Theses - Zoology
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Alarm Calls and Information Use in the New Holland honeyeater
(2019-04-27)Predation is a major source of mortality, resulting in strong selection on strategies to avoid being captured. Individuals have access to multiple sources of information on predation risk: they can detect danger directly ... -
The Life History of Damaraland Mole-rats Fukomys damarensis: Growth, Ageing and Behaviour
(2018-11-01)The social mole-rats have often been typecast as extreme examples of mammalian sociality. With their pronounced reproductive skew, status-related contrasts in lifespan and morphology, and the suggestion of a division of ... -
The sustainability of crayfish harvesting in Madagascar
(2004-09-01)Madagascar’s freshwater crayfish, belonging to the endemic genus Astacoides, are harvested throughout their range in the eastern highlands of the country. They provide an important source of protein and revenue to local ... -
Human population history and its interplay with natural selection
(2019-03-30)The complex demographic changes that underlie the expansion of anatomically modern humans out of Africa have important consequences on the dynamics of natural selection and our ability to detect it. In this thesis, I ...
