English: This thesis presents the results of a studv of the biotic and abiotic conditions experienced by house mice on Marion Island, their morphological and reproductional adaptations to island conditions, the seasonal ...

English: The fishes of the Okavango System, Botswana, are of considerable economical and ecological importance. Recently, scientists and local fishermen have reported a dramatic decline in the fish stocks of the Okavango ...

Being the only monogenean known from a warm-blooded animal and from a mammal Oculotrema hippopotami Stunkard (1924) took a major leap in monogenean evolution. After its description in 1924 various researchers rejected ...

English: Investigations on various aspects of stalk borers of maize and sorghum were conducted in Lesotho during the 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98 growing seasons. Aspects investigated were their distribution and relative ...

English: Sphaeroceridae are generally known as "lesser dung flies". These are small to medium sized dark-brown to blackish flies ranging from about 0.5 mm to 6 mm in length. They are saprophagous and occur throughout the ...

English: Sheep scab, which is caused by the mite Psoroptes ovis, has been and is still today an impediment to sheep husbandry in many countries throughout the world. Despite the economic impact, sheep scab remains a ...

English: Abalone, locally known as perlemoen, are herbivorous marine gastropods with all species in one genus, Haliotis Linneaus, 1758. Abalone have been commercially exploited since ancient times. Along the southern ...

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 ...

English: Owing to the world-wide increase in air traffic the number and intensity of collisions between birds and aircraft have increased accordingly. Bird strikes are not only responsible for considerable physical damage ...