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Behaviour of animals in their normal environment, including all the processes, both internal and external, by which they respond to changes in their environment. (Source: ALL2)

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Evans JS, Eifler DA, Eifler MA 2017. Sand-diving as an escape tactic in the lizard Meroles anchietae. Journal of Arid Environments 140 1-5

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Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196317300058

Frost PGH, Siegfried WR, Burger AE 1976. Behavioural adaptations of the Jackass penguin, Spheniscus demersus to a hot, arid environment. Journal of Zoology 179 (2) 164-187

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1976.tb02289.x/abstract

Hensman MC, Owen-Smith N, Parrini F, Bonyongo CM Home range occupation and habitat use of sable antelope in the Okavango Delta region of northern Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 52 (2) 237-245

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.12111/full

Tilson RL, Norton PM 1981. Alarm duetting and pursuit deterrence in an African antelope. The American Naturalist 118 (3) 455-462

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2460649

Marsh AC 1985. Thermal responses and temperature tolerance in a diurnal desert ant, Ocymyrmex barbiger. Physiological Zoology 58 (6) 629-636

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/30156067

Marden JH 1987. In pursuit of females: following and contest behavior by males of a Namib Desert tenebrionid beetle, Physadesmia globosa. Ethnology 75 (1) 15-24

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1987.tb00638.x/abstract

Viljoen PJ 1988. The ecology of the desert-dwelling elephants Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) of the western Damaraland and Kaokoland.

Website link:https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A934855106&databaseList=638%2C283&lang=en

Hamilton III WJ, Buskirk RE, Buskirk WH 1975. Chacma baboon tactics during intertroop encounters. Journal of Mammalogy 56 (4) 857-870

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1379657

Wasiolka B, Jeltsch F, Henschel J, Blaum N 2010. Space use of the spotted sand lizard (Pedioplanis l. lineoocellata) under different degradation states. African Journal of Ecology 48 (1) 96-104

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01085.x/abstract

Jensen RAC 1975. A tale of two cuckoos. Bokmakierie 27 29 - 30

Website link:http://witsbirdclub.org.za/downloads/

Heiler J, Elwen SH, Kriesell HJ, Gridley T 2016. Changes in bottlenose dolphin whistle parameters related to vessel presence, surface behaviour and group composition. Animal Behaviour 117 167-177

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347216300343

2002. Leopard movements.

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Hoesch W 1938. Zur Balz von Choriotis kori. Ornitologische Monatsberichte 46 110 - 111

Hoesch W 1934. Lamprocolius nitens bispecularis als Wirtvogel von Clamator glandarius. Ornitologische Monatsberichte 42 68 - 70

Godschalk SKB 1976. Voedingsgedrag van die Rooirug Laksman in Suidwes-Afrika. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 47 (4) 230

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1976.9639560#.VRuixWf9kpE

Gillard L Black Korhaan Afrotis afra (R225): Aggressive behaviour. Witwatersrand Bird Club News 93 8

Gaerdes JH 1960. Yellow Billed Kites Milvus migrans feeding on harvester termites. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 31 (4) 177

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1960.9632667#.VRLMU2c5ApE

Cooper SM 1989. Clan sizes of Spotted Hyaenas in the Savuti Region of the Chobe National Park, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 21 121-133

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979843

Ferguson JWH 1986. Ecological factors affecting social behaviour of White-browed Sparrow Weavers Plocepasser mahali.

McBride CJ 1984. Age and size categories of lion prey in Chobe National Park, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 16 139-143

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979723

Games I 1984. Feeding and movement patterns of the Okavango Sitatunga. Botswana Notes and Records 16 131-137

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979722

Melton DA, Melton C 1981. Immobilisation and blood analyses of baboons (Papio ursinus) in the Okavango Swamp. Botswana Notes and Records 13 119-122

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979643

Busse C 1980. Leopard and lion predation upon Chacma Baboons living in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve. Botswana Notes and Records 12 15-21

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980790

Robbel H, Child G 1970. Notes on the 1969 impala rut in the Moremi. Botswana Notes and Records 2 95-97

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980770

Enslin CM 1945. The Masked Weaver in South West Africa. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 16 (2) 96 - 101

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1945.9638890#.VRGD8mc5ApE

Eggleston P, Siegfried WR 1979. Displays of the Jackass Penguin. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 50 (3) 139 - 167

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1979.9634105#.VSva0Gf9kpE

Dowsett-Lemaire F, Dowsett RJ 1987. European Reed and Marsh Warblers in Africa: Migration patterns, moult and habitat. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 58 (2) 65 - 85

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1987.9634145#.VSZIqWf9kpE

de Bont I, de Bont R 1983. Curious, sociable or hungry?. Laniarius 20 3 - 4

Moller AP, Magnhagen C, Ulfstrand A, Ulfstrand S 1995. Phenotypic quality and molt in the Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica. Behavioral Ecology 6 (3) 242 - 249

Website link:http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/3/242.short

Safriel UN 1990. Winter foraging behavior of the Dune Lark in the Namib desert, and the effect of prolonged drought on behavior and population size. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 61 (1 - 2) 77 - 80

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1990.9633942#.VSVEMmf9kpE

Barnard P, Simmons R 1986. The functions of leg-lowering in territorial predatory birds. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 57 (2) 107 - 109

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1986.9634133#.VSZ-Xmf9kpE

Simmons RE, Smith PC, Macwhirter RB 1986. Hierarchies among Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) harems and the costs of polygyny. Journal of Animal Ecology 55 (3) 755 - 771

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4414

Barnard P, MacWhirter B, Simmons R, Hansen GL, Smith PC 1987. Timing of breeding and the seasonal importance of passerine prey to Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 65 (8) 1942 - 1946

Website link:http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z87-295#.VS0agGf9kpE

Simmons RE 1988. Food and the deceptive acquisition of mates by polygynous male harriers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 23 (2) 83 - 92

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4600193

Brown CJ, Piper SE 1988. Status of Cape Vultures in the Natal Drakensberg and their cliff site selection. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 59 (3) 126 - 136

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1988.9633714#.VSY8BWf9kpE

Barnard P 1989. Territoriality and the determinants of male mating success in the southern African whydahs (Vidua). Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 60 (3) 103 - 117

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1989.9633735#.VSYzmWf9kpE

Burger J, Safina C, Gochfeld M 2000. Factors affecting vigilance in springbok: importance of vegetative cover, location in herd, and herd size. Acta ethologica 2 (2) 97-104

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs102119900013

Barnard P, Markus MB 1990. Reproductive failure and nest site selection of 2 Estrildid finches in acacia woodland. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 61 (3 - 4) 117 - 124

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1990.9634159#.VSVAumf9kpE

Brown CJ, Bruton AG 1991. Plumage color and feather structure of the Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus). Journal of Zoology 223 (4) 627 - 640

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb04392.x/abstract

Manser MB, Brotherton PNM 1995. Environmental constraints on the foraging behaviour of a dwarf antelope (Madoqua kirkii). Oecologia 102 (4) 404-412

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00341352

Oakes EJ, Barnard P 1994. Fluctuating asymmetry and mate choice in Paradise Whydahs, Vidua paradisaea - an experimental manipulation. Animal Behaviour 48 (4) 937 - 943

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347284713194

Klages NTW 1994. Dispersal and site fidelity of Cape Gannets Morus capensis. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 65 (2) 218 - 224

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1994.9639685#.VRzxIWf9kpE

Covas R, Huyser O, Doutrelant C 2004. Pygmy Falcon predation of nestlings of their obligate host, the Sociable Weaver. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 75 (4) 325-326

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306520409485463#.VHwormctBHg

Fraser W 1983. Foraging patterns of some South African flycatchers. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 54 (3) 150-155

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1983.9634464#.VHsovmctBHg

Hibbitts TJ, Whiting MJ 2005. Do male barking geckos (Ptenopus garrulus garrulus) avoid refuges scented by other males?. African Journal of Herpetology 54 (2) 191-194

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.2005.9635533#.VHnBoWctBHg

Mendelsohn H 1975. Social structure and communication in the genus Agama daudin. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 14 (1) 6-7

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1975.9650871#.VHbwF2ctBHg

Passmore NI 1975. The vocalizations and breeding behaviour of Ptychadena taenioscelis. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 14 (1) 13-14

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1975.9650884#.VHbmNWctBHg

Austin GT 1978. Pattern and timing of moult in Penduline tits (Anthoscopus). Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 49 168-173

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1978.9634095#.VHRAQFItBHg

Skinner JD 1993. Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) treks. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 48 (2) 291-305

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359199309520276#.VHL04VItBHg

Kjellen N 1992. Differential timing of autumn migration between sex and age-groups in raptors at Falsterbo, Sweden. Ornis Scandinavica 23 (4) 420 - 434

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3676673