Marthán N Bester

University of Pretoria — South Africa

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Marine animal studies overview(386), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics(217), Cryospheric studies and observations(121), Underwater Acoustics Research(50), Avian ecology and behavior(42)

Publications438 total

Monitoring of vagrant seals on mid-oceanic islands of the South Atlantic Ocean
Polar Biology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Extreme herding behavior in adult male sub-Antarctic fur seals
Journal of Ethology·2025Open Access
Seasonal occurrence and condition of leopard seals at an extralimital Sub-Antarctic Island
Polar Biology·2025Open Access
Territoriality in adult male sub-Antarctic fur seals at Gough Island
Polar Biology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Rudi van Aarde 1951 – 2023
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa·2024Open Access
Contest competition and injury in adult male sub-Antarctic fur seals
Journal of Ethology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Robustly estimating the demographic contribution of immigration: Simulation, sensitivity analysis and seals
Journal of Animal Ecology·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Patterns of occurrence of the sub-Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray 1872) in Southern Brazil: climatic and environmental associations
Polar Biology·2023· 4 cited
Population Ecology of Southern Elephant Seals at Marion Island
2023· 1 cited
Tracking the foraging migrations of Marion Island southern elephant seals (<i>Mirounga leonina</i>) during their first year of life
Marine Mammal Science·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Cryptorchidism in the sub-Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
Polar Biology·2023Open Access
Aspects of the skin morphology in the sub-Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
Zoomorphology·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Reproductive phenology is a repeatable, heritable trait linked to the timing of other life-history events in a migratory marine predator
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Density-related reproductive costs and natal conditions predict male life history in a highly polygynous mammal
Animal Behaviour·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
The nightlife of a Ross seal: diving and haul-out behaviour from the eastern Weddell Sea
Antarctic Science·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
The ontogeny of at-sea behaviour in male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at Marion Island
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Canine morphometrics as a tool for distinguishing species, sex, and age class in Southern Ocean fur seals
Journal of Morphology·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
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2022
Cephalopod diet of juvenile male southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina at Marion Island, South Indian Ocean
Polar Biology·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Dispersion of a southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina to Possession Island, Namibia
Polar Biology·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

P J Nico de Bruyn(11), Clive R. McMahon(11), Mark A. Hindell(10), Horst Bornemann(9), Trevor McIntyre(8), Lars Boehme(7), Kit M. Kovacs(7), Pierre Pistorius(7), M. A. Fedak(6), Robert Harcourt(6), Stephen P. Kirkman(6), Daniel P. Costa(5), Mary‐Anne Lea(5), Christian Lydersen(5), Jean‐Benoit Charrassin(5), Harry R. Burton(5), Cheryl Ann Tosh(5), G. J. Greg Hofmeyr(5), Luis A. Hückstädt(4), Benjamin Arthur(4)