School of Biological Sciences

Schradin, C., Scantlebury, M., Pillay, N. and König, B. (2009). Testosterone Levels in Dominant Sociable Males Are Lower than in Solitary Roamers: Physiological Differences between Three Male Reproductive Tactics in a Sociably Flexible Mammal.  Am. Nat., 173: 376-388.

Scantlebury, M., Lovegrove, B.G., Bennett, N.C., Jackson, C.R., and Lutermann, H. (2008). Hibernation and non-shivering thermogenesis in the Hottentot golden mole (Amblysomus hottentottus longiceps).  J. Comp. Physiol. B., 178: 887-897.

Scantlebury, M., Waterman, J.M. and Bennett N.C. (2008). Alternative reproductive tactics in male Cape ground squirrels Xerus inauris.  Physiol. Behav., 94: 359-367.

Kotze, J., Bennett, N.C. and Scantlebury, M. (2008). The energetics of huddling in two species of mole-rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae).  Physiol. Behav., 93: 215-221.

Wallach, A.D., Inbar, M., Scantlebury, M., Speakman, J.R., and Shanas, U. (2007). Water requirements as a bottleneck in the reintroduction of European roe deer to the southern edge of its range.  Can. J. Zool., 85: 1182-1192.

Scantlebury, M., Waterman, J.M., Hillegass, M. Speakman, J.R. and Bennett, N.C. (2007). Energetic costs of parasitism in the Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris.  Proc. Roy. Soc. B., 274: 2169-2177.

Kinahan A.A., Kotze, A. Bateman, P.W. and Scantlebury, M. (2007). Daily body temperature rhythms in the African savanna elephant, Loxodonta Africana.  Physiol. Behav., 92: 560-565.

Scantlebury, M. and Minting, P. (2006). Differences in resting metabolic rates of two South African tortoises: Psammobates oculifer and Geochelone pardalis.  Afr. J. Herpet., 55: 161-165.

Broekman, M., Bennett, N.C. and Scantlebury, M. (2006). Mole-rats from higher altitudes have greater thermoregulatory capabilities.  Physiol. Behav., 89: 750-754.

Wilson, J.W. and Scantlebury, M. (2006). Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor) mimic Woodward's Batis (Batis fratrum): evidence of interspecific competitive acoustic mimicry?  Ostrich, 77: 233-234.

Scantlebury, M., Speakman, J.R. Oosthuizen, M.K, Roper, T.J. and Bennett, N.C. (2006). Energetics reveals physiologically distinct castes in a eusocial mammal.  Nature, 440: 795-797.

Scantlebury, M., Harris, S., Allcroft, D.J. and Hutchings, M. (2006). Individual trade-offs between nutrition and risk of interspecific transmission of disease by grazing: cows, badger latrines and bovine tuberculosis.  Behaviour, 143: 141-158.

Scantlebury, M., Bennett, N.C., Speakman, J.R. Pillay, N. and Schradin C. (2006). Huddling in groups leads to daily energy savings in free-living African Four-Striped Grass Mice, Rhabdomys pumilio.  Func. Ecol., 20: 166-173.

Haim, A., Shanas, U. and Scantlebury, M. (2005). Comparative physiology of heat production in rodents under increasing salinity: effects of habitat and habits.  Belgian J. Zool., 135: 55-59.

Scantlebury, M., Speakman, J.R. and Bennett, N.C. (2006). The energy costs of sexual dimorphism in mole-rats are morphological not behavioural.  Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B., 273: 57-63.

Scantlebury, M., Shanas, U. and Haim, A. (2005). Seasonal acclimatization of non-shivering thermogenesis in common spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) from different adjacent habitats.  Afr. Zool., 40: 319-322.

Haim, A., Shanas, U., El Salam Zubidad, A. and Scantlebury, M. (2005). Seasonality and seasons out of time - the thermoregulatory effects of light interference.  Chronobiol. Int., 22: 59-66.

Scantlebury, M., Shanas, U., Afik, D. and Haim, A. (2005). Comparative seasonal acclimatization of food and energy consumption in adjacent populations of the common spiny mouse Acomys cahirinus.  J. Zool. Lond., 267: 1-6.

Scantlebury, M., Oosthuizen, M.K., Speakman, J.R., Jackson, C.R., and Bennett, N.C. (2005). Seasonal field energetics of the Hottentot golden mole (Ambysomus hottentotus longiceps) at 1500m altitude.  Physiology and Behavior, 84(5): 739-745.

Ergon, T., Speakman, J.R., Scantlebury, M., Cavanagh, R., and Lambin, X. (2004). Body mass and energy expenditure in overwintering field voles (Microtus agrestis): Why are voles smaller in declining populations?  Am. Nat., 163(3): 442-457.

Scantlebury, M., Clutton-Brock, T.H., and Speakman J.R. (2004). Energetics of cooperative breeding in meerkats Suricata suricatta.  International Congress Series , 1275: 367-274.

Scantlebury, M., Hutchings, M., Allcroft, D. and Harris, S. (2004). Risk of Disease from Wildlife Reservoirs: Badgers, Cattle and Bovine Tuberculosis.  J. Dairy Science, 87: 330-339.

Scantlebury, M., Shanas, U., Kupshtein, H., Speakman, J. R. and Haim, A. (2004). Differential energy costs of winter acclimatised common spiny mice Acomys cahirinus from two adjacent habitats.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 137(2): 419-423.

Speakman, J. R., Ergon, T., Cavanagh, R., Reid, K., Scantlebury, D.M., and Lambin, X. (2003). Resting metabolic rates and daily energy expenditures of free-living field voles (Microtus agrestis) are positively correlated but reflect extrinsic rather than intrinsic effects.  P.N.A.S., 100(24): 14057-14062.

Shanas, U., Afik, D., Scantlebury, M. and Haim, A. (2003). Differential osmoregulatory capabilities of common spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) from adjacent microhabitats.  J. Zool. London, 261: 7-13.

Scantlebury, M., Shanas, U., Kupshtein, H., Afik, D. and Haim, A. (2003). Non-shivering thermogenesis in common spiny mice Acomys cahirinus from adjacent habitats: response to seasonal acclimatization and salinity acclimation.  J. Therm. Biol., 28: 287-299.

Scantlebury, M., Afik, D., Shanas, U., Kupstein, H. and A. Haim. (2003). Energetics and water economy of two populations of the common spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) from adjacent habitats.  Func. Ecol., 17: 178-185.

Scantlebury, M., Russell, A.F., McIlrath, G.M., Speakman, J.R. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2002). Energetics of lactation in cooperative breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta.  Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B., 269: 2147-2153.

Shanas, U., Afik, D., Scantlebury, M. and A. Haim. (2002). The effects of season and dietary salt content on body temperature daily rhythms of common spiny mice from different micro-habitats.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 132: 287-295.

Scantlebury, M., Afik, D., Shanas, U., and A. Haim. (2002). Comparative non-shivering thermogenesis in adjacent populations of the common spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) from opposite slopes: the effects of increasing salinity.  J. Comp. Physiol. A., 172: 1-5.

Scantlebury, M., Butterwick, R, and J.R. Speakman. (2001). Energetics and litter size variation in domestic dog Canis familiaris breeds of two sizes.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A., 129: 919-931.

Ward, S., Scantlebury, M., Krol, E., Thomson, P.J., Sparling, C., and J.R. Speakman. (2000). Preparation of hydrogen from water by reduction with lithium aluminium hydride for the analysis of d²H by isotope ratio mass spectrometry.  Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrom., 14: 450-453.

Scantlebury, M., Butterwick, R, and J.R. Speakman. (2000). Energetics of lactation in domestic dog (Canis familiaris) breeds of two sizes.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 125: 197-210.

Scantlebury, M., Hynds, W., Booles, D. and J.R. Speakman. (2000). Isotope recycling in lactating dogs (Canis familiaris).  Am. J. Physiol., 278: R699-R676.

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