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Botany and Zoology BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY Journal articles 1. ABDALA F, RUBIDGE B, VAN DEN HEEVER JA. The oldest Therocephalians (Therapsida, Eutheriodontia) and the early diversification of Therapsida. Palaeontology 2008; 51: 1011-1024. 2. ABRIL S, ROURA-PASCUAL N, OLIVERAS J, GÓMEZ C. Assessing the distribution of the Argentine ant using physiological data. Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology 2009; 35: 739-745. 3. ANDERSON BC, JOHNSON SD. Geographical covariation and local convergence of flower depth in a guild of fly-pollinated plants. New Phytologist 2009; 182: 533-540. 4. BADENHORST D, HERBRETEAU V, CHAVAL Y, PAGÈS M, ROBINSON TJ, RERKAMNUAYCHOKE W, MORAND S, HUGOT J-P, DOBIGNY G. New karyotypic data for Asian rodents (Rodentia, Muridae) with the first report of B- chromosomes in the genus Mus. Journal of Zoology 2009; 279: 44-56. 5. BAIRD D, FATH BD, ULANOWICZ RE, ASMUS H, ASMUS R. 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Ecological network analyses and their use for establishing reference domain in functional assessment of an estuary. Ecological Modelling 2009; 220: 3113-3122. 23. CLARK VR, BARKER NP, MUCINA L. The Sneeuberg: A new centre of floristic endemism on the Great Escarpment, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 2009; 75: 196-238. 24. CLUSELLA-TRULLAS S, VAN WYK JH, SPOTILA JR. Thermal benefits of melanism in cordylid lizards: A theoretical and field test. Ecology 2009; 90: 2297-2312. 25. COLAUTTI RI, RICHARDSON DM. Subjectivity and flexibility in invasion terminology: too much of a good thing? Biological Invasions 2009; 11: 1225-1229. 26. COMBS JK, PAUW A. Preliminary evidence that the long-proboscid fly, Philoliche gulosa, pollinates Disa karooica and its proposed Batesian model Pelargonium stipulaceum. South African Journal of Botany 2009; 75: 757-761. 27. CUMBERLIDGE N, NG PKL, YEO DCJ, MAGALHÃES C, CAMPOS MR, ALVAREZ F, NARUSE T, DANIELS SR, ESSER LJ, ATTIPOE FYK, CLOTILDE-BA F-L, DARWALL W, MCIVOR A, BAILLIE JEM, COLLEN B, RAM M. Freshwater crabs and the biodiversity crisis: Importance, threats, status, and conservation challenges. Biological Conservation 2009; 142: 1665-1673. 28. CURRAN HR, ROETS F, DREYER LL. Anther-smut fungal infection of South African Oxalis species: Spatial distribution patterns and impacts on host fecundity. South African Journal of Botany 2009; 75: 807-815. 29. DANIELS SR, HEIDEMAN NJL, HENDRICKS MGJ. Examination of evolutionary relationships in the Cape fossorial skink species complex (Acontinae: Acontias meleagris meleagris) reveals the presence of five cryptic lineages. Zoologica Scripta 2009; 38: 449-463. 30. DANIELS SR, PICKER MD, COWLIN RM, HAMMER ML. Unravelling evolutionary lineages among South African velvet worms (Onychophora: Peripatopsis) provides evidence for widespread cryptic speciation. 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South African Journal of Botany 2008; 74: 397-400. 36. ESTERHUYSE MM, VENTER M, VELDHOEN N, HELBING CC, VAN WYK JH. Characterization of vtg-1 mRNA expression during ontogeny in Oreochromis mossambicus (PETERS). Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2009; 117(1-3): 42-49. 37. FOXCROFT LC, RICHARDSON DM, ROUGET M, MACFAYDEN S. Patterns of alien plant distribution at multiple spatial scales in a large national park: Implications for ecology, management and monitoring. Diversity and Distributions 2009; 15: 367-378. 38. GAERTNER M, DEN BREEYEN A, HUI C, RICHARDSON DM. Impacts of alien plant invasions on species richness in Mediterranean-type ecosystems: A meta- analysis. Progress in Physical Geography 2009; 33: 319-338. 39. GASTON KJ, CHOWN SL, CALOSI P, BERNARDO J, BILTON DT, CLARKE A, CLUSELLA- TRULLAS S, GHALAMBOR CK, KONARZEWSKI M, PECK LS, PORTER WP, PORTNER HO, REZENDE EL, SCHULTE PM, SPICER JI, STILLMAN JH, TERBLANCHE JS, VAN KLEUNEN M. 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