A large diversity of animals can use behavioural thermoregulation, which is the selection of microhabitats such as shade and sun patches or changes in activity patterns within days or between seasons, to maintain preferred body temperatures.
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16 August 2019
Plot showing the relationship between species richness and the abundance of dominant ants. The red line shows the decline in local species richness when invasive dominants are present, the orange line shows the pattern when only native dominants are present.
A recent study by a team of international researchers, including former C·I·B post-doctoral associate, Tom Bishop, has shown that invasive dominant ant species have different effects on the diversity of the wider ant community than native dominant species.
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7 August 2018
Tom Bishop and senior author Catherine Parr looking for ants in the Maloti-Drakensberg (Photo credit: Catherine Parr)
The ability of an invasive barnacle to use available food resources shows likely spread along the South coast of South Africa. These findings come from work by Haley Pope (Former C·I·B student) and Tammy Robinson and Mhairi Alexander of the C·I·B.
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5 September 2016
Surgical insertion of acoustic transmitters into largemouth bass (Photo credit: Olaf Weyl)
Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) are a popular and valuable sport-fish for anglers. They were introduced into South Africa in 1928, and have since been widely distributed across southern Africa.
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