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List of works by Neville Pillay

Active and explorative individuals are often restless and excluded from studies measuring resting metabolic rate: Do alternative metabolic rate measures offer a solution?

scientific article published on 7 March 2017

Alternative reproductive tactics in female striped mice: Solitary breeders have lower corticosterone levels than communal breeders

scientific article published on 28 March 2015

Alternative reproductive tactics in female striped mice: heavier females are more likely to breed solitarily than communally.

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Anxiety and exploratory behavior in the African striped mouse, Rhabdomys, taxa are partially modified by the physical rearing environment

scientific article published on 14 December 2018

Bachelor groups form due to individual choices or environmental disrupters in African striped mice

scientific article published in 2021

Basal blood glucose concentration in free-living striped mice is influenced by food availability, ambient temperature and social tactic

scientific article published on May 2015

Behavioral strategies of the African ice rat Otomys sloggetti robertsi in the cold.

scientific article published on 27 June 2006

Behavioural correlates of urbanisation in the Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris

scientific article published on 30 September 2012

Both thyroid hormone levels and resting metabolic rate decrease in African striped mice when food availability decreases.

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Cooperative breeding in groups of synchronously mating females and evolution of large testes to avoid sperm depletion in african striped mice

scientific article published on 04 March 2009

Correction: Both thyroid hormone levels and resting metabolic rate decrease in African striped mice when food availability decreases (doi: 10.1242/jeb.151449)

scientific article published on 05 June 2018

Daily energy expenditure of males following alternative reproductive tactics: Solitary roamers spend more energy than group-living males

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Decision-making by bushveld gerbils (Gerbilliscus leucogaster)

scientific article published on 17 December 2020

Dietary protein influences the life-history characteristics across generations in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Elevated basal corticosterone levels increase disappearance risk of light but not heavy individuals in a long-term monitored rodent population

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

Fat content of striped mice decreases during the breeding season but not during the food-restricted dry season

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

Flexible Use of Urban Resources by the Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Food Availability Is the Main Driver of Seasonal Changes in Resting Metabolic Rate in African Striped Mice (Rhabdomys pumilio).

scientific article published in March 2018

Landscape correlates of space use in the critically endangered African wild dog Lycaon pictus

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

Life history traits of free-living bush Karoo rats (Otomys unisulcatus) in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo

scientific article published in 2021

Maternal care in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio: a behaviorally flexible phenotype that is modified by experience.

scientific article published on 7 March 2012

Pre- and postnatal dietary protein deficiency influences anxiety, memory and social behaviour in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys dilectus chakae

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

Protein deficiency decreases stereotypic behavior frequency and prevalence and activity in the striped mouse Rhabdomys dilectus chakae

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

RESILIENCE TO DROUGHTS IN MAMMALS: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ESTIMATING VULNERABILITY OF A SINGLE SPECIES.

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Reproductive competition favours solitary living while ecological constraints impose group-living in African striped mice.

scientific article published on 5 January 2010

Seasonal variation in attention and spatial performance in a wild population of the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio).

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Seasonal variation in energy expenditure in a rodent inhabiting a winter-rainfall desert

scientific article published on 08 June 2018

Separation at weaning from the family is stressful for naturally group-living, but not solitary-living, male African striped mice Rhabdomys.

scientific article published in May 2014

Social flexibility and social evolution in mammals: a case study of the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio).

scientific article published on September 2011

Sons benefit from paternal care in African striped mice

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Space use variation in co-occurring sister species: response to environmental variation or competition?

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Testosterone levels in dominant sociable males are lower than in solitary roamers: physiological differences between three male reproductive tactics in a sociably flexible mammal.

scientific article published in March 2009

The development of exploratory behaviour in the african striped mouse rhabdomys reflects a gene × environment compromise.

scientific article published on 28 July 2012

The pathophysiology of survival in harsh environments.

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Trade-offs between reproduction and health in free-ranging African striped mice.

scientific article published on 4 February 2017

Transmission of parental care behavior in African striped mice, Rhabdomys Pumilio

scientific article published on September 26, 2011