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Hatch traits of artificially incubated ostrich eggs as affected by setting position, angle of rotation and season
(AJOL, 2020)
High levels of hatching failure in artificially incubated ostrich eggs cause considerable loss of income for the industry. In the 2015 - 2016 breeding seasons, between 846 and 1 549 egg records were used to determine the ...
Extreme temperatures compromise male and female fertility in a large desert bird
(Nature Research, 2021)
Temperature has a crucial influence on the places where species can survive and reproduce. Past research has primarily focused on survival, making it unclear if temperature fluctuations constrain reproductive success, and ...
Snake predators of bird eggs: A review and bibliography
(Wiley, 2022)
Snakes are frequent predators of bird nests and therefore potentially have an important impact on bird population
dynamics. However, while many species are known to consume nestlings and chicks, few species have been ...
Yeast supplementation alleviates the negative effects of greywater irrigation on lettuce and maize
(South African Water Research Commission, 2022)
Water scarcity has led to increased use of wastewater, particularly greywater, for crop irrigation. This study investigated whether the addition of yeast can alleviate the potential negative effects of greywater use on ...
Community and marine conservation in South Africa: Are we still missing the mark?
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in South Africa have a long history with currently 5%
of the mainland’s ocean territory protected. The MPAs are celebrated and appreciated
for their representative coverage of several habitat ...
Sampling bias in reptile occurrence data for the Kruger National Park
(AOSIS, 2020)
To effectively conserve and manage species, it is important to (1) understand how they are spatially distributed across the globe at both broad and fine spatial resolutions and (2) elucidate the determinants of these ...
Oligosaccharides production from coprophilous fungi: An emerging functional food with potential health-promoting properties
(Elsevier, 2022)
Functional foods are essential food products that possess health-promoting properties for the treatment of infectious diseases. In addition, they provide energy and nutrients, which are required for growth and survival. ...
Giants and titans: First records of the invasive acorn barnacles Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758) and Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) on intertidal rocky shores of South Africa
(Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC), 2022)
During intertidal rocky shore surveys on the east coast of South Africa in 2018, the
non-indigenous giant purple barnacle Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758),
a well-known fouling and globally-invasive species, ...
Factors that influence cape fur seal predation on Cape gannets at Lambert’s bay, South Africa
(PeerJ, 2022)
Seabird populations experience predation that can impact their breeding density and
breeding success. The Cape gannet Morus capensis is endemic to the Benguela upwelling
ecosystem and is classified as Endangered by the ...
Marine seismic surveys for hydrocarbon exploration: What’s at stake?
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)
With a coastline extending approximately 3900 km, South Africa exercises jurisdiction over a vast Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) that exceeds 1.5 million km2
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South Africa is located at an ecologically important ...