’s oceans, with the exception of one freshwater species. More ...

• An examination of non-mammalian cynodont cranial endocasts 

  Du Plessis, Dewald (University of the Free State, 2010-09)

  English: The palaeoneurology (study of the nervous system of extinct animals) of nonmammalian cynodonts, which were the ancestors of mammals, is poorly understood. It is thought that the relative brain size of cynodonts ...

• Die mikroanatomie en histochemie van die ganglion nodosum en vagussenuwee by Gallus domesticus 

  Van der Linde, Gideon Petrus (University of the Free State, 1980-12)

  Afrikaans: Die mikroanatomie, topografie, normale ligmikroskopie, histochemie (insluitende fluoressensie) asook ultrastruktuur van die voël (Gallus domesticus) ganglion nodosum is ondersoek in 13 klinies gesonde wit ...

• Sessiline peritrich symbionts of freshwater Crustacean hosts 

  Kitching, Magdalena Hendrina (University of the Free State, 2003-11)

• Spider ecology in the Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve, Free State Province: (Arachnida: Araneae) 

  Fourie, Rene (University of the Free State, 2010-01)

  English: Few spider studies have been done in the Grassland Biome of South Africa, even though it dominates the central part of South Africa. In September 2005, a study was initiated in Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve, Free ...

• Temporal and spatial composition of arboreal insects along the Omaruru River, Namibia 

  Theron, Louise (University of the Free State, 2010-11)

  English: Insects play a major role in any ecosystem and are also of extreme importance to the well-being of humans. Amongst others, they are pollinators that indirectly determine food security. On a more negative side, ...

• The bio-ecology of the blue tick (Boophilus decoloratus) in the central Free State 

  Phalatsi, Moeketsi Solomon (University of the Free State, 2002-05)

  English: Boophilus decoloratus is the most dominant and economically important tick that infests cattle in the central Free State. Very little research on this tick in the central Free State has, however, been conducted. ...

• Aspects of the behaviour and ecology of Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops Gurneyi verreaux, 1871, in Protea Woodland, South Africa 

  De Swardt, Dawid Herklaas (University of the Free State, 1998-11)

  English: Several aspects of the ecology of Gurney's Sugarbird were studied in the Lydenburg area (Mpumalanga) and at Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve and Qwaqwa National Park (Free State) during the period April1980 to ...

• Snail borne larval trematodes of the Okavango Delta, Botswana 

  Jansen van Rensburg, Candice (University of the Free State, 2001-01)

  English: The Okavango Delta, situated in northwestern Botswana is one of the worlds largest inland delta systems formed by the Okavango River, flowing in a southeasterly direction from Angola. The snail fauna comprises ...

• Interactions between ticks and dogs in the greater Bloemfontein 

  Jocobs, Phillip Andrew Herman (University of the Free State, 2000-11)

  The present study was conducted in the greater Bloemfontein area and focussed on the interaction between ticks and dogs. The sampling localities included Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu, and various sub-divisions ...

• Aspekte van die bio-ekologie van Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) 

  Brown, Deodanda (University of the Free State, 2001-07)

  English: Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) was reported for the first time in 1996 in the Bloemfonteinregion. Due to the fact that this was not the normal distribution area of this species, the main objective of the study was to ...

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