Publications – 2023

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001.BILTON D.T., JACH M.A., RIBERA I., TOUSSAINT E.F.A. 2023. Minute moss beetles in the Southern Hemisphere: Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography and habitat shifts (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Systematic Entomology volume 48(1): 142-162    https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12567     Online ISSN:1365-3113
002.MABIKA N., BARSON M., DOS SANTOS Q.M., VAN DYK C., AVENANT-OLDEWAGE A. 2023. Additional Taxonomic Information for Lamproglena hemprichii (Copepoda: Lernaeidae) Based on Scanning Electron Microscopy and Genetic Characterization, Alongside Some Aspects of Its Ecology. Zoological Science volume 40(1) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs220033   ISSN: 0289-0003
003.SHINN A.P., AVENANT-OLDEWAGE A., BONDAD-REANTASO M.G., CRUZ-LAUFER A.J., GARCÍA-VÁSQUEZ A., HERNÁNDEZ-ORTS J.S., KUCHTA R., LONGSHAW M., METSELAAR M., PARISELLE A., PÉREZ-PONCE DE LEÓN G.,  PRADHAN P.K., RUBIO-GODOY M., SOOD N., VANHOVE M.P.M., DEVENEY M.R. 2023. A global review of problematic and pathogenic parasites of farmed tilapia. Reviews in Aquaculture volume 15 (Suppl. 1): 92- 153 https://doi:10.1111/raq.12742  ISSN 1753-5123
004.PRETORIUS M., AVENANT-OLDEWAGE A. 2023. Hatchability and Survival of Lamproglena clariae Fryer, 1956 Exposed to Increasing Concentrations of Aqueous Aluminium. Applied Sciences volume 13(4): 2145 https://doi.org/10.3390/app13042145 Online ISSN ISSN 2076-3417
005.OUTA J.O., AVENANT-OLDEWAGE A. 2023. Integrated characterisation of Daubaylia burnupiae n. sp. (Nematoda: Daubayliidae) from a freshwater gastropod in South Africa, with comments on the biology of Daubaylia spp. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife volume 20: 96-107 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.01.005 ISSN 2213-2244
006.BILTON D.T., 2023. New species and new records of minute moss beetles from East Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae volume 63(1): 103-110 doi: 10.37520/aemnp.2023.004
007.BILTON D.T. 2023. Two new species of Hydraena Kugelann, 1794 from Sao Tome Island – an apparent adaptive radiation (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae). Zootaxa volume 5254(4): 593 – 600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.4.11

http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1C6602A-039C-4969-944F-51994DDBE465

008.TOLLEY K.A. 2023. Is it like night and day? Nocturnal versus diurnal perch use by dwarf chameleons (Bradypodon pumilum). African Journal of Herpetology volume 72 (1): 1-15 https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2022.2098392   Print ISSN: 2156-4574 Online ISSN: 2153-3660
009.HOBAN S., BRUFORD M.W., DA SILVA J., FUNK W.C., FRANKKHAM R., Gill M.J., GRUEBER C.E., HEUERTZ M., HUNTER M.E., KERSHAW F., LACY R.C., LEES C., LOPES-FERNANDES M., MACDONALD A.J., MASTRETTA-YANES A., MCGOWAN P.J.K., MEEK M.H., MERGEAY J., MILLETTE K.L., MITTAN-MOREAU C.S., NAVARRO L.M., O’BRIEN D., OGDEN R., SEGELBACHER G., PAZ-VINAS I., VERNESSI C., LAIKRE L. 2023. Genetic diversity goals and targets have improved, but remain insufficient for clear implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Conservation Genetics volume 24 181-191 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01492-0
010.DAHMS-VESTER S., NEL A., VAN VUREN J.H.J., GREENFIELD R. 2023. Mortality and malformation effects of acute vanadium (V) exposure on the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) embryos. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. volume 30: 55730-55741  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26196-x
011.DE NECKER L., DYAMOND K., GREENFIELD R., VAN VUREN J.H.J., MALHERBE W. 2023. Aquatic invertebrate community structure and functions within a Ramsar wetland of a premier conservation area in South Africa. Ecological Indicators. volume 148: 110135   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110135
012.ROBUCHON M., DA SILVA J., DUBOIS G., GUMBS R., HOBAN S., LAIKRE L., OWEN N.R., PERINO A. 2023. Conserving species’ evolutionary potential and history: Opportunities under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Conservation Science and Practice. volume 5(6): e12929 DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12929
013.TOLEDO M., BILTON D.T., BALKE M., SCHIZZEROTTO A., VILLASTRIGO A. 2023. A new, putatively semisubterranean, Rhithrodytes diving beetle from southwestern Sardinia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. volume 63 (1): 125-133  doi: 10.37520/aemnp.2023.006
014.BILTON D.T., MLAMBO M.C. 2023. A revision of Delevea Reichardt, 1976: a Southern African endemic water beetle genus including the largest known extant myxophagans (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Torridincolidae). Zootaxa. volume 5285 (2): 311-324 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.2.5
015.BOSCH S., BOTHA T.L., WEPENER V. 2023. Influence of different functional CdTe quantum dots on the accumulation of metals, developmental toxicity and respiration in different development stages of the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Frontiers in Toxicology. volume  DOI: 10.3389/ftox.2023.1176172
016.CLUBLEY C.H., FIRTH L.B., WOOD L.E., BILTON D.T., SILVA T.A.M., KNIGHTS A.M. 2023. Science paper on big data? Assessing invasion dynamics using observational data. Science of the Total Evinronment. volume 877: 162754 https://doi.org.10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162754
017.AUSTIN L., DOS SANTOS Q.M., AVENANT-OLDEWAGE A. 2023. Additional data on Spinitectus petterae (Nematoda: Rhabditida) from Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in the Vaal River system: conserved morphology or high intraspecific genetic variability?. Folia Parasitologica. volume 70: 002 doi: 10.14411/fp.2023.002
018.MADUENYANE M., DOS SANTOS Q.M., AVENANT-OLDEWAGE A. 2023. Gyrodactylus sprostonae Ling, 1962 infects an indigenous cyprinid in southern Africa: An expanded description. Journal of Helminthology. volume 97: e40, 1-10 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X23000202
019.MAIRAL M., GARCIA-VERDUGO C., LE ROUX J.J., CHAU J.H., JANSE VAN VUUREN B., HUI C., MUNZBERGOVA Z., CHOWN S.L., SHAW J.D. 2023. Multiple introductions, polyploidy and mixed reproductive strategies are linked to genetic diversity and structure in the most widespread invasive plant across Southern Ocean archipelagos. Molecular Ecology. volume 32: 756-771 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16809 ISSUE 4
020.NOFAL A.P., DOS SANTOS Q.M., AVENANT-OLDEWAGE A. 2023. An improved method for isolating camallanid (Nematoda) spicules for scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Helminthology. volume 97: e17, 1-4 https//doi.org//10.1017/S0022149X23000044
021.PUGLIELLI G., TORDONI E., LAANISTO L., KALWIJ J.M., HUTCHINGS M.J., HUMPHREYS A.M. 2023. Abiotic stress tolerance can explain range size and filling in temperate woody plants. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. volume 59: 125734   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2023.125734
022.SERITE C.P., EMAMI-KHOYI A., NTSHUDISANE O.K., JAMES N.C., JANSE VAN VUUREN B., BODILL T., COWLEY P.D., WHITFIELD A.K., TESKE P.R. 2023. eDNA metabarcoding vs matagenomics: an assessment of dietary competition in two estuarine pipefishes. Frontiers in Marine Science. volume 10 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1116741
023.MAKANYA A.N., JIMOH S.A., MAINA J.N. 2023. Methods of In Ovo and Ex Ovo Ostrich Embryo Culture with Observations on the Development and Maturation of the Chorioallantoic Membrane. Microscopy and Microanalysis. volume 00: 1-8 https://doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozad060
024.GAFNA D.J. OBANDO J.A., KALWIJ J.M., DOLOS K., SCHMIDTLEIN S. 2023. Climate Change impacts on the availability of anti-malarial plants in Kenya. Climate Change Ecology volume 5:100070  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecochg.2023.100070
025.MEIRI S., CHAPPLE D.G. TOLLEY K.A., MITCHELL N., LANIADO T., COX N., BOWLS P., YOUNG B.E., CAETANO G., GESCHKE J., BÖHM M., ROLL U. 2023. Done but not dusted: reflections on the first global reptile assessment and priorities for the second. Biological Conservation volume 278: 109879 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109879
026.RAIMONDO D., YOUNG B.E., BROOKS T.M., CARDOSO P., VAN DER COLFF D., DIAS B.F.D.S., VERCILLO U., DE SOUZA E., JUSLEN A., HYVARINEN E., VON STADEN L., TOLLEY K.A., MCGOWAN P.J.K. 2023. Using Red List Indices to monitor extinction risk at national scales. Conservation Science and Practice  volume 5(1): e12854 https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12854
027.EMAMI-KHOYI A., JOOSTE C.M., WASSERMAN R.J., DALU T., RAATH-KRUGER M.J., JANSE VAN VUUREN B., TESKE P.R. Persistent effects of historical sea levels on the population structure of a temporary wetland copepod. Freshwater Biology. volume 00: 1-11 https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14139
028.DOS SANTOS Q.M., RINDORIA N.M., AVENANT-OLDEWAGE A. 2023. Genetic characterisation of four Lamproglena spp. (Copepoda, Lernaeidae) from Africa and the first mitochondrial data. Folia Parasitologica volume 70(014) doi: 10.14411/fp.2023.014
029.HOBAN S., DA SILVA J., MASTRETTA-YANES A., GRUEBER C.E., HEUERTZ M., HUNTER M.E., MERGEAY J., PAZ-VINAS I., FUKAYA K., ISHIHAMA F., JORDAN R., KÖPPÄ V., LATORRE-CÁRDENAS M.C., MACDONALD A.J., RINCON-PARRA V., SJÖGREN-GULVE P., TANI N., THURFJELL H., LAIKRE L. Monitoring status and trends in genetic diversity for the Convention on Biological Diversity: An ongoing assessment of genetic indicators in nine countries. Conservation Letters volume 16(3): e12953 https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12953
030.TASKER S.J.L. BILTON D.T. 2023. Field evidence of caddisfly larvae (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae, Leptoceridae) using alien Crassula helmsii (Kirk) Cockayne fragments (Saxifragles: Crassulaceae) in case construction. Aquatic Insects  https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2233504
031.LATIEF L., GILBERT B.M., AVENANT-OLDEWAGE A. Biomineralisation and metal sequestration in a crustacean ectoparasite infecting the gills of a freshwater fish. Journal of Comparative Physiology B VOLUME 193: 271 – 279 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-023-01489-2
032.GRADWOHL A., WINDISCH J., WEISSENSTEINER M., KEPPLER B.K., KANDIOLLER W., JIRSA F. 2023. Extraction of rare earth elements from aqueous solutions using the ionic liquid trihexyltetradecylphoshonium 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoate. Royal Society of Chemistry RSC Advances volume 13: 24899-24908. DOI: 10.1039/d3ra03967f
033.DEMIRTAş S., GÜNDÜZ N.E., BILTON D.T. Ecological niche modeling of the Macedonian mouse, Mus macedonicus (Mammalia, Rodentia), under climate change conditions. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution volume 69(1-2): 28-36 https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-bja10044
034.POPP M.R. KALWIJ J.M. 2023. Consumer-grade UAV imagery facilitates semantic segmentation of species-rich savanna tree layers. Scientific Reports volume 13: 13892  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40989
035.DE COITO P.M., EMAMI-KHOYI A., HEDDERSON T.A., TOONEN R.J.,  TESKE P.R., BRANCH G.M. 3034. A critically endangered estuarine limpet’s only two populations are genoically and morphologically distinct. Aquatic Conservation https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3993
036.PAHAD G., VAN VUUREN B.J., MONTGELARD C. 2023. Paleoclimatic niche modelling reveals the phylogeographichistory of the South African shrew Myosorex (Mammalia, Soricidae) from East Africa. Mammalian Biology volume https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00377-0
037.GUNDUZ I., DEMIRTAS S., SILSUPUR M., OZMEN M., POLLY P.D., BILTON D.T. 2023. Notes from the Anatolian underground: two new mole taxa from Eastern Turkey, together with a revised phylogeny of the genus Talpa (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Talpidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlad049 https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad049
038.SYKORA V., HERRERA-ALSINA L., MAIER C., MARTINEZ-ROMAN N.R., ARCHANGELSKY M., BILTON D.T.., SEIDEL M., LESCHEN R.A.B., FIKACEK M. 2023. Reconstructing ancient disperal through Antartica: A case study of stream-inhabiting beetles. Journal of Biogeography volume 50(11):1939-1954 DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14702
039.AVENANT-OLDEWAGE A., NAGASAWA K., DOS SANTOS Q.M., OLDEWAGE W.H. 2023. Pathology caused by introduced Neoergasilus japonicus (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) to the skin of indigenous Tilapia sparrmanii in South Africa and scanning electron microscopy study of the wound-inflicting structures. Journal of Fish Diseases volume EARLY RELEASE
040.BILTON D.T. 2023. Out of the Palaearctic: the Helophorus water beetles of the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera: Helophoridae). Acta Entomologica volume 63(2): 249-264. doi: 10.37520/aemnp.2023.014
041.BILTON D.T., BIRD M.S. 2023. Eupotemus tuberculatus sp. Nov., the first hooded shore beetle confirmed from southern Africa (Coleoptera, Epimetopidae). Zootaxa volume 5339(2): 196-200. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5339.2.6
042.MONTGELARD C., MULLER T., ARNAL V., MAREE S., TAYLOR P.J., SANDS A.F., ROBINSON T.J., MATTHEE C.A. 2023. Diversification and evolutionary history of the African laminated-toothed rats (Rodentia, Otomyini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution volume 183: 107779  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107779
043.GOLLA T.R., TENSEN L., VIPIN, KUMAR K., KUMAR S., GAUR A. 2023. Neutral and adaptive genetic variation in Indian snow leopards, Panthera unica. Current Science volume 125(2): 204 – 208
044.KHALATBARI L., GODINHO R., ABOLGHASEMI H., HAKIMI E., GHADIRIAN T., JOWKAR H., BREITENMOSER U., BRITO J.C. 2023. The persistence of the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah relies upon connectivity protection: a landscape genetics perspective. Conservation Genetics volume 24: 461-472. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-023-01513-6
045.DU PREEZ G.C., SILVA M.S., FOURIE H., GIRGAN C., NETHERLANDS E.C., SWART A., FERREIRA R.L. 2023 Nematode dynamics in an African dolomite cave: what is the role of environmental filtering in spatial and temporal distribution? Basic and Applied Ecology volume 71: 18-32 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2023.05.002
046.ROGERS A.M., LERMITE F., GRIFFIN A.S., VAN RENSBURG B.J., KARK S. 2023. Alien vs. Predator: Impacts of invasive species and native predators on urban nest box use by native birds. MDPI Animals 13: 1807 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13111807
047.SHOKOOHI E., SWART A., MARAIS M., MOYO N.A.G., ABOLAFIA J. 2023. Characterization of Acrobeloides longiuterus (Rashid & Heyns, 1990) Siddiqi, De Ley & Khan, 1992 (Rhabditida: Cephalobidae) from South Africa including the SEM study of the species. Zoomorphology 142: 13-25 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-022-00583-3
048.FRANKIEWICZ K.E., CHAU J.H., BACZYNSKI J., WDOWIAK A., OSKOLSKI A. 2023. Wood and bark structure in Buddleja: anatomical background of stem morphology. AoB Plants volume 15(2): plad003

https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plad003

049.CAMACHO G., ATTWOOD S., TENSEN, L. 2023 Melanistic large-spotted genets (Genetta maculate) in South Africa. African Journal of Wildlife Research, volume 53(1): 162-165 https://doi.org/10.3957/056.053.0162
050.BURIAN A., GRUBER-DORNINGER M., SCHWEICHART J., YASINDI A., BULLING M., JIRSA F., WINTER C., MUIA A.W., SCHAGERL M. 2023. Drivers of microbial food-web structure along productivity gradients. Proceedings of the Royal Society b volume 290: 20231531. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1531
051.MAINA J.N. A critical assessment of the cellular defences of the avian respiratory system: are birds in general and poultry in particular relatively more susceptible to pulmonary infections/afflictions? Biological Reviews  volume 98: 2152-2187 https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13000
052.PLANAS M., GRISTINA M., PALMA J., QIN G., ROSE E., ROTH O., TESKE P.R. 2023. Editorial: Syngnathid fishes: biology, ecology, physiology, conservation and innovative rearing techniques. Frontiers in Marine Science volume 10:1309683 10.3389/fmars.2023.1309683
053.BIRD M.S., BILTON D.T., MLAMBO M.C., PERISSINOTTO R. 2023. Water beetles (Coleoptera) associated with Afrotemperate Forest patches in the Garden Route National Park, South Africa. Zookeys volume 1182: 237-258. 10.3897/zookeys.1182.102866
054.EMAMI-KHOYI A. 2023. Reconstruction of the complete mitogenomes of predator and prey from a faecal metagenomic dataset. Data in brief volume 52: 109830  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109830
055.TAFT J.M., TOLLEY K.A., ALEXANDER G.J., GENEVA A.J. De Novo whole genome assemblies for two Southern African Dwarf Chameleons (Bradypodion, Chamaeleonidae). Genome Biology and Evolution volume 15(10): evad182 https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad182
056.ADAIR M.G., FORGUS J.J., MAIN D.C., TAFT J.M., DA SILVA J.M., TOLLEY K.A. 2023. The pros and cons of buccal swabbing and tail clipping for monitoring reptilian biodiversity. South African Journal of Science volume 119 (11/12) https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/16217