Peer-Reviewed Publications [journal quartile in brackets]
1. Mosikidi, T., Le Maitre, N., Steenhuisen, S-L., Clark, R.V., Smith Lloyd, K., le Roux, A. Accepted. Passive acoustic monitoring detects new records of globally threatened birds in a high-elevation wetland (Free State, South Africa). Bird Conservation International. [Q1 – ornithology]
2. Painter, M., Gustison, M.L., Snyder-Mackler, N., Tinsley Johnson, E., le Roux, A., Bergman, T.J. In press. Acoustic variation and group-level convergence of gelada (Theropithecus gelada) contact calls. Animal Behaviour.[Q1]
3. le Roux, A. Accepted. Ecology in the wake of a zoonotic pandemic. In: Pushing frontiers: Multi-disciplinary reflections of science post COVID-19. Editors: W. Chinyamurindi & P. Moyo. AOSIS Scholarly Books.
4. Biljohn, M., Marenge, T.S., le Roux, A., and Schroeder, K. Accepted. A conceptual framework for mentorship support to early-career black women academics in South Africa. In: Advancing African Women in Academia: Charting Modern Solutions. Editors: G.T. Agbede & N. Govender. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
5. Renda, S., Periquet, S., and le Roux, A. 2023. Blown away? Wind speed and foraging success in an acoustic predator. Mammal Research 68:215-221. 10.1007/s13364-023-00673-7 [Q2 – Zoology]
6. Buschke, F., Mosikidi, T., le Roux, A., Mofokeng, L., & Vanschoenwinkel, B. 2023. Using local spatial biodiversity plans to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. In: Sustainable Futures in Southern Africa’s Mountains (Eds. A. Membretti, S.J. Taylor, J.L. Delves). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15773-8_4
7. Petelle, M.B., Jacobs, P.J., and le Roux, A. 2022. Innovative problem solving in a small, wild canid. Animal Cognition 26:405-413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01678-6 [Q1 – Zoology]
8. Botha, A.E., and le Roux, A. 2022. Black-backed jackal niche analysis: A stable isotope approach to a generalist mesopredator. Mammalian Biology 102:405-415 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00241-7. [Q2 – Zoology]
9. Botha, A.E., Drouilly, M., Koeppel, K. and le Roux, A., 2022. Trapping success of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in South Africa relative to land use type. In: Mammal Trapping ? Wildlife Management, Animal Welfare & International Standards. (Ed. G. Proulx), pp 161-172. Canada: Alpha Wildlife Publications.
10. Botha, A.E., Bruns, A., and le Roux, A. 2022. The movement and space use of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in a protected mountainous grassland area. African Zoology 57(1): 43–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2022.2057818 [Q2 - Zoology]
11. Grilo, C., Borda-de-Agua, L., Beja, P., Goolsby, E., Soanes, K., le Roux, A., Koroleva, E., Zanchetta F., Gagné, S., Wang, Y., and González-Suárez, M. 2021. Conservation threats from roadkill in the global road network. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30(11): 2200-2210. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13375 [Q1 - Ecology]
12. Granell-Ruiz, M., Norén, K., Kalthoff, D., le Roux, A., and Dalerum, F. 2021. Genetic variation between and within two populations of bat-eared foxes (Otocyon megalotis Desmarest, 1822) in South Africa. African Zoology 56(3):165-172. https://10.1080/15627020.2021.1942204 [Q3 - Zoology]
13. Jumbam, K.R., Périquet, S., Dalerum, F., and le Roux, A. 2019. Spatial and temporal variation in the use of supplementary food in an obligate termite specialist, the bat-eared fox. African Zoology 54:63-71. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-15daf1a60f [Q3 - Zoology]
14. Petelle, M., Périquet, S., and le Roux, A. 2019. Tameness does not correlate with the learning of an appetitive association in a wild canid. Current Zoology 65 (1):61-65. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy021 [Q1 - Zoology]
15. le Roux, A., Mathibane, A.N., and Nowak, K. 2019. Wild samango monkeys, Cercopithecus mitis, balance risk and opportunity to interact with novel objects in village gardens. International Journal of Primatology 40:661-670. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-019-00113-x [Q1 - Zoology]
16. Stander, A.H., le Roux, A., and Voua Otomo, P. 2019. Can local enhancement in earthworms affect the outcome of the standard earthworm avoidance test? Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 103:776-782. [Q2 – Medicine]
17. Le Roux, A. 2018. Trends in behavioural ecology: Putting South African research in a global perspective. South African Journal of Science 114(5-6): 21-26. [Q3 – Multidisciplinary Sciences]
18. Périquet, S., Roxburgh, L., le Roux, A., and Collinson, W. J. 2018. Testing the value of citizen science for roadkill studies: A case study from South Africa. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00015 [Q2 – Ecology]
19. Welch, R., le Roux, A., Petelle, M., and Périquet, S. 2018. The influence of environmental and social factors on high- and low-cost vigilance in bat-eared foxes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72(2): 29. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44857295 [Q1 – Zoology]
20. Périquet, S., and le Roux, A. 2018. Seasonal patterns of habitat selection in the myrmecophagous bat-eared fox. African Journal of Ecology 56: 548-554. [Q4 – Ecology]
21. de Bruin, R., Ganswindt, A., Laver, A., and le Roux, A. 2018. Friendly foxes: the relationship between steroid hormones and social behaviour in a monogamous African canid. Frontiers in Zoology. 306: 110-118. [Q1 – Zoology]
22. Renda, S., and le Roux, A. 2017. Sensory ecology of prey detection in the bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis). Behaviour 154 (2): 227-240. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003419 [Q2 – Zoology]
23. Nowak, K., Wimberger, K., Hill, R. A., Richards, S. A., and le Roux, A. 2017. Samango monkeys (Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus) manage risk in a seasonal, heterogeneous landscape in Amathole Mountains, South Africa. International Journal of Primatology 38: 194-206. [Q1 - Zoology]
24. Welch, R., Périquet, S., Petelle, M., and le Roux, A. 2017. Hunter or hunted? Perceptions of risk and reward in a small mesopredator. Journal of Mammalogy. 98(6): 1531-1537. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx100 [Q2 - Zoology]
25. De Bruin, R., Ganswindt, A., and le Roux, A. 2016. From killer to carer: Steroid hormones and paternal behaviour. African Zoology 51(4): 173-182. [Q3 - Zoology]
26. Benitez, M., Beehner, J., Fischer, J., le Roux, A., and Bergman, T. 2016. Acoustic and temporal variation in gelada loud calls advertise male quality. International Journal of Primatology 37(4): 568–585. [Q1 - Zoology]
27. Nowak, K. Richards, S.A., le Roux, A., and Hill, R. A. 2016. Influence of live-capture on risk perceptions of habituated samango monkeys. Journal of Mammalogy 97 (5): 1461-1468. [Q2 - Zoology]
28. Jacobs, P.J. and le Roux, A. 2016. First report of a myrmecophagous bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) hunting a hare (Lepus sp.). African Journal of Ecology 54(1): 128-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12259 [Q4 – Ecology]
29. le Roux, A., Botha, H., Dalerum, F., and Ganswindt, A. 2016. Non-invasive measurement of adrenocortical activity in a myrmecophagous mammal, the bat-eared fox. African Zoology 51(1): 47-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2016.1145071 [Q3 – Zoology]
30. Nowak, K., Hill, R.A., Wimberger, K. and A. le Roux. 2016. Risk-taking in samango monkeys in relation to humans at two sites in South Africa. In: Ethnoprimatology: Primate Conservation in the 21st Century (Ed. By M. Waller), pp. 301-314, UK: Springer.
31. Dalerum, F., le Roux, A., de Vries, L, Kamler, J., Stuart, C., Stuart, M., Wilson, B., and Do Linh San, E. 2016. A conservation assessment of Otocyon megalotis. In Child MF, Roxburgh L, Do Linh San E, Raimondo D, Davies-Mostert HT, editors. The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa.
32. le Roux, A., Balmforth, Z., Mbatyoti, O.A., Bizani, M., Avenant, N.L., and Do Linh San, E. 2016. A conservation assessment of Cynictis penicillata. In Child MF, Roxburgh L, Do Linh San E, Raimondo D, Davies-Mostert HT, editors. The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa.
33. le Roux, A. and Breshears, D. 2016. Introducing open source reference management software to a rural South African campus: Evaluating the effectiveness of workshops at the University of the Free State’s Qwaqwa campus. Journal of Higher Education in Africa 14(2): 49-60.
34. le Roux, A. 2016. Inverted engagement: A case study of the flipped classroom on a rural South African campus. Journal for New Generation Science (special edition) 14(1): 51- 62.
35. Nowak K, le Roux, A., Richards, S.A., Scheijen C., and Hill, R. 2014. Human observers modulate arboreal monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear. Behavioral Ecology 25:1199–1204. [Q1 – Zoology]
36. Manser, M. B., Jansen, D. A. W. A. M., Graw, B., Hollén, L. I., Bousquet, C. A. H., Furrer, R. D. and le Roux, A. 2014. Vocal complexity in meerkats and other mongoose species. Advances in the Study of Behavior 46: 281-310 (invited paper). [Q1 – Behavioural Sciences]
37. le Roux, A., R. Beishuizen, W. Brekelmans, A. Ganswindt, M. Paris, and Dalerum, F. 2014. Innovative paternal care in the bat-eared fox. Acta Ethologica 17(1): 63-66. 10.1007/s10211-013-0157-1 [Q3 – Zoology]
38. le Roux, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Roberts, E., Beehner, J., and Bergman, T. 2013. Evidence for tactical concealment in a wild primate. Nature Communications 4:1462. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2468 [Q1 – Multidisciplinary Sciences]
39. Breshears, D., and le Roux, A. 2013. Outsider discourse surrounding children’s experiences of familial identity in same-sex-parented families. In: Home affairs: Rethinking lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families in contemporary South Africa (Ed. by C. L.-D. Beer & J. Marnell), pp. 1-20. Johannesburg: Jacana Media.
40. Gustison, M., le Roux, A., and Bergman, T. 2012. Derived vocalisations of geladas (Theropithecus gelada) and the evolution of vocal complexity in primates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 367: 1847-1859 (invited paper). [Q1 – Biology]
41. le Roux, A., and Bergman, T. J. 2012. Indirect rival assessment in a social primate, Theropithecus gelada. Animal Behaviour 83: 249-255. [Q1 – Zoology]
42. le Roux, A., Beehner, J.C. and Bergman, T. J. 2010. Female philopatry and dominance patterns in wild geladas. American Journal of Primatology 71:1-9. [Q1 – Zoology]
43. Vos, P. J., Cloete, K.J., le Roux, A. Kidd, M., and Jordaan, G.P. 2010. A retrospective review of trends and clinical characteristics of methamphetamine-related acute psychiatric admissions in a South African context. African Journal of Psychiatry 13: 390-394.
44. le Roux, A., Cherry, M.I., and Manser, M.B. 2009. The vocal repertoire in a solitary foraging carnivore, Cynictis penicillata, may reflect facultative sociality. Naturwissenschaften 96:575-584.
45. le Roux, A., Cherry, M.I., Gygax, L. and Manser, M.B. 2009. Vigilance behaviour and fitness consequences: comparing a solitary foraging and an obligate group-foraging mammal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:1097-1107. [Q1 – Zoology]
46. Vidya, T. N. C., Balmforth, Z., le Roux, A., and Cherry, M.I. 2009. Genetic structure, relatedness and helping behaviour in the yellow mongoose in a farmland and a natural habitat. Journal of Zoology 278:57-64. [Q1 – Zoology]
47. Koen, L., Magni, P. Niehaus, D. J. H., and le Roux, A. 2008. Antipsychotic prescription patterns in Xhosa patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder: original article. African Journal of Psychiatry 11:287-290. [Q4]
48. le Roux, A., Cherry, M.I., and Manser, M.B. 2008a. The audience effect in a facultatively social mammal, the yellow mongoose, Cynictis penicillata. Animal Behaviour 75:943-949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.014 [Q1 – Zoology]
49. le Roux, A., Cherry, M.I., and Manser, M.B. 2008b. The effects of population density and sociality on scent marking in the yellow mongoose. Journal of Zoology 275:33-40. [Q1 – Zoology]
50. le Roux, A., Jackson, T.P., and Cherry, M.I. 2002. Differences in alarm vocalizations of sympatric populations of the whistling rats, Parotomys brantsii and P. littledalei (Rodentia: Muridae). Journal of Zoology 257:189-194. [Q1 – Zoology]
51. le Roux, A., Jackson, T.P., and Cherry, M.I. 2001a. Does Brants` whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) use an urgency-based alarm system in reaction to aerial and terrestrial predators? Behaviour 138:757-773. [Q2 – Zoology]
52. le Roux, A., Jackson, T.P., and Cherry, M.I. 2001b. The effect of changing call duration and calling bouts on vigilance in Brants` whistling rat, Parotomys brantsii. Behaviour 138:1287-1302. [Q2 – Zoology]
Commentaries and Public Scholarship
1. le Roux, A., Taylor, P.J., Foord, S., Liebenberg, L., Rosmarin, J., Mugwedi, L., Pokpas, K., Naidoo, S., Singh, J.A. 2023. SAGE Scientific Advisory on the environmental and heritage implications of South Africa’s Makhado-Musina Special Economic Zone.
2. le Roux, A. (24 February 2023). Research gap opens door to zoonotic illnesses. Commentary in the Pretoria News, Cape Times, and The Mercury; I was invited to submit this commentary by the Department of Science and Innovation.
3. le Roux, A. (2023). We built it and they came. Quest magazine 19(1): 32-33. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/315
4. Singh, J.A., Pokpas, K., Naidoo, S., Voua Otomo, P., Kanyerere, T., Petrik, L., Ikumi, D., Mazvimavi, D., Clarke, S., Jovanovic, N., Nkambule, S., Street, R., Manjoro, M., Sheridan, C., and le Roux, A. 2023. Strategic advisory on wastewater management in South Africa.
5. 2022: Invited contributor to the podcast “Blue” hosted by the Academic Citizen, in relation to the seismic surveys off the South African coast: https://the-academic-citizen.org/2022/06/30/58-blue/
6. Singh, J.A., le Roux, A., and Naidoo, S. 2022. Marine seismic surveys for hydrocarbon exploration: What’s at stake? South African Journal of Science 118 (3/4): Art. #13420. https://doi. org/10.17159/sajs.2022/13420 [Q2]
7. le Roux, A., Singh, J.A., Ansorge,I., Bornman, T., Elwen, S., Gammage, L., Naidoo, S., Rajkaran, A., Vrancken, P., Kumar, P., and Manjoro., M. 2022. Advisory on the use of deep-sea seismic surveys to explore for oil and gas deposits in South African Waters. https://www.assaf.org.za/files/2022/SAGE/SAGE%20Advisory%20on%20Shell%20Seismic%20Survey.pdf
8. Pardo, L.E., Bombaci, S., Huebner, S.E., Somers, M.J., Fritz, H., Downs, C., Guthmann, A., Hetem, R.S., Keith, M., le Roux, A., and Mgqatsa, N. 2021. Snapshot Safari: a large-scale collaborative to monitor Africa’s remarkable biodiversity. South African Journal of Science 117:1-4. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/8134 [Q2]
9. Clark, V.R., Mukwada, G., Hansen, M., Adelabu, S., Magaiza, G., and le Roux, A., Bredenhand, E., Otomo, P.V., Steenhuisen, S.L., Franke, A., and van Tol, J., 2021. The Afromontane Research Unit: Driving Connections and Capacity Building for the Sustainable Development of Southern African Mountains. Mountain Research and Development, 41(2): 1. https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-21-00038.1 [Q2]
10. Marufu, M.C., Karama, M., Mwale-Manjoro, M., Mapiye, C., Singh, J., Naidoo, A., and le Roux, A. 2021. SAGE Advisory on the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in KwaZulu-Natal in June-July 2021: mitigating a potential emergency. https://www.assaf.org.za/files/2021/1SAGE%20advisory%20FMD%20-%2012%20July%202021%20revised.pdf
11. Mzilikazi, K., le Roux, A., and van Vuuren, B. 2020. Bad science cannot be used as a basis of constructive dialogue: Response to Prof Nicoli Nattrass commentary. South African Journal of Science 116 (Special issue). DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2020/8583 [Q2]
12. “New thoughts on animal thinking.” Article in Farmer’s Weekly, 9 Aug 2019. Interview with Roelof Bezuidenhout which I, essentially, wrote.
13. le Roux, A., Mukwada, G., and Lombard, C. 2018. The Afromontane Research Unit – growing as a hub of transdisciplinary research. Mountain Research and Development 38(1):85-7. [Q2]
14. Mukwada, G., le Roux, A., Hlalele, D., and Lombard, C. 2016. The Afromontane Research Unit (ARU) in South Africa. Mountain Research and Development 36(3): 384-386. [Q2]
15. Regular contributor to The Conversation (www.theconversation.com)
a. June 4, 2020. What zoologists should learn from a zoonotic pandemic.
b. September 27, 2017. Turning traditional teaching on its head helps rural science students.
c. August 26, 2015. Strong networks can dilute sexism in higher education.
d. July 17, 2015. What animals can teach us about stress.
16. SAYAS PhD Blog: creator, manager, editor from 2015-2018 (http://sayasblog.org)
17. Nature issues 451-7, Naturejobs section: I blogged as postdoctoral researcher, contributing monthly stories from the field.