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FSM-TIMES, Write an EDITORS Email To: Carsten.Schradin@Zool.Uzh,Ch.TU Nr. 21, October to December 2009 FF SSMM--TTIIMMEESS 000,000 EDITORIAL FourStripedMouse To subscribe to the FSM-TIMES, write an EDITORS email to: [email protected],ch.TU . In Dr. Carsten Schradin, Brigitte Schradin. the subject field write “FSM-TIMES subscription”. No more text is needed. You IMPRESSUM will then get the FSM-TIMES four times a Title: year as an email attachment. Subscription to the FSM-TIMES is free of charge. However, ADDRESS we would welcome donations of R 80 (10 The Cape Porcupine Goegap Nature Reserve, Succulent Karoo Euro, 15 US Dollar) a year to contribute to Research Station, Private Bag X1, our research projects at the Succulent Karoo Springbok 8240, South Africa. Research Station in South Africa. Larger [email protected] donations are welcome too. To unsubscribe, write an email to HOMEPAGE [email protected] ,UT and write in http://www.stripedmouse.comTU .UT the subject field “CANCEL FSM-TIMES”. Der Erdwolf PUBLICATION DATES The FSM-TIMES is published quarterly, in COPYRIGHT AND EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY January, April, July and October. The FSM- All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or TIMES is sent as email-attachment in pdf. in part without written permission of editor is prohibited. The FSM-TIMES and editors are SUBSCRIPTION AND FEES excluded from any form of liability. South Africa: As the name says, it is the most southern country in Africa. South Africa lies at the Cape of Good Hope. The population of South Africa (40 million) consists of black South Africans (e.g. the Zulu), which represent 75% of the population. 12% are white, 8% coloured, and some are Indian, Malaysian or descendents of the San (bushman). South Africa is the only industrialized country in Africa with a very good infrastructure. Succulent Karoo: It describes a special vegetation type. It receives low rainfall in winter and is characterized by dwarf succulent shrubs and an amazing wildflower display in spring. It is a desert to semi-desert environment. Succulent Karoo is found in Namaqualand and southern Namibia. In Reports by students: the FSM-TIMES, the words succulent Karoo and Namaqualand are often used as synonyms. How it is to go shopping in Springbok Namaqualand: It is situated in the northwest of South Africa, between Cape Town and Namibia. Famous for its wildflower display in spring, Namaqualand was one of the world’s most important th copper mining areas at the beginning of the 20P P century. Nowadays the diamond mines are more and how to survive at the Research Station important. Because of its dry desert like climate, agriculture is mainly absent and population density low. Namaqualand is part of the Northern Cape Province. Springbok: It is the capital of Namaqualand. Although Springbok has only around 20 000 inhabitants, it has shops for nearly everything, including two well stocked supermarkets. At weekends Springbok is very busy, when all Namaqualanders come here to do their shopping. Goegap Nature Reserve: Pronounced as “Guchap“, this nature reserve lays only 20kms outside EDITORIAL of Springbok. In spring it is visited by thousands of tourists that are attracted by its wildflower display. During other times of the year it is very quite and mountain zebra, gemsbok, springbok, EDITOR aardwolf, mice and mice researchers live in peace. EDITORIAL 1 2 empfehlen! Ich hoffe, Sie haben viel Carsten Schradin CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Spass bei der Lektüre. 3 WELCOME: THE TWENTY-FIRST ISSUE OF THE FSM-TIMES! 4 NAMAQUALAND-WEATHER Beste Grüsse, 4 The people in Goegap Kind regards, 6 A whole day in Springbok 8 Mouse field work 101 10 Supermarket 12 Wöchentlicher Trip nach Springbok 13 Oh Kühlschrank, Herzstück der Station! NAMAQUALAND-WEATHER 14 Homepage 14 Titel: Hexe, Werwolf, Erdwolf By Ivana Schoepf 19 Title: The Cape Porcupine 23 News and information about plants and animals The last three months July August September 23 Mew predators at the farm Minimum temperatures 24 Spot the animal night 6.0 4.8 5.6 25 How to trap day 14.0 10.7 14.9 27 CONFERENCES, PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Maximum temperatures 27 Conferences night 19.9 15.7 14.7 29 Publications day 27.5 26.9 26.1 Nights with frost 3 5 8 31 FUNDING OF RESEARCH Rainfall in mm 20.0 13.2 6.0 33 THE MOUSE’S TAIL Days with rain 5 6 4 WELCOME TO THE TWENTY-FIRSTH ISSUE OF THE FSM-TIMES! THE PEOPLE IN GOEGAP By Ed Yuen Dear Reader, are also 3 German articles. I hope liebe Leser, you enjoy reading! Another flowers season has begun female four striped mice. Moritz and the research station is, once settled in well at the research station This is the first Dies ist der erste Newsletter, welcher again filled up with students and field and his departure proved especially combined den deutschen SGM-Spiegel und die assistants, getting ready for the hard to bear for Erwan, whom, in the English-German englische FSM-Times zusammenfügt. approaching breeding season of the short period of time the two had Newsletter of the Succulent Karoo Dadurch konnte die Zeit, die ich zum striped mice. In July, Moritz worked together, became quite good Research Station. To reduce the time erstellen des Newsletters brauchte, Rövekamp, a student from the friends. In July we also received our invested in preparing this newsletter, von 2 auf 1 Nachmittag gekürzt University of Zurich arrived in first visitors. Alessandra Schnider, a we decided to have only one version werden. Sie finden in diesem Goegap. Moritz stayed with us for former field assistant, came to see us for both English and German readers. Newsletter englische, aber auch drei only 7 weeks, but even in this short in Goegap. Alessandra, together with This considerably reduced the time I deutsche Beiträge (Seite 12 bis Seite period of time, he managed to make a friend, had decided to take an had to invest in t, from 2 to only 1 19). Vor allem den deutschen Artikel an impact, by helping the farm team overland tour of South Africa, afternoon. Most articles in this über den Erdwolf kann ich Ihnen sehr with their work and by carrying out his Botswana and Namibia, but before newsletter are in English, but there own small project about ontogeny in starting on her amazing journey, she 3 4 decided she wanted to see us and France and he really greatly enjoyed the mice one more time. Alessandra the bird life of Goegap. Thanks to his stayed with us for only two short keen birder’s eyes we discovered that days, but even within this small time we had a pair of verraux eagles frame she managed to get some work nesting in the hills around the farm! done, by carrying out observations Within three days of Erwan’s parents’ and radio-tracking. July had been full departure we saw the arrival of Nino of comings and goings, but from this Maag, a third year student from the point of view August was the month University of Zurich. Nino arrived which was going to take the place, as towards the end of August and he will it saw the arrival of four new students, stay with us at the research station two visitors and the departure of two until the end of November. Nino will field assistants. The first addition to work together with Ivana and Erwan our team was Marta Wastawino, a at the farm, where he will be looking master student from Basel, who at parental and alloparental care in arrived in Goegap at the beginning of striped mice. The day after Nino’s August. Marta will compare the three arrival we were joined by two more different males’ reproductive people: Samuel Lewis and Rachel strategies by carrying out follow Hughes, both 2nd year students from observations of mice in the field. the University of Manchester. While Marta will stay with us until Rachel will be working in the Farm on December. Just over a week after the differences in the use of the Marta’s arrival, Stephanie left. She territory between males, females, went back to her beloved Canada adults and juveniles striped mice, From left to right: Erwan, Nino, Marta, Ivana, Rachel, Sam, Ed and Stribling. (and to her fiancé, who had proposed Sam will be conducting a follows to her while on holidays here in South observation of striped mice to Africa!) to look for a job in wildlife compare the differences between the conservation. Stephanie had been a breeding season and the non- A WHOLE DAY IN SPRINGBOK real asset for our striped mouse team breeding season. Last, but by no and she will be surely missed. Shortly means least, in September we saw By Marta Wastawino after Stephanie’s departure, we the arrival of another field assistant, received a visit from Erwan’s parents, Stribling Stuber. Stribling, a student Springbok is the nearest town to the means that people can spend until 2h who stayed with us at the research from the US, will stay with us until Research Station and is also the (personal observation) at the phone, station for three days. Erwan’s father December and will help with the data capital of Namaqualand. Once a calling all the possible countries on is a well known ornithologist in collection in the main field site. week all the people staying at the the earth. One very strange Research Station jump in a car and phenomena: it is cheaper to call from face the 20km that divide the Reserve South Africa to other countries than to Station from Springbok.
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