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Overview

Neville Pillay is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Their research portfolio spans multiple aspects of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on ecology and behavior studies.

Pillay's work is primarily situated within the subfields of ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, social psychology, nature and landscape conservation, and global and planetary change. The scientist's research addresses key topics including animal behavior and reproduction, animal ecology and behavior studies, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, bat biology and ecology studies, primate behavior and ecology, physiological and biochemical adaptations, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Animals
  • Animal Cognition
  • Ethology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Neville Pillay include:

  • "Home range and use of residential gardens by yellow mongoose Cynictis penicillata in an urban environment," 2020, Urban Ecosystems
  • "Problem Solving in Animals: Proposal for an Ontogenetic Perspective," 2021, Animals
  • "Seasonal variation in telomere dynamics in African striped mice," 2020, Oecologia
  • "Seasonal variation in reversal learning reveals greater female cognitive flexibility in African striped mice," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Cognitive performance is linked to survival in free-living African striped mice," 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Carsten Schradin, Lindelani Makuya, Rebecca Rimbach, Tasmin L. Rymer, and Candice Nikita Neves. These collaborations contribute to the breadth and depth of their research impact.

Best Publications

  • INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN THE SPATIAL AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE AFRICAN STRIPED MOUSE

    Carsten Schradin;Neville Pillay

  • The striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) from the succulent karoo, South Africa: A territorial group-living solitary forager with communal breeding and helpers at the nest

    Carsten Schradin;Neville Pillay

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

    Carsten Schradin;Anna K. Lindholm;Jes Johannesen;Ivana Schoepf;Ivana Schoepf

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

    Carsten Schradin;Carsten Schradin;Barbara König;Neville Pillay

  • Female striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) change their home ranges in response to seasonal variation in food availability

    Carsten Schradin;Neville Pillay

  • Female home range size is regulated by resource distribution and intraspecific competition: a long-term field study

    Carsten Schradin;Carsten Schradin;Gabriela Schmohl;Heiko G. Rödel;Ivana Schoepf;Ivana Schoepf

  • Huddling in groups leads to daily energy savings in free‐living African Four‐Striped Grass Mice, Rhabdomys pumilio

    Michael Scantlebury;N.C. Bennett;J.R. Speakman;N. Pillay

  • A Meta-Analysis of Human–Wildlife Conflict: South African and Global Perspectives

    Nimmi Seoraj-Pillai;Neville Pillay

  • Paternal Care in the Social and Diurnal Striped Mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio): Laboratory and Field Evidence

    Carsten Schradin;Neville Pillay

  • Demography of the striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) in the succulent karoo

    C. Schradin;N. Pillay

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

    Carsten Schradin;Michael Scantlebury;Neville Pillay;Barbara König

  • The influence of the father on offspring development in the striped mouse

    Carsten Schradin;Neville Pillay

  • FEMALE MATE PREFERENCE AND REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN POPULATIONS OF THE STRIPED MOUSE RHABDOMYS PUMILIO

    Neville Pillay

  • Spatial Distribution of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins ( Sousa chinensis ) at Richards Bay, South Africa: Environmental Influences and Behavioural Patterns

    Shanan Atkins;Neville Pillay;Victor M. Peddemors

  • Stereotypic behaviour is genetically transmitted in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio

    U Schwaibold;N Pillay

  • Manipulation of population density and food availability affects home range sizes of African striped mouse females

    Ivana Schoepf;Ivana Schoepf;Gabriela Schmohl;Barbara König;Neville Pillay

  • Resilience to Droughts in Mammals: A Conceptual Framework for Estimating Vulnerability of a Single Species

    Tasmin L. Rymer;Neville Pillay;Carsten Schradin

  • Boldness: are open field and startle tests measuring the same personality trait?

    C.H. Yuen;I. Schoepf;C. Schradin;C. Schradin;C. Schradin;N. Pillay

  • Winter huddling groups in the striped mouse

    C Schradin;M Schubert;N Pillay

  • Male mate guarding in a socially monogamous mammal, the round-eared sengi: on costs and trade-offs

    Melanie Schubert;Melanie Schubert;Carsten Schradin;Carsten Schradin;Heiko G. Rödel;Neville Pillay

  • Regulation of Activity in Desert-Living Striped Mice: The Importance of Basking

    Carsten Schradin;Carsten Schradin;Sven Krackow;Melanie Schubert;Christina Keller

  • Space Use Variation in Co-Occurring Sister Species: Response to Environmental Variation or Competition?

    Claire M. S. Dufour;Christine Meynard;Johan Watson;Camille Rioux

  • Humpback dolphin bycatch in the shark nets in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Shanan Atkins;Shanan Atkins;Geremy Cliff;Neville Pillay

  • Evidence of environmental niche differentiation in the striped mouse (Rhabdomys sp.): inference from its current distribution in southern Africa

    Christine N. Meynard;Neville Pillay;Manon Perrigault;Pierre Caminade

Frequent Co-Authors

Carsten Schradin
Carsten Schradin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Georgia Mason
Georgia Mason University of Guelph
Christine N. Meynard
Christine N. Meynard Montpellier SupAgro
Michael Scantlebury
Michael Scantlebury Queen's University Belfast
Heiko G. Rödel
Heiko G. Rödel Paris 13 University
Markus Heinrichs
Markus Heinrichs University of Freiburg
Nigel C. Bennett
Nigel C. Bennett University of Pretoria
Geremy Cliff
Geremy Cliff University of KwaZulu-Natal
Sally Archibald
Sally Archibald University of the Witwatersrand
Ed T.F. Witkowski
Ed T.F. Witkowski University of the Witwatersrand

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