Publications by Dr Marienne de Villiers

1. Papers in refereed journals

• Davies, B.R., Stuart, V. & De Villiers, M.S. 1989. The filtration activity of a serpulid polychaete population (Ficopomatus enigmaticus) and its' effects on water quality in a coastal marina. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 29: 613-620
• De Villiers, M.S. 1993. A comparison of subterranean herbivory by fossorial and terrestrial mammals. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 48: 257-264.
• De Villiers, M.S., Van Aarde, R.J. & Dott, H.M. 1994. Habitat utilization by the Cape porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis in a savanna ecosystem. J. Zool., Lond. 232: 534-549.
• De Villiers, M.S. & Van Aarde, R.J. 1994. Aspects of habitat disturbance by Cape porcupines in a savanna ecosystem. S. Afr. J. Zool. 29: 217-220.
• De Villiers, M.S., Meltzer, D.G.A., Van Heerden, J., Mills, M.G.L., Richardson, P.R.K. & Van Jaarsveld, A.S. 1995. Handling-induced stress and mortalities in wild dogs. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 262: 215-220.
• De Villiers, M.S., Van Jaarsveld, A.S., Meltzer, D.G.A. & Richardson, P.R.K. 1997. Social dynamics and the cortisol response to immobilisation stress of the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus. Horm. Behav. 31: 3-14.
• Frantzen, M.A.J., Ferguson, J.W.H. & De Villiers, M.S. (in press). The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in captivity. A prolific captive breeding program does not necessarily imply a successful conservation program. Biol. Cons.

2. Conference papers

• Zoological Society of southern Africa
  Papers:
  1. Food preferences of the Cape porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis (1990)
  2. Habitat utilisation by the Cape porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis (1991)
  3. Habitat modification by the Cape porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis (1992)
  4. Social behaviour of African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus (1994)
  5. Social dynamics and the cortisol response to immobilisation stress in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) (1995)
  
• 25th Anniversary symposium of the Mammal Research Institute
  Paper: Aspects of subterranean foraging by mammalian herbivores (1991)
• Small Mammals Symposium, Israel
  Poster: Three-scale habitat utilisation by the Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) in a savanna ecosystem (1991)
• Annual Meeting, Pan African Association of Zoological Gardens, Aquaria and Botanical Gardens
  Papers:
  1. Towards a captive breeding program for the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus (1993)
  2. Social hierarchy and rank reversals in a captive pack of African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) (1994)
  3. The role of research in captive breeding: A case study involving the African wild dog (1995)
  
• Conservation Breeding Specialist Group Meeting, Dublin, Ireland
  Paper: Captive breeding of wild dogs in South Africa (1995)
• 13th Faculty Day, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Onderstepoort
  Paper: The immobilisation stress response of the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus (1996)

  3. Popular papers and posters

  Papers
  Society: Wildlife Society of southern Africa
  1. Porcupines - Landscape Architects (Witbank, 1992)
  2. The African Wild Dog: Survival or Extinction? (Brits, 1993)
  3. Wild Dogs in Captivity: a Prison Sentence, or a Last Chance for Survival? (Alberton, 1994)
  4. The Year of the Dog (Rustenburg, 1995)
  

  Exhibitions
  1994 Exposition, University of Pretoria
  Poster: In situ and ex situ conservation of African wild dogs

Unpublished papers

• Frantzen, M.A.J. & De Villiers, M.S. 1994. African Preservation Programme Studbook for the African Wild Dog, Lycaon pictus. Pp. 58.
• De Villiers, M.S. 1995. Guidelines for holding African wild dogs in captivity. Pp. 2.
• De Villiers, M.S. & Frantzen, M.A.J. 1996. South African APP Regional Studbook for the African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus).
• De Villiers, M.S., Van Jaarsveld, A.S. & Richardson, P.R.K.(in prep.). Patterns of coalition formation and spatial association in a social carnivore, the African wild dog Lycaon pictus.