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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Rudi J. van Aarde was a researcher primarily affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Their work spanned across Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research topics covered various aspects of wildlife ecology and conservation, including:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Rudi J. van Aarde contributed to multiple publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Combining methods for non-invasive fecal DNA enables whole genome and metagenomic analyses in wildlife biology," 2023, Frontiers in Genetics
  • "Mapping potential connections between Southern Africa's elephant populations," 2022, PLoS ONE
  • "Protecting and connecting landscapes stabilizes populations of the Endangered savannah elephant," 2024, Science Advances
  • "The 2020 elephant die-off in Botswana," 2021, PeerJ
  • "Development and validation of a spatially-explicit agent-based model for space utilization by African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) based on determinants of movement," 2021, Ecological Modelling

The scientist frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Genetics, PLoS ONE, Science Advances, and Biological Conservation.

Frequent collaborators included:

  • Alida de Flamingh
  • Alfred L. Roca
  • Ryan M. Huang
  • Stuart L. Pimm
  • Robert A. R. Guldemond

The researcher was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • Fences and artificial water affect African savannah elephant movement patterns

    Scott R. Loarie;Rudi J. Van Aarde;Stuart L. Pimm;Stuart L. Pimm

  • Megaparks for metapopulations: Addressing the causes of locally high elephant numbers in southern Africa

    Rudi J. Van Aarde;Timothy Peter Jackson

  • A Meta‐Analysis of the Impact of African Elephants on Savanna Vegetation

    Robert Guldemond;Rudi Van Aarde

  • Elephant seasonal vegetation preferences across dry and wet savannas

    Scott R. Loarie;Rudi J. van Aarde;Stuart L. Pimm;Stuart L. Pimm

  • Culling and the dynamics of the Kruger National Park African elephant population

    Rudi van Aarde;Ian Whyte;Stuart Pimm

  • Functional connectivity within conservation networks: Delineating corridors for African elephants

    C.L. Roever;R.J. van Aarde;K. Leggett

  • Solutions for elephant Loxodonta africana crop raiding in northern Botswana: moving away from symptomatic approaches

    Tim P. Jackson;Sibangani Mosojane;Sam M. Ferreira;Rudi J. van Aarde

  • The pitfalls of ignoring behaviour when quantifying habitat selection

    C.L. Roever;H.L. Beyer;Michael J. Chase;R.J. van Aarde

  • An evaluation of habitat rehabilitation on coastal dune forests in Northern Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

    R. J. Aarde;S. M. Ferreira;J. J. Kritzinger;P. J. Dyk

  • The seasonal occurrence and behaviour of Killer whales Orcinus orca, at Marion Island

    P. R. Condy;R. J. Van Aarde;M. N. Bester

  • Geographical and taxonomic biases in research on biodiversity in human-modified landscapes

    Morgan J. Trimble;Rudi J. van Aarde

  • Species inequality in scientific study.

    Morgan J. Trimble;Rudi J. Van Aarde

  • Managing the elephants of Kruger National Park

    Ian Whyte;Rudi van Aarde;Stuart L. Pimm

  • Elephant spatial use in wet and dry savannas of southern Africa

    K. D. Young;S. M. Ferreira;R. J. Van Aarde

  • Functional responses in the habitat selection of a generalist mega-herbivore, the African savannah elephant

    C. L. Roever;R. J. van Aarde;K. Leggett

  • Science and elephant management decisions in South Africa

    K.D. Young;R.J. Van Aarde

  • Convergence between dung beetle assemblages of a post-mining vegetational chronosequence and unmined dune forest

    Adrian L. V. Davis;Rudi J. van Aarde;Clarke H. Scholtz;Jaco H. Delport

  • COMMUNITY CONVERGENCE IN DISTURBED SUBTROPICAL DUNE FORESTS

    T. D. Wassenaar;R. J. van Aarde;S. L. Pimm;S. L. Pimm;S. M. Ferreira

  • Landscape heterogeneity and the use of space by elephants in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

    Matthew Grainger;Rudi van Aarde;Ian Whyte

  • Effects of feline panleucopaenia on the population characteristics of feral cats on Marion Island.

    P. J. J. van Rensburg;J. D. Skinner;R. J. van Aarde

  • Increasing representation of localized dung beetles across a chronosequence of regenerating vegetation and natural dune forest in South Africa

    Adrian L. V. Davis;Rudi J. van Aarde;Clarke H. Scholtz;Jaco H. Delport

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart L. Pimm
Stuart L. Pimm Duke University
Sam M. Ferreira
Sam M. Ferreira South African National Parks
Robert P. Millar
Robert P. Millar University of Pretoria
Adrian L. V. Davis
Adrian L. V. Davis University of Pretoria
Clarke H. Scholtz
Clarke H. Scholtz University of Pretoria
Kyle S. Van Houtan
Kyle S. Van Houtan Duke University
Marion Pfeifer
Marion Pfeifer Newcastle University
Stuart Patton
Stuart Patton University of California, San Diego
Susan W. Nicolson
Susan W. Nicolson University of Pretoria
James Nelson Blignaut
James Nelson Blignaut Stellenbosch University

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