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Animal Science and Veterinary
South Africa
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
70
Citations
19569
World Ranking
164
National Ranking
2

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
68
Citations
18444
World Ranking
1515
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in South Africa Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Nigel C. Bennett is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans a range of subfields, including ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, paleontology, molecular biology, and genetics.

They have published numerous papers in several prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Journal of Zoology
  • Journal of Experimental Biology

Their research covers diverse topics, including:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies

Recent published papers featuring or related to their work include:

  • Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues, 2023, Nature Aging
  • Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current 'myths' in naked mole-rat biology, 2021, Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits, 2023, Science
  • Cultural transmission of vocal dialect in the naked mole-rat, 2021, Science

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Daniel W. Hart
  • André Ganswindt
  • Paul J. Jacobs
  • Chris G. Faulkes
  • D. Michael Scantlebury

Nigel C. Bennett has also contributed to scholarly books published by Frontiers Media, such as "Recent Advances in the Ecology and Evolution of the Bathyergidae," published in 2022.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • Oxidative stress, anti‐oxidant therapies and chronic kidney disease

    David M Small;Jeff S Coombes;Nigel Bennett;David W Johnson

  • African Mole-Rats: Ecology and Eusociality

    Nigel C. Bennett;Chris G. Faulkes

  • Mammalian eusociality: a family affair

    Jennifer U.M. Jarvis;M.Justin O'Riain;Nigel C. Bennett;Paul W. Sherman

  • Stress and the suppression of subordinate reproduction in cooperatively breeding meerkats

    Andrew J. Young;Anne A. Carlson;Steven L. Monfort;Andrew F. Russell

  • Molecular cell biology of androgen receptor signalling.

    Nigel C. Bennett;Robert A. Gardiner;John D. Hooper;David W. Johnson

  • Intrasexual competition and sexual selection in cooperative mammals

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;S. J. Hodge;Göran Spong;Göran Spong;A. F. Russell;A. F. Russell

  • Eusociality has evolved independently in two genera of bathyergid mole-rats — but occurs in no other subterranean mammal

    J. U. M. Jarvis;N. C. Bennett

  • Ecological constraints drive social evolution in the African mole-rats.

    C. G. Faulkes;N. C. Bennett;Michael William Bruford;H. P. O'Brien

  • The Social Structure and Reproductive Biology of Colonies of the Mole-Rat, Cryptomys damarensis (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)

    Nigel C. Bennett;Jennifer U. M. Jarvis

  • Ultraviolet signals ultra-aggression in a lizard

    Martin J. Whiting;Devi M. Stuart-Fox;David O'Connor;David Firth

  • Family values: group dynamics and social control of reproduction in African mole-rats

    Chris G. Faulkes;Nigel C. Bennett

  • 3. Ecology and Behavior of the Family Bathyergidae

    Jennifer U. M. Jarvis;Nigel C. Bennett;Paul W. Sherman;Richard D. Alexander

  • In contrast to many other mammals, cetaceans have relatively small hippocampi that appear to lack adult neurogenesis

    Nina Patzke;Muhammad A Spocter;Muhammad A Spocter;Karl Æ Karlsson;Mads F Bertelsen

  • Comparative patterns of philopatry and dispersal in two common mole-rat populations: implications for the evolution of mole-rat sociality

    Andrew C. Spinks;Jennifer U. M. Jarvis;Nigel C. Bennett

  • Daily and seasonal temperatures in the burrows of African rodent moles

    N.C. Bennett;J.U.M. Jarvis;K.C. Davies

  • The new framework for understanding placental mammal evolution

    Robert J. Asher;Nigel Bennett;Thomas Lehmann

  • Phylogeographical patterns of genetic divergence and speciation in African mole-rats (Family: Bathyergidae).

    C. G. Faulkes;E. Verheyen;W. Verheyen;J. U. M. Jarvis

  • Experimental alteration of litter sex ratios in a mammal

    Elissa Z Cameron;Patrick R Lemons;Philip W Bateman;Nigel C Bennett

  • Reproductive Suppression in Subordinate, Non-Breeding Female Damaraland Mole-Rats: Two Components to a Lifetime of Socially Induced Infertility

    N. C. Bennett;C. G. Faulkes;A. J. Molteno

  • Inbreeding avoidance and reproductive skew in a cooperative mammal.

    Rosie Cooney;Nigel C. Bennett

  • The reproductive biology of the Cape mole‐rat, Georychus capensis (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)

    N. C. Bennett;J. U. M. Jarvis

  • Environmental conditions in burrows of two species of African mole‐rat, Georhychus capensis and Cryptomys damarensis

    T. J. Roper;N. C. Bennett;L. Conradt;A. J. Molteno

  • Reproductive suppression and inbreeding avoidance in wild populations of co-operatively breeding meerkats (Suricata suricatta)

    M. J. O’Riain;N. C. Bennett;P. N. M. Brotherton;G. McIlrath

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer U. M. Jarvis
Jennifer U. M. Jarvis University of Cape Town
Chris G. Faulkes
Chris G. Faulkes Queen Mary University of London
Andre Ganswindt
Andre Ganswindt University of Pretoria
Michael Scantlebury
Michael Scantlebury Queen's University Belfast
Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Tim H. Clutton-Brock University of Cambridge
Glenda C. Gobe
Glenda C. Gobe University of Queensland
Paul R. Manger
Paul R. Manger University of the Witwatersrand
Philip W. Bateman
Philip W. Bateman Curtin University
Gary R. Lewin
Gary R. Lewin Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen

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