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Overview

Ara Monadjem is affiliated with the University of Eswatini in Swaziland and has made substantial contributions to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on ecology and biology, particularly centered on bat biology and wildlife conservation.

The main areas of study in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these, their subfields of expertise cover:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics

Monadjem's research topics span several domains:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior

The scientist has published work in several frequent venues including:

  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Acta Chiropterologica
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • African Journal of Ecology

Some notable papers by Ara Monadjem include:

  • A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species, 2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities, 2022, Journal of Biogeography
  • CYP2J19 mediates carotenoid colour introgression across a natural avian hybrid zone, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • The allometry of movement predicts the connectivity of communities, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global patterns of functional trait variation along aridity gradients in bats, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography

Monadjem has also co-authored works frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Robert A. McCleery
  • Robert J. Fletcher
  • Peter J. Taylor
  • Desiré L. Dalton
  • Mnqobi L. Mamba

The scientist has contributed to book publications with two editions of "Bats of Southern and Central Africa," one published in 2020 by Wits University Press eBooks and a second edition in 2020 by the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Another book titled "African Ark" was published in 2023 by Wits University Press eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction

    Darcy Ogada;Philip Shaw;Rene L Beyers;Ralph Buij

  • Molecular diet analysis of two african free-tailed bats (molossidae) using high throughput sequencing.

    Kristine Bohmann;Ara Monadjem;Christina Lehmkuhl Noer;Morten Rasmussen

  • Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis

    Ara Monadjem;Peter J. Taylor;Christiane Denys;Fenton P.D. Cotterill

  • Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

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  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • Nesting distribution of vultures in relation to land use in Swaziland

    Ara Monadjem;David K. Garcelon

  • Designing a transfrontier conservation landscape for the Maputaland centre of endemism using biodiversity, economic and threat data

    Robert J. Smith;Julian Easton;Bruno A. Nhancale;Adrian J. Armstrong

  • Four new bat species (Rhinolophus hildebrandtii complex) reflect Plio-Pleistocene divergence of dwarfs and giants across an Afromontane archipelago.

    Peter J. Taylor;Peter J. Taylor;Peter J. Taylor;Samantha Stoffberg;Ara Monadjem;Martinus Corrie Schoeman

  • Ranging behaviour of Cape Vultures Gyps coprotheres from an endangered population in Namibia

    Andrew J. Bamford;Maria Diekmann;Ara Monadjem;John Mendelsohn

  • The influence of riparian vegetation on the distribution and abundance of bats in an African savanna

    Ara Monadjem;April Reside

  • Changes in bird communities in Swaziland savannas between 1998 and 2008 owing to shrub encroachment

    Clelia Sirami;Ara Monadjem

  • Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa

    Ara Monadjem;Peter J. Taylor;Christiane Denys;Fenton P.D. Cotterill

  • Climate change effects on animal and plant phylogenetic diversity in southern Africa

    Dorothea V. Pio;Dorothea V. Pio;Dorothea V. Pio;Robin Engler;H. Peter Linder;Ara Monadjem

  • Domestic cats and dogs create a landscape of fear for pest rodents around rural homesteads

    Themb’alilahlwa A. M. Mahlaba;Ara Monadjem;Ara Monadjem;Robert McCleery;Steven R. Belmain

  • Bats of Southern and Central Africa

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  • Developing a Code of Conduct for whale shark interactions in Mozambique

    Simon J. Pierce;Adriana Méndez-Jiménez;Kym Collins;Marcela Rosero-Caicedo

  • A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species

    Ara Monadjem;Ara Monadjem;Ara Monadjem;Terrence C Demos;Desire L Dalton;Paul W Webala

  • Animal diversity declines with broad-scale homogenization of canopy cover in African savannas

    Robert A. McCleery;Ara Monadjem;Ara Monadjem;Benjamin Baiser;Robert Fletcher Jr

  • Vultures acquire information on carcass location from scavenging eagles

    Adam Kane;Andrew L. Jackson;Darcy L. Ogada;Ara Monadjem

  • Integrative taxonomy resolves three new cryptic species of small southern African horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus)

    Peter J Taylor;Peter J Taylor;Angus Macdonald;Steven M Goodman;Teresa Kearney;Teresa Kearney

  • Inconsistent effects of landscape heterogeneity and land-use on animal diversity in an agricultural mosaic: a multi-scale and multi-taxon investigation

    Chevonne Reynolds;Chevonne Reynolds;Robert J. Fletcher;Celine M. Carneiro;Nicole Jennings

  • Seasonal patterns of habitat use by insectivorous bats in a subtropical African agro‐ecosystem dominated by macadamia orchards

    Peter John Taylor;Ara Monadjem;Ara Monadjem;Jacobus Nicolaas Steyn

  • Stomach contents of 19 species of small mammals from Swaziland

    A. Monadjem

  • A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions?

    Lourens H. Swanepoel;Corrie M. Swanepoel;Peter R. Brown;Seth J. Eiseb

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Taylor
Peter J. Taylor University of the Free State
Robert J. Fletcher
Robert J. Fletcher University of Florida
April E. Reside
April E. Reside University of Queensland
Ian C.W. Hardy
Ian C.W. Hardy University of Helsinki
Andrew E. McKechnie
Andrew E. McKechnie University of Pretoria
Herwig Leirs
Herwig Leirs University of Antwerp
Keith L. Bildstein
Keith L. Bildstein Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Grant R. Singleton
Grant R. Singleton University of Greenwich
Samantha M. Wisely
Samantha M. Wisely University of Florida
Ricardo M. Holdo
Ricardo M. Holdo University of Georgia

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