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Facilitating golden mole conservation in South African highland grasslands : a predictive modelling approach

Author: Rampartab, Chanel Date: 2016 Golden moles are subterranean mammals endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and threatened by anthropogenic habitat loss. At present, little is known about the biology, taxonomy, distribution and severity of threats faced by many of these taxa. In ... Read more
How attractive is the girl next door? An assessment of spatial mate acquisition and paternity in the solitary Cape dune mole-Rat, Bathyergus suillus

Author: Bray, Timothy C ; Bloomer, Paulette ; O'Riain, M Justin ; Bennett, Nigel C Date: 2012 Behavioural observations of reproduction and mate choice in wild fossorial rodents are extremely limited and consequently indirect methods are typically used to infer mating strategies. We use a combination of morphological, reproductive, ... Read more c b
A phylogenetic estimate for golden moles (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Chrysochloridae)

Author: Asher, Robert ; Maree, Sarita ; Bronner, Gary ; Bennett, Nigel C ; Bloomer, Paulette ; Czechowski, Paul ; Meyer, Matthias ; Hofreiter, Michael Date: 2010 BACKGROUND: Golden moles (Chrysochloridae) are small, subterranean, afrotherian mammals from South Africa and neighboring regions. Of the 21 species now recognized, some (e.g., Chrysochloris asiatica, Amblysomus hottentotus) are relatively ... Read more c b
Phylogeography of a morphologically cryptic golden mole assemblage from South-Eastern Africa

Author: Mynhardt, Samantha ; Maree, Sarita ; Pelser, Illona ; Bennett, Nigel C ; Bronner, Gary N ; Wilson, John W ; Bloomer, Paulette Date: 2015 The Greater Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany (GMPA) region of southern Africa was recently designated as a centre of vertebrate endemism. The phylogeography of the vertebrate taxa occupying this region may provide insights into the evolution of ... Read more c b
Sociality in the common mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus : the effects of aridity

Author: Spinks, Andrew Charles Date: 1998 This study addresses the extrinsic factors which have shaped the evolution and maintenance of sociality in the African mole-rats. Specifically, the common mole-rat was used as a model to assess the Aridity Food-Distribution Hypothesis (AFDH), ... Read more

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