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Applying science to pressing conservation needs for penguins
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)
More than half of the world's 18 penguin species are declining. We, the Steering Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission Penguin Specialist Group, determined that the ...
Nest-type associated microclimatic conditions as potential drivers of ectoparasite infestations in African penguin nests
(Springer Nature, 2020)
Nest design and characteristics can influence the microclimatic conditions in the nest. Nest-dwelling ectoparasites are sensitive to temperature and moisture and as such the conditions in the nest can influence parasite ...
The conservation status and population decline of the African penguin deconstructed in space and time
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)
Understanding changes in abundance is crucial for conservation, but population growth rates often vary over space and time. We use 40 years of count data (1979–2019) and Bayesian state-space models to assess the African ...
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 ...
Descriptive epidemiology of and response to the high pathogenicity avian influenza (h5n8) epidemic in South African coastal seabirds, 2018
(Wiley, 2023)
High pathogenicity avian infuenza (HPAI) clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 virus was detected in coastal seabirds in late 2017 in South Africa,
following a devastating epidemic in the commercial poultry and ostrich industries. By May ...