Aliza le Roux

Ms. Aliza le Roux
University of the Free State
Kestell Rd
Phuthaditjhaba, Free State 9866
South Africa

Mailing Address:
University of the Free State
Private Bag X13
-9707 Phuthaditjhaba, Free State



Phone: +27790733477
Phone2: +27790733477
E-mail: lerouxa3(at)ufs.ac.za
URL Institution: www.ufs.ac.za


Additional functions:
I am a member of the South African Young Academy of Science, the Organisation of Women in Science in the Developing World, and a coordinator in the Afromontane Research Unit (institutional flagship program).


Key Publications of Aliza le Roux (up to ten) :
1. Nowak, K. Richards, S.A., le Roux, A. & Hill, R. A. (Accepted) Does live-capture affect habituated mammals' landscape of fear?: A case study using samango monkeys. Journal of Mammalogy.
2. Nowak, K., Wimberger, K., Hill, R. A., Richards, S. A. & le Roux, A. (Accepted) Monkeys manage risk in a seasonal, heterogeneous landscape in Amathole Mountains, South Africa. International Journal of Primatology.
3. Jacobs, P.J. & le Roux, A. (2016). First report of a myrmecophageous bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) hunting a hare (Lepus sp.). African Journal of Ecology 54(1): 128-130.
4. le Roux, A., Botha, H., Dalerum, F. & Ganswindt, A. (2016) Non-invasive measurement of adrenocortical activity in a myrmecophageous mammal, the bat-eared fox. African Zoology 51(1): 47-51.
5. Nowak K, le Roux, A., Richards, S.A., Scheijen C., Hill R. 2014. Human observers modulate arboreal monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear. Behavioural Ecology 25:1199–1204.
6. le Roux, A., R. Beishuizen, W. Brekelmans, A. Ganswindt, M. Paris, F. Dalerum. 2014. Innovative paternal care in the bat-eared fox. Acta Ethologica 17(1): 63-66.
7. le Roux, A., N. Snyder-Mackler, E. Roberts, J. Beehner, T. Bergman. 2013. Evidence for tactical concealment in a wild primate. Nature Communications 4:1462.
8. Gustison, M., A. le Roux, and T. Bergman. 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).
9. le Roux, A., and T. J. Bergman. 2012. Indirect rival assessment in a social primate, Theropithecus gelada. Animal Behaviour 83: 249-255.
10. le Roux, A., M. I. Cherry, L. Gygax, and M. B. Manser. 2009. Vigilance behaviour and fitness consequences: comparing a solitary foraging and an obligate group-foraging mammal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:1097-1107.


Expertise of Aliza le Roux:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic Biosphere	Animals
Topic Society	Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes
	Education / Communication / Participation
Methods	Data Collection
	Program Coordination / Management
Mountain Research Initiative	Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount
	Africa

Specialties of Aliza le Roux:
Cognitive ecology; behavioural ecology; acoustic communication; road ecology.

Last update: 9/6/17
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