Publications
2022
Scholarly publications
Czenze, Z. J., Smit, B., van Jaarsveld, B., Freeman, M. T., & McKechnie, A. E. (2022). Caves, crevices and cooling capacity: Roost microclimate predicts heat tolerance in bats. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13918
2021
Scholarly publications
Wallace, K. M. E., van Jaarsveld, B., Bennett, N. C., & Hart, D. W. (2021). The joint effect of micro- and macro-climate on the thermoregulation and heat dissipation of two African mole-rat (Bathyergidae) sub-species, Cryptomys hottentotus mahali and C. h. pretoriae. Journal of Thermal Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103025
Cheng, H., Sebaa, R., Malholtra, N., Lacoste, B., El Hankouri, Z., Kirby, A., Bennett, N. C., van Jaarsveld, B., Hart, D. W., Tattersall, G. J., Harper, M-E., & Pamenter, M. E. (2021). Naked mole-rat brown fat thermogenesis is diminished during hypoxia through a rapid decrease in UCP1. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27170-2
Hart, D. W., Medger, K., Van Jaarsveld, B., & Bennett, N. C. (2021). Filling in the holes: The reproductive biology of the understudied mahali mole-rat (cryptomys hottentotus mahali). Canadian Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2020-0158
Czenze, Z. J., Freeman, M. T., Kemp, R., van Jaarsveld, B., Wolf, B. O., & McKechnie, A. E. (2021). Efficient Evaporative Cooling and Pronounced Heat Tolerance in an Eagle-Owl, a Thick-Knee and a Sandgrouse. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.799302
Hart, D. W., van Jaarsveld, B., Lasch, K. G., Grenfell, K. L., Oosthuizen, M. K., & Bennett, N. C. (2021). Ambient Temperature as a Strong Zeitgeber of Circadian Rhythms in Response to Temperature Sensitivity and Poor Heat Dissipation Abilities in Subterranean African Mole-Rats. Journal of Biological Rhythms. https://doi.org/10.1177/07487304211034287
Jaarsveld, B. V., Bennett, N. C., Czenze, Z. J., Kemp, R., Ven, T. M. F. N. V. D., Cunningham, S. J., & McKechnie, A. E. (2021). How hornbills handle heat: sex-specific thermoregulation in the southern yellow-billed hornbill. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.232777
Jaarsveld, B. V., Bennett, N. C., Kemp, R., Czenze, Z. J., & McKechnie, A. E. (2021). Heat tolerance in desert rodents is correlated with microclimate at inter- and intraspecific levels. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-021-01352-2
2020
Scholarly publications
Finn, K., Voigt, C., van Jaarsveld, B., Hart, D., & Jorna, J. (2020). PSEUDASPIS CANA (Mole Snake). DIET and HABITAT USE. Herptalogical Review, 51(3), 626-627.
Ivy, C. M., Sprenger, R. J., Bennett, N. C., van Jaarsveld, B., Hart, D. W., Kirby, A. M., Yaghoubi, D., Storey, K. B., Milsom, W. K., & Pamenter, M. E. (2020). The hypoxia tolerance of eight related African mole-rat species rivals that of naked mole-rats, despite divergent ventilatory and metabolic strategies in severe hypoxia. Acta Physiologica. https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.13436
Kemp, R., Freeman, M. T., van Jaarsveld, B., Czenze, Z. J., Conradie, S. R., & McKechnie, A. E. (2020). Sublethal fitness costs of chronic exposure to hot weather vary between sexes in a threatened desert lark. Emu. https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2020.1806082
Czenze, Z. J., Kemp, R., van Jaarsveld, B., Freeman, M. T., Smit, B., Wolf, B. O., & McKechnie, A. E. (2020). Regularly drinking desert birds have greater evaporative cooling capacity and higher heat tolerance limits than non-drinking species. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13573
Hart, D. W., Medger, K., van Jaarsveld, B., & Bennett, N. C. (2020). Is the mahali mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus mahali) a spontaneous or induced ovulator? Canadian Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2019-0112
Logan, S. M., Szereszewski, K. E., Bennett, N. C., Hart, D. W., Jaarsveld, B. V., Pamenter, M. E., & Storey, K. B. (2020). The brains of six African mole-rat species show divergent responses to hypoxia. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.215905
2019
Scholarly publications
van Jaarsveld, B., Bennett, N. C., Hart, D. W., & Oosthuizen, M. K. (2019). Locomotor activity and body temperature rhythms in the Mahali mole-rat (C. h. mahali): The effect of light and ambient temperature variations. Journal of Thermal Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2018.11.013