Background During the past three decades, sustained population decline or disappearance
of cycles in small rodents have been observed. Both anthropogenic disturbance and climate …

Ecological predictions are necessary for testing whether processes hypothesized to regulate
species population dynamics are generalizable across time and space. In order to …

According to the cort-fitness hypothesis, glucocorticoid levels correlate negatively with
fitness. However, field studies found mixed support for this hypothesis, potentially because …

Understanding variation in food requirements of wild animals is of central importance in
population ecology and conservation, as it helps to identify where and when food may be …

Population dynamics are the result of an interplay between extrinsic and intrinsic
environmental drivers. Predicting the effects of environmental change on wildlife populations …

Annual movements have been widely described for birds migrating across the Americas and
between Eurasia and Africa, yet relatively little information exists for intra-African migrants …

Forecasting changes in size and distributions of populations is an essential component of
conservation assessments. Such forecasts are only useful for species conservation and …

Rodents are one of the most abundant and diverse groups of mammals in arid zones. Their
population and community dynamics are closely linked to climatic factors and pulses of …

Habitat selection is a decision-making process undertaken by animals to select an
appropriate environment suitable for fulfilling their survival and reproductive needs. These …

My study aimed at investigating the population dynamics of the African striped mouse
Rhabdomys bechuanae, in two semi-arid localities, Tussen die Riviere (TDR) and …