Doctoral theses
Middleton, Kyle-Mark. April 2023. The individual bases of group behaviour in the cooperative breeding Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri. Supervisors: Rita Covas, Claire Spottiswoode, Kate Carstens and Fanny Ryback.
Moreras, Angela. July 2023. The arms race between the Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) and the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). Supervisor: Robert Thomson.
MSc thesis
Vrettos, Michelle. April 2023. A phylogenetically-controlled test of the function of malar markings in falcons using deep 3D modelling. Supervisors: Arjun Amar, Patrick Marais and Chevonne Reynolds
Conservation Biology MSc
Hawker, Johanna. April 2023. Seventy years of changes in riverine woodland cover: Responses to elephants and human legacy effects in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. Supervisors: Timothy O'Connor and Timm Hoffman.
Hinde, Kyle. April 2023. The density of leopards in a mixed-use landscape in the Western Cape, South Africa. Supervisors: Justin O'Riain, Katherine Williams.
Morar, Sean. April 2023. Handling the heat: keeping water available for birds of the Tankwa Karoo Desert. Supervisors: Susan Cunningham, Wendy Foden, Nicola van Wilgen and Alan Lee.
Mpofu, Charles. April 2023. Exploring the use of GPS-tracking to investigate the diet of African vultures. Supervisor: Arjun Amar.
Parker, Kim. April 2023. Using a top predator as a sentinel for heavy metal exposure in a human- transformed landscape. Supervisors: Jacqui Bishop, Gabriella Leighton.
Sekyanzi, Joseph. April 2023. An investigation into the root of two of the main vulture threats: poisoning and belief-based use of vulture body parts in Southern Kenya. Supervisors: Robert Thomson and Andrea Santangeli.
Webster, Kayla. April 2023. Viability analysis for investing in ecological infrastructure to secure water supply: a case study of South Africa. Supervisors: Jane Turpie, Martine Visser, Sheona Shackleton.
Wright, Emma. April 2023. Remote sensing evaluation of Cape parrot habitat in the Eastern Cape: implications for conservation. Supervisors: Vernon Visser and Timm Hoffman.