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  1. First Photographic Evidence of Skin and Hair Molting as Separate Components in the Ross Seal
  2. Shedding dynamics of the Ross seal ( Ommatophoca rossii ) whiskers investigated through carbon and nitrogen bulk stable isotope composition
  3. Elephant Fences Result in Limited Impacts on Movement of Non‐Target Species
  4. Camera trap-based estimates reveal spatial variability in African clawless otter population densities and behaviour
  5. Environmental correlates of breeding outcomes in Endangered Grey Crowned Cranes Balearica regulorum in agricultural areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  6. The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses
  7. Drones as a tool to study and monitor endangered Grey Crowned Cranes (Balearica regulorum): Behavioural responses and recommended guidelines
  8. Latrine site selection by African clawless otters, Aonyx capensis, and their behavior during latrine visitations
  9. Tracking the foraging migrations of Marion Island southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) during their first year of life
  10. Habitat Transformation Correlates with the Decline of Sungazer (Smaug giganteus) Subpopulations
  11. Stakeholder perceptions of human–predator conflict in the South African fly‐fishing industry
  12. Multi-Species Visits to an Aardvark Burrow – Whose Turn Is It Next?
  13. Mammal road‐type associations in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Common mammals do not avoid tar roads more than dirt roads
  14. Hot and bothered: alterations in faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations of the sungazer lizard, Smaug giganteus, in response to an increase in environmental temperature
  15. The diving behavior of African clawless and spotted-necked otters in freshwater environments
  16. Declining citation accuracy in polar research
  17. Declining citation accuracy in polar research – CORRIGENDUM
  18. Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities
  19. Increased population density and behavioural flexibility of African clawless otters (Aonyx capensis) in specific anthropogenic environments
  20. The diet of spotted-necked otters foraging in trout-stocked waters in Mpumalanga, South Africa
  21. Monitoring the effects of land transformation on African clawless otters ( Aonyx capensis ) using fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations as a measure of stress
  22. Quantifying imperfect camera-trap detection probabilities: implications for density modelling
  23. Plasticity and specialisation in the isotopic niche of African clawless otters foraging in marine and freshwater habitats
  24. Understanding the relationship between farmers and burrowing mammals on South African farms: are burrowers friends or foes?
  25. Limited Animal-Facilitated Nutrient Transfer across an Aquatic–Terrestrial Interface in a Southern African Savanna
  26. Exploring a sub-Antarctic wilderness: a personal narrative of the first biological and geological expedition to Marion and Prince Edward islands 1965/1966. Brian J. Huntley. 2016. Stellenbosch: Antarctic Legacy of South Africa. 268 p, illustrated, sof...
  27. Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole: A Review of the MEOP Consortium
  28. Slow to change? Individual fidelity to three-dimensional foraging habitats in southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina
  29. Antarctic marine mammals and sea ice
  30. Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal: implications for foraging success and population trajectories
  31. Spatial and temporal patterns of changes in condition of southern elephant seals
  32. An Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Diet of Cape Clawless Otters (Aonyx capensis) in Marine Environments
  33. The role of eddies in the diving behaviour of female southern elephant seals
  34. Animal telemetry: Tagging effects
  35. Decomposing the variance in southern elephant seal weaning mass: partitioning environmental signals and maternal effects
  36. Trends in tagging of marine mammals: a review of marine mammal biologging studies
  37. Environmental influences on the at-sea behaviour of a major consumer, Mirounga leonina, in a rapidly changing environment
  38. Estimates of the Southern Ocean general circulation improved by animal-borne instruments
  39. Hydrographic influences on the summer dive behaviour of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in Atka Bay, Antarctica
  40. Tiletamine/zolazepam immobilization of adult post-moult southern elephant seal males
  41. Fur seal populations facilitate establishment of exotic vascular plants
  42. Referencing practices in physical geography
  43. Increased Metal Concentrations in Giant Sungazer Lizards (Smaug giganteus) from Mining Areas in South Africa
  44. Elephant seal foraging dives do indeed track prey distribution, but temperature influences the distribution of prey: Reply to Boersch-Supan et al. (2012)
  45. Deep divers in even deeper seas: habitat use of male southern elephant seals from Marion Island
  46. Inter-population differences in diving behaviour of adult male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)
  47. Elephant seal dive behaviour is influenced by ocean temperature: implications for climate change impacts on an ocean predator
  48. The Marine Mammal Programme at the Prince Edward Islands: 38 years of research
  49. Hitchhiking Goose Barnacles and their Potential Implications on the Functioning of Animal-Borne Instruments
  50. Sex at sea: alternative mating system in an extremely polygynous mammal
  51. Water column use and forage strategies of female southern elephant seals from Marion Island
  52. Segregation in a sexually dimorphic mammal: a mixed-effects modelling analysis of diving behaviour in southern elephant seals
  53. Fine-scale feeding behavior of Weddell seals revealed by a mandible accelerometer
  54. A lifetime at depth: vertical distribution of southern elephant seals in the water column
  55. Goose barnacles hitchhike on satellite-tracked southern elephant seals
  56. Median pupping date, pup mortality and sex ratio of fur seals at Marion Island