DR. DONNAVAN KRUGER
The scope of my research includes the ecology and conservation of frogs occurring in urban habitats of South Africa, with a strong focus on bioacoustics. I am also interested in migration patterns of frogs in urban habitats, as well as how roads affect them. I also extensively study the acoustic properties of frogs calls and how human-generated noise affects their calling behaviour.
Link to institution: www.nwu.ac.za/aacrg
Ecology and Acoustics: Emergent properties from community to landscape
Paris, France
2014.06.16-18
Contemporary Conservation Symposium
Howick, South Africa
2014.11.3-7
EVENTS: PAST & FUTURE
IBAC Conference
&
ISE Symposium
Murnau, Germany
2015.09.7-11
Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium
Potchefstroom, South Africa
2016.01.18-21
Bioacoustics Workshop
Stellenbosch, South Africa
2016.02.15-18
IBAC Conference
Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
2017.10 - TBD
LATEST RESEARCH
Urbanization affects frog communities at multiple scales in a rapidly developing African city
Donnavan J.D. Kruger, Andrew J. Hamer, Louis H. Du Preez
Urban Ecosystems, 2015
Morphology of the elygium and developing umbraculum in the eye of Amietia vertebralis tadpoles
Donnavan J.D. Kruger, Che´ Weldon, Les R. Minter,
Louis H. Du Preez
Journal of Morphology, 2013
Biodiversity of frog haemoparasites from sub-tropical northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Edward C. Netherlands, Courtney A. Cook, Donnavan J. Kruger, Louis H. du Preez, Nico J. Smit
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015
Resolving the confusion: Amietia vertebralis and
A. umbraculata tadpole morphology
Donnavan J.D. Kruger, Ché Weldon, Louis H. Du Preez
African Zoology, 2011
