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Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr Rita Covas (External Postdoc)

Life-history variation and energy use by South African birds

Dr Wayne Delport

Demographic histories of species exhibiting variance in population size fluctuations, migrations or alternate periods of population isolation

Dr Corine Eising

Maternal investment in relation to partner quality in the Bar-throated Apalis and Lesser; Double-collared Sunbird

Dr Ulf Johansson

Phylogenetic relationships of birds, in the songbirds (Passeriformes) and trogons (Trogonidae)

Dr Barbara Paterson

Developing a fuzzy logic knowledge based decision support system for the

ecosystem approach to fisheries
Dr Andy Radford (External Postdoc)

Conflicts and collaborations within and between social groups and how such interactions are mediated by vocalisations

Dr Mandy Ridley

The causes and consequences of helping behaviour in the cooperatively

breeding Pied Babbler (Turdoides bicolor)
Dr Lizanne Roxburgh

Conservation and ecology of a threatened Zambian endemic, Chaplin's Barbet

Dr Claire Spottiswoode (External Postdoc)

Sociable Weaver coloniality; comparative analyses of avian life-histories; brood parasitism; African ornithology
Dr Andrew Taylor

Comparative avian immunology, using measures of immune system function and

parasite loads across species to examine questions in evolutionary ecology;

behavioural ecology of cooperative breeding in the Karoo Robin

Contact Details

Postal Address: Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3,

Rondebosch, 7701

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: http://www.zoology.uct.ac.za/


DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Birds as Keys to Biodiversity Conservation at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute

Research Report 2006
Director: Professor Morné A. du Plessis
Centre Profile
The Percy FitzPatrick Institute (Fitztitute) is one of seven DST/NRF Centres of Excellence recognised by the National Research Foundation in the field of science in South Africa. This status recognises the excellence of its contributions to Biodiversity Conservation through research, teaching, and advising government and private sector bodies. This is achieved through promoting and undertaking scientific studies involving birds, and contributing to the theory and practice of maintaining biological diversity and the sustainable use of biological resources. The research programme covers topics which contribute to the development of a knowledge base focussed on a variety of crucial questions relating to Understanding Biodiversity and Maintaining Biodiversity – the two themes of the programme. The Fitztitute has extended the boundaries of the programme through collaborating with a national network of researchers from institutions such as University of Pretoria, University of Stellenbosch, and the University of the Witwatersrand. Project leaders at these centres focus their research and teaching on ways to understand and promote biodiversity conservation. The Fitztitute's postgraduate programme in Conservation Biology has educated more than 150 M.Sc. students over the last 14 years and many of these past students are involved in careers related to the conservation of biodiversity around the world.

Centre Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff

Full Professors (including Director of CoE)	3
Associate Professors	2
Senior Lecturers	3
Lecturers (including Manager of CoE)	2
Support Staff	7
Total__17____Students'>Total	17

Students

Post-doctoral Associates	9
Doctoral	9
Masters	19
Total	37

Research Fields & Staff
Associate Professor Paulette Bloomer (Project Leader)

Molecular evolution at and below the species level

Dr Rauri Bowie (Project Leader)

Evolutionary Biology, molecular ecology & conservation genetics

Professor Timothy Crowe (Programe Leader)

Evolution; systematics; gamebird management; sustainable utilization of wildlife

Professor Graeme Cumming (Pola Pasvolsky Chair in Conservation Biology)

Landscape Ecology, Conservation Biology, Community Ecology, Resilience and Complex Systems Theory

Dr Richard Dean (Project Leader)

Dryland community ecology

Professor Morné du Plessis (Centre of Excellence Director)

Director of the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute; avian evolutionary biology; behavioural ecology; cooperative breeding; latitudinal

comparisons of life-history strategies; conservation approaches in the context of

Africa
Associate Professor Philip Hockey (Programme Leader)

Avian evolutionary biology; shorebirds; migration; community ecology; behaviour
Dr Penn Lloyd (Centre of Excellence Manager)

Avian evolutionary ecology; life-history & breeding strategies; demography;

gamebird management
Dr Andrew McKechnie (Project Leader)

Physiological and behavioral traits that shape the ways in which birds interact with physical environments

Ms Tshifhiwa Mandiwana-Neudani (Project leader)

Phylogenetics (Organismal and molecular) and Biogeography

Professor Suzanne Milton (Project Leader)

Arid zone disturbance and rehabilitation ecology

Associate Professor Peter Ryan (Project Leader)

Seabird-fishery interactions; avian evolutionary biology; marine

pollution; behavioural ecology; island conservation
Dr Jane Turpie (Project Leader)

Senior Lecturer; estuarine ornithology and ecology; conservation biology;

resource economics

Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr Rita Covas (External Postdoc)

Life-history variation and energy use by South African birds

Dr Wayne Delport

Demographic histories of species exhibiting variance in population size fluctuations, migrations or alternate periods of population isolation

Dr Corine Eising

Maternal investment in relation to partner quality in the Bar-throated Apalis and Lesser; Double-collared Sunbird

Dr Ulf Johansson

Phylogenetic relationships of birds, in the songbirds (Passeriformes) and trogons (Trogonidae)

Dr Andy Radford (External Postdoc)

Conflicts and collaborations within and between social groups and how such interactions are mediated by vocalisations

Dr Mandy Ridley

The causes and consequences of helping behaviour in the cooperatively

breeding Pied Babbler (Turdoides bicolor)
Dr Lizanne Roxburgh

Conservation and ecology of a threatened Zambian endemic, Chaplin's Barbet

Dr Claire Spottiswoode (External Postdoc)

Sociable Weaver coloniality; comparative analyses of avian life-histories; brood parasitism; African ornithology
Dr Andrew Taylor

Comparative avian immunology, using measures of immune system function and

parasite loads across species to examine questions in evolutionary ecology;

behavioural ecology of cooperative breeding in the Karoo Robin

Contact Details

Postal Address: Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3,

Rondebosch, 7701

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/

Research Output
ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Abbott, C.L., Double, M.C., Gales, R., Baker, G.B., Lashko, A., Robertson, C.J.R. and Ryan, P.G. 2006. Molecular provenance analysis for Shy and White-capped Albatrosses killed by fisheries interactions in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Conservation Genetics, 7: 531-542.
Angel, A., Branch, G.M., Wanless, R. and De Vos Siebert, T. 2006. Causes of rarity and range restriction of an endangered, endemic limpet, Siphonaria compressa. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 330: 245-260.
Aronson, J.A., Clewell, A.F., Blignaut, J. and Milton, S. 2006. Ecological restoration: A new frontier for nature conservation and economics. Journal for Nature Conservation, 14: 135-139.
Aronson, J.A., Milton, S. and Blignaut, J. 2006. Conceiving the science, business and practice of restoring natural capital. Ecological Restoration, 24(1): 22-24.
Aronson, J.A., Milton, S., Blignaut, J. and Clewell, A.F. 2006. Nature conservation as if people mattered. Journal for Nature Conservation, 14: 260-263.
Auerswald, L. and Gäde, G. 2006. Endocrine control of TAG lipase in the fat body of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 36: 759-768.
Auerswald, L., Morren, C. and Lopata, A.L. 2006. Histamine levels in seventeen species of fresh and processed South African seafood. Food Chemistry, 98: 231-239.
Balmford, B., Balmford, J., Balmford, A., Blakeman, S., Manica, A. and Cowling, R.M. 2006. Diurnal versus nocturnal pollination of Brunsvigia gregaria R.A. Dyer (Amaryllidaceae) at a coastal site. South African Journal of Botany, 72: 291-294.
Beekman, M., Peeters, C. and O'Riain, M.J. 2006. Developmental divergence: neglected variable in understanding the evolution of reproductive skew in social animals. Behavioral Ecology, 17(4): 622-627.
Bonada, N., Dallas, H., Rieradevall, M., Prat, N. and Day, J.A. 2006. A comparison of rapid bioassessment protocols used in 2 regions with Mediterranean climates, the Iberian Peninsula and South Africa. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 25(2): 487-500.
Bowie, R.C.K., Fjeldså, J., Hackett, S.J., Bates, M. and Crowe, T. 2006. Coalescent models reveal the relative roles of ancestral polymorphism, vicariance, and dispersal in shaping phylogeographical structure of an African montane forest robin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 38: 171-188.
Branch, G.M. and Clark, B.M. 2006. Fish stocks and their management: The changing face of fisheries in South Africa. Marine Policy, 30: 3-17.
Brown, C. and King, J.M. 2006. Implications of upstream water uses on ecosystems and livelihoods. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 32(1): 99-108.
Brown, C., Pemberton, C., Birkhead, A., Bok, A., Boucher, C., Dollar, E., Harding, W., Kamish, W., King, J.M., Paxton, B.R. and Ractliffe, S. 2006. In Support of Water-resources planning - highlighting key management issues using DRIFT: A case study. Water SA, 32(2): 181-191.
Chinsamy-Turan, A. and Hurum, J.H. 2006. Bone microstructure and growth patterns of early mammals. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 51(2): 325-338.
Chown, S.L., Marais, E., Picker, M.D. and Terblanche, J.S. 2006. Gas exchange characteristics, metabolic rate and water loss of the Heelwalker, Karoophasma biedouwensis (Mantophasmatodea: Austrophasmatidae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 52(5): 442-449.
Clark, B.M. 2006. Climate change: A looming challenge for fisheries management in southern Africa. Marine Policy, 30: 84-95.
Coll, M., Shannon, L.J., Moloney, C.L., Palomera, I. and Tudela, S. 2006. Comparing trophic flows and fishing impacts of a NW Mediterranean ecosystem with coastal upwelling systems by means of standardized models and indicators. Ecological Modelling, 198: 53-70.
Covas, R., Dalecky, A., Caizergues, A. and Doutrelant, C. 2006. Kin associations and direct vs indirect fitness benefits in colonial cooperatively breeding sociable weavers Philetairus socius. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 60: 323-331.
Crowe, T., Bloomer, P., Randi, E., Lucchini, V., Kimball, R., Braun, E. and Groth, J.G. 2006. Supra-generic cladistics of landfowl (Order Galliformes). Acta Zoologica Sinica, 52(Supplement 1): 358-361.
Crowe, T., Bowie, R.C.K., Bloomer, P., Mandiwana-Neudani, T., Hedderson, T.A., Randi, E., Pereira, S.L. and Wakeling, J.L. 2006. Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data. Cladistics – The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society, 22: 1-38.
Cumming, G.S. and Guigan, J.-F. 2006. Food webs and disease: Is pathogen diversity limited by vector diversity? Ecohealth, 3: 163-170.
Cumming, G.S. and Spiesman, B.J. 2006. Regional problems need integrated solutions: Pest management and conservation biology in agroecosystems. Biological Conservation, 131: 533-543.
Cumming, G.S. and Van Vuuren, D.P. 2006. Will climate change affect ectoparasite species ranges? Global Ecology and Biogeography, 15: 486-497.
Dabrowski, J.M., Bennett, E.R., Bollen, A. and Schulz, R. 2006. Mitigation of azinphos-methyl in a vegetated stream: Comparison of runoff- and spray-drift. Chemosphere, 62(2): 204-212.
Dean, W.R.J. 2006. Age structure of a Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis population. Vulture News, 55: 8-9.
Dean, W.R.J. 2006. Clarification of the type-locality of Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii damarensis Reichenow, 1900. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 126: 309-310.
Dean, W.R.J. 2006. Longevity and survival of colonies of Messor capensis (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in the Karoo, South Africa. African Entomology, 14: 381-383.
Dean, W.R.J., Milton, S.J. and Anderson, M.D. 2006. Use of road kills and roadside vegetation by Pied and Cape Crows in semi-arid South Africa. Ostrich, 77: 102-104.
Dean, W.R.J., Sandwith, M. and Milton, S.J. 2006. The bird collections of C.J. Andersson in southern Africa, 1850-1867. Archives of Natural History, 33: 159-171.
Dean, W.R.J., Yeaton, R.I. and Milton, S.J. 2006. Foraging sites of Turkey Vultures Cathartes aura and Common Ravens Corvus corax in central Mexico. Vulture News, 54: 30-33.
Delport, W., Cunningham, M., Olivier, B. and Van der Merwe, S.W. 2006. A population genetics pedigree perspective on the transmission of Helicobacter pylori. Genetics, 174: 2107-2118.
Delport, W., Grant, T.J., Ryan, P.G. and Bloomer, P. 2006. Ten microsatellite loci for evolutionary research on Nesospiza buntings. Molecular Ecology, 6: 1180-1183.
Dobson, A., Lodge, D., Alder, J., Cumming, G.S., Keymer, J., McGlade, J., Mooney, H.A., Rusak, J.A., Sala, O., Wolters, V., Wall, D., Winfree, R. and Xenopoulos, M.A. 2006. Habitat loss, trophic collapse, and the decline of ecosystem services. Ecology, 87(6): 1915-1924.
Dorchin, N., Cramer, M.D. and Hoffmann, J.H. 2006. Photosynthesis and sink activity of wasp-induced galls in Acacia pycnantha. Ecology, 87(7): 1781-1791.
Eccard, J.A., Dean, W.R.J., Wichmann, M.C., Huttunen, S.M., Eskelinen, E., Moloney, K.A. and Jeltsch, F. 2006. Use of large Acacia trees by the cavity dwelling Black-tailed Tree Rat in the southern Kalahari. Journal of Arid Environments, 64: 604-615.
Ericson, P.G.P., Zuccon, D., Ohlson, J.I., Johansson, U.S., Alvarenga, H. and Prum, R.O. 2006. Higher-level phylogeny and morphological evolution of tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins and their allies (Aves: Tyrannida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40: 471-483.
Eshiamwata, G.W., Berens, D.G., Bleher, B., Dean, W.R.J. and Böhning-Gaese, K. 2006. Bird assemblages in isolated Ficus trees in Kenyan farmland. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22: 723-726.
Esler, K.J. and Chinsamy-Turan, A. 2006. SAWISE and HERS SA: Raising the profile of women in science. South African Journal of Science, 102: 275-276.
Farmer, H. 2006. Lagomorph distribution across Little Karoo vegetation types. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 36: 186-188.
Farmer, H. and Milton, S. 2006. Comparison of broad-scale plant species preferences of indigenous herbivores in a nature reserve in the Little Karoo with those of domestic smallstock. South African Journal of Science, 102: 311-316.
Feldheim, K.A., Mcfarlane, M.L. and Bowie, R.C.K. 2006. Isolation of highly polymorphic autosomal microsatellite loci and a sex-linked locus from sugarbirds. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6: 1019-1021.
Fjeldså, J., Bowie, R.C.K. and Kiure, J. 2006. The Forest Batis, Batis mixta, is two species: Description of a new, narrowly distributed Batis species in the Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Ornithology, 147: 578-590.
Fritz, E., Slavik, T., Delport, W., Olivier, B. and Van der Merwe, S.W. 2006. Incidence of Helicobacter felis and the effect of coinfection with Helicobacter pylori on the gastric mucosa in the African population. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44(5): 1692-1696.
Fuchs, J., Fjeldså, J., Bowie, R.C.K., Voelker, G. and Pasquet, E. 2006. The African warbler genus Hyliota as a lost lineage in the Oscine songbird tree: Molecular support for an African orgin of the Passerida. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 39: 186-197.
Gäde, G. 2005. Adipokinetic hormones and the hormonal control of metabolic activity in Hemiptera. Pestycydy, 2005(4): 49-54.
Gäde, G. 2006. Unusual complement of three AKH octapeptides in two species of grasshoppers (Caelifera). European Journal of Entomology, 103: 297-304.
Gäde, G., Auerswald, L. and Marco, H. 2006. Flight fuel and neuropeptidergic control of fuel mobilisation in the twig wilter, Holopterna alata (Hemiptera, Coreidae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 52: 1171-1181.
Gäde, G., Simek, P., Clark, K.D. and Auerswald, L. 2006. Unique translational modification of an invertebrate neuropeptide: A phosphorylated member of the adipokinetic hormone peptide family. Biochemical Journal, 393: 705-713.
Gilbert, C., O'Brien, P.C., Bronner, G.N., Yang, F., Hassanin, A., Ferguson-Smith, M.A. and Robinson, T.J. 2006. Chromosome painting and molecular dating indicate a low rate of chromosomal evolution in Golden Moles. Chromosome Research, 14: 793-803.
Gimenez, O., Covas, R., Brown, C.R., Anderson, M.D., Brown, M.B. and Lenormand, T. 2006. Nonparametric estimation of natural selection on quantitative trait using mark-recapture data. Evolution, 60: 460-466.
Goss-Custard, J.D., West, A.D., Yates, M.G., Caldow, R.W.G., Stillman, R.A., Barsdley, L., Castilla, J.C., Castro, M. and Dierschke, V., Dit Durell, S.E.A.L.V., Eichhorn, G., Ens, B.J., Exo, K.M., Udayangani-Fernando, P.U., Ferns, P.N., Hockey, P.A.R., Gill, J.A., Johnstone, I., Kalejta-Summers, B., Masero, J.A., Moreira, F., Nagarajan, R.V., Owens, I.P.F., Pacheco, C., Perez-Hurtado, A., Rogers, D., Scheiffarth, G., Sitters, H., Sutherland, W.J., Triplet, P., Worrall, D.H., Zharikov, Y., Zwarts, L. and Pettifor, R.A. 2006. Intake rates and the functional response in shorebirds (Charadriiformes) eating macro-invertebrates. Biological Reviews, 81: 501-529.
Govender, A., Al-Oufi, H., Mcilwain, J.L. and Claereboudt, M.C. 2006. A per-recruit assessment of the kingfish (Scomberomorus commerson) resource of Oman with an evaluation of the effectiveness of some management regulations. Fisheries Research, 77(2): 239-247.
Griffiths, C.L. and Richardson, C.A. 2006. Chemically induced predator avoidance behavious in the burrowing bivalve Macoma balthica. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 331(1): 91-98.
Grémillet, D., Pichegru, L., Siorat, F. and Georges, J.-Y. 2006. Conservation implications of the apparent mismatch between population dynamics and foraging effort in French northern gannets from the English Channel. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 319: 15-25.
Groeneveld, J.C., Greengrass, L., Branch, G.M. and Mccue, S.A. 2006. Fecundity of the deep-water spiny lobster Palinurus delagoae off eastern South Africa. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, 4(2): 135-143.
Groeneveld, J.C., Griffiths, C.L. and Van Dalsen, A.P. 2006. A new species of spiny lobster, Palinurus barbarae (Decapoda, Palinuridae) from Walters shoals on the Madagascar Ridge. Crustaceana, 79(7): 821-833.
Hammond, W. and Griffiths, C.L. 2006. Biogeographical patterns in the fauna associated with southern African mussel beds. African Zoology, 41(1): 123-130.
Hart, L., O'Riain, M.J., Jarvis, J. and Bennett, N.C. 2006. The pituitary potential for opportunistic breeding in the Cape Dune Mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus. Physiology and Behavior, 88: 615-619.
Haupt, P., Brouwer, L., Branch, G.M. and Gäde, G. 2006. Effects of exposure to air on the escape behaviour and haemolymph chemistry of the South African Cape lobster, Jasus lalandii. Fisheries Research, 81: 210-218.
Hockey, P.A.R. 2006. Distribution, status and movement patterns of Curlew Sandpipers Calidris ferruginea among the islands of the Indian Ocean. International Wader Studies, 19: 165-170.
Hutchings, K., Griffiths, M.H. and Field, J.G. 2006. Regional variation in the life history of the canary drum Umbrina canariensis (Sciaenidae), in South African waters. Fisheries Research, 77(3): 312-325.
Jacobs, D.S., Eick, G.N., Schoeman, M. and Mathee, C.A. 2006. Cryptic species in an insectivorous bat, Scotophilus dinganii. Journal of Mammalogy, 87(1): 161-170.
Jansen, R., Van der Spuy, S.D. and Crowe, T. 2006. Low incidence of blood parasite infection within a population of Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii. Ostrich, 77: 109-111.
Kahindo, C., Bowie, R.C.K. and Bates, J.M. 2006. The relevance of data on genetic diversity for the conservation of Afro-montane regions. Biological Conservation, 134: 262-270.
King, J.M. and Brown, C. 2006. Environmental flows: Striking the balance between development and resource protection. Ecology and Society, 11(2): 1-22.
Kleinjan, C.A. and Edwards, P.B. 2006. Asparagus weeds in Australia: A South African perspective with emphasis on biological control prospects. Plant Protection Quarterly, 21(2): 63-68.
Knight, A. 2006. Failing but learning: Writing the wrongs after Redford and Taber. Conservation Biology, 20(4): 1312-1314.
Kotze, S., Van der Merwe, E.L. and O'Riain, M.J. 2006. The topography and gross anatomy of the gastrointestinal tract of the Cape Dune Mole-rat (Bathyergus suillus). Anatomia Histologia Embryologia – Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C, 35(4): 259-264.
Lewis, R., Narins, P., Jarvis, J., Bronner, G.N. and Mason, M.J. 2006. Preliminary evidence for the use of microseismic cues for navigation by the Namib Golden Mole. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119(2): 1260-1268.
Lewis, S., Grémillet, D., Daunt, F., Ryan, P.G., Crawford, R.J.M. and Wanless, S. 2006. Using behavioural and state variables to identify proximate causes of population change in a seabird. Oecologia, 147: 606-614.
Lindah, L., Day, J.A., Chimbari, M., Siziba, N. and Cronberg, G. 2006. Observations on limnological conditions associated with a fish kill of Oreochromis niloticus in Lake Chivero following collapse of an algal bloom. African Journal of Ecology, 44(2): 199-208.
Lloyd, P. 2006. Density-dependent nest predation: A field test. African Journal of Ecology, 44: 293-295.
Mann, G.K.H., O'Riain, M.J. and Hofmeyr, M.D. 2006. Shaping up to fight: Sexual selection influences body shape and size in the fighting tortoise (Chersina angulata). Journal of Zoology, 269: 373-379.
Marchante, H., Marchante, E., Hoffmann, J.H. and Freitas, H. 2006. Potential use of Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae as a biocontrol agent of Acacia longifolia in Portugal. Biocontrol News and Information, 27(2): 27N-46N.
Martin, T.E., Bassar, R.D., Bassar, S.K., Fontaine, J.J., Lloyd, P., Mathewson, H.A., Niklison, A.M. and Chalfoun, A. 2006. Life-history and ecological correlates of geographic variation in egg and clutch mass among passerine species. Evolution, 60(2): 390-398.
Mayer, C., Soka, G.E. and Picker, M.D. 2006. The importance of monkey beetle (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini) pollination for Aizoaceae and Asteraceae in grazed and ungrazed areas at Paulshoek, Succulent Karoo, South Africa. Journal of Insect Conservation, 10: 323-333.
McKechnie, A.E., Freckleton, R.P. and Jetz, W. 2006. Phenotypic plasticity in the scaling of avian basal metabolic rate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B – Biological Sciences, 273: 931-937.
Mhlanga, L., Day, J.A., Cronberg, G., Chimbari, M., Siziba, N. and Annadotter, H. 2006. Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in the source water from Lake Chivero, Harare, Zimbabwe, and the presence of cyanotoxins in drinking water. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 31(2): 165-173.
Miller, C.M., Moloney, C.L., Van der Lingen, C.D., Lett, C., Mullon, C. and Field, G. 2006. Modelling the effects of physical-biological interactions and spatial variability in spawning and nursery areas on transport and retention of sardine Sardinops sagax eggs and larvae in the southern Benguela ecosystem. Journal of Marine Systems, 61(3-4): 212-229.
Muntifering, J.R., Dickman, A.J., Perlow, L.M., Hruska, T., Ryan, P.G., Marker, L.L. and Jeo, R.M. 2006. Managing the matrix for large carnivores: A novel approach and perspective from Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) habitat suitability modelling. Animal Conservation, 9: 103-112.
O'Farrell, P.J. and Milton, S. 2006. Road verge and rangeland plant communities in the southern Karoo: Exploring what influences diversity, dominance and cover. Biodiversity and Conservation, 15: 921-938.
Ollis, D.J., Boucher, C., Dallas, H. and Esler, K.J. 2006. Preliminary testing of the Integrated Habitat Assessment System (IHAS) for aquatic macroinvertebrates. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 31(1): 1-14.
Ollis, D.J., Dallas, H., Esler, K.J. and Boucher, C. 2006. Bioassessment of the ecological integrity of river ecosystems using aquatic macroinvertebrates: An overview with a focus on South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 31(2): 205-227.
O'Riain, M.J. 2006. Organization of somatosensory cortical areas in the Naked Mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber). Journal of Comparative Neurology, 495(4): 434-452.
O'Riain, M.J. 2006. Organization of the somatosensory cortex in Elephant Shrews (E-edwardii). Anatomical Record Part A – Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology, 288(8): 859-866.
Owino, O. and Ryan, P.G. 2006. Habitat associations of papyrus specialist birds at three papyrus swamps in western Kenya. African Journal of Ecology, 44: 438-443.
Petersen, S.L., Branch, G.M., Ainley, D.G., Boersma, P.D., Cooper, J. and Woehler, E.J. 2005. Is flipper banding of penguins a problem? Marine Ornithology, 33(2): 75-79.
Petersen, S.L., Branch, G.M., Crawford, R.J.M., Cooper, J. and Underhill, L.G. 2005. The future for flipper banding African Penguins: discussion, guidelines and recommendations. Marine Ornithology, 33: E1-E4.
Petersen, S.L., Ryan, P.G. and Grémillet, D. 2006. Is food availability limiting African Penguins Spheniscus demersus At Boulders? A comparison of foraging effort at mainland and island colonies. Ibis, 148: 14-26.
Radford, A. and Ridley, A.R. 2006. Recruitment calling: A novel form of extended parental care in an altricial species. Current Biology, 16: 1-5.
Radford, A.N. and Du Plessis, M.A. 2006. Dual function of allopreening in the cooperatively breeding Green Woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61: 221-230.
Randi, E. and Crowe, T. 2006. Evolutionary genetics of the Phasianidae: Introduction. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 52(Supplement): 357.
Reddy-Lopata, K., Auerswald, L. and Cook, P.A. 2006. Ammonia toxicity and its effect on the growth of the South Africa abalone Haliotis midae Linnaeus. Aquaculture, 261: 678-687.
Robinson, T.B., Griffiths, C.L., Tonin, A., Bloomer, P. and Hare, M.P. 2005. Naturalized populations of oysters, Crassostrea gigas along the South African Coast: Distribution, abundance and population structure. Journal of Shellfish Research, 24(2): 443-450.
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