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Final Journal Published Papers
Online Published Papers
The Niven Library's online public access catalogue is a searchable database listing all publications in the Library. Reprints can be obtained by contacting the Library Manager.
Bold authors = Fitz CoE staff and Research Assocates / Bold & underlined authors = Fitz CoE post-docs & students (current & graduated)
Journal Published Papers
Online Published Papers
Abhilash, P.C., Bastianoni, S., Chen, W., DeFries, R., Fraceto, L.F., Fuckar, N.S., Hashimoto, S., Hunter, D., Keesstra, S., Merah, O., O’Farrell, P., Pradhan, P., Singh, S., Smith, P., Stringer, L.C. and Turner, B.L. 2021. Introducing ‘Anthropocene Science’: A new international journal for addressing human impact on the resilience of planet earth. Anthropocene Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44177-021-00001-1 NO IF
Bernard, A., Rodrigues, A.S., Cazalis, V. and Grémillet, D. 2021. Toward a global strategy for seabird tracking. Conservation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12804 IF: 8.105
Bertola, L.D., Miller, S.M., Williams, V.L., Naude, V.N., Coals, P., Dures, S.G., Henschel, P., Chege, M., Sogbohossou, E.A., Ndiaye, A. and Kiki, M. 2021. Genetic guidelines for translocations: maintaining intra‐specific diversity in the lion (Panthera leo). Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13318 IF: 5.183
Buechley, E.R., Girardello, M., Santangeli, A., Ruffo, A.D., Ayalew, G., Abebe, Y.D., Barber, D.R., Buij, R., Bildstein, K., Mahamued, B.A. and Neate-Clegg, M.H. 2021. Priority areas for vulture conservation in the Horn of Africa largely fall outside the protected area network. Bird Conservation International. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270921000228 IF: 2.287
Davies, T., Carneiro, A.P.B., Tarzia, M., Wakefield, E., Hennicke, J., Frederiksen, M., Hansen, E.S., Campos, B., Hazin, C., Lascelles, B., Anker-Nilssen, T., Arnardóttir, H., Barrett, R.T., Biscoito, M., Bollache, L., Boulinier, T., Catry, P., Ceia, F.R., Chastel, O., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Cruz-Flores, M., Danielsen, J., Daunt, F., Dunn, E., Egevang, C., Fagundes, A.I., Fayet, A.L., Fort, J., Furness, R.W., Gilg, O., González-Solís, J., Granadeiro, J.P., Grémillet, D., Guilford, T., Hanssen, S.A., Harris, M.P., Hedd, A., Huffeldt, N.P., Jessopp, M., Kolbeinsson, Y., Krietsch, J., Lang, J., Linnebjerg, J.F., Lorentsen, S-H., Madeiros, J., Magnusdottir, E., Mallory, M.L., Tranquilla, L.M., Merkel, F.R., Militão, T., Moe, B., Montevecchi, W.A., Morera-Pujol, V., Mosbech, A., Neves, V., Newell, M.A., Olsen, B., Paiva, V.H., Peter, H-U., Petersen, A., Phillips, R.A., Ramírez, I., Ramos, J.A., Ramos, R., Ronconi, R.A., Ryan, P.G., Schmidt, N.M., Sigurðsson, I.A., Sittler, B., Steen, H., Stenhouse, I.J., Strøm, H., Systad, G.H.R., Thompson, P., Thórarinsson, T.L., van Bemmelen, R.S.A., Wanless, S., Zino, F. and Dias, M.P. 2021. Multi-species tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic. Conservation Letters https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12824 IF: 8.105
Masello, J.F., Ryan, P.G., Shepherd, L.D., Quillfeldt, P., Cherel, Y., Tennyson, A.J., Alderman, R., Calderón, L., Cole, T.L., Cuthbert, R.J. and Dilley, B.J. 2021. Independent evolution of intermediate bill widths in a seabird clade. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-021-01845-3 IF: 3.291
Milton, S.J. and Dean, W.R.J. 2021. Anthropogenic impacts and implications for ecological restoration in the Karoo, South Africa. Anthropocene. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2021.100307 IF: 3.964
Ndlovu, M., Nampa, G., Joseph, G.S. and Seymour, C.L. 2021. Plant shade enhances thermoregulation of internal environments in Trinervitermes trinervoides mounds. Journal of Thermal Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103068 IF: 2.902
Nwaogu, C.J., Jarrett, C. and Helm, B. 2021. The biology of molt in birds. Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukab053 IF: 1.745
Oswald, K.N., Smit, B., Lee, A.T., Peng, C.L., Brock, C. and Cunningham, S.J. 2021. Higher temperatures are associated with reduced nestling body condition in a range‐restricted mountain bird. Journal of Avian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02756 IF: 2.327
Robert, A., Lengagne, T., Melo, M., Gomez, D. and Doutrelant, C., 2021. Evolution of vocal performance and song complexity in island birds. Journal of Avian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02726 IF: 2.327
Scott, S.L., Venter, Z.S., Petersen, H., Jack, S.L., Navarro, R.A. and Hoffman, M.T. 2021. Documenting changing landscapes with rePhotoSA: A repeat photography and citizen science project in southern Africa. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101390 IF: 3.142
Final Journal Published Papers
Abeyrama, D.K., Dempsey, Z.W., Ryan, P.G. and Burg, T.M. 2021. Cryptic speciation and population differentiation in the yellow-nosed albatross species complex. Conservation Genetics 22: 757–766 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01358-x IF: 2.538
Acácio, M., Mullers, R.H., Franco, A., Willems, F.J. and Amar, A. 2021. Changes in surface water drive the movements of Shoebills. Scientific Reports 11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95093-5 IF: 4.379
Adekola, O.E., Allan, D.G., Bernitz, Z., Dlungwana, W. and Ryan, P.G. 2021. Extent and symmetry of tail moult in Amur Falcons. Journal of Ornithology 162: 655–667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-021-01874-0 IF: 1.745
Adekola, O.E., Crawford, R.J., Dyer, B.M., Makhado, A.B., Upfold, L. and Ryan, P.G. 2021. Timing, duration and symmetry of moult in Cape Gannets. Ostrich 92: 295-306. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2021.1988745 IF: 1.364
Aikins, T.K. and Aikins, A.A. 2021. First sightings of House Sparrow Passer Domesticus indicus in Sunyani, Ghana. Malimbus 43: 72-74. IF: 0.000
Alexander, G.J., Tolley, K.A., Maritz, B., McKechnie, A., Manger, P., Thomson, R.L., Schradin, C., Fuller, A., Meyer, L., Hetem, R.S., Cherry, M., Conradie, W., Bauer, A.M., Maphisa, D., O’Riain, J., Parker, D.M., Mlambo, M.C., Bronner, G., Madikiza, K., Engelbrecht, A., Lee, A.T.K., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G., Pietersen, D., Venter, J.A., Somers, M.J., Slotow, E., Strauss, J.M., Humphries, M.S., Ryan, P.G., Kerley, G.I.H. 2021. Excessive red tape is strangling biodiversity research in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 117. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/10787 IF: 2.197
Archer, P., Flood, R.L., Allen, A., Jacques, A., Acampora, H., Senfeld, T., Shannon, T.J. and Collinson, J.M. 2021. Short-tailed Shearwater at Tramore, Ireland, in June 2020. Dutch Birding 43: 183-197. No IF
Assou, D., Elwin, A., Norrey, J., Coulthard, E., Megson, D., Ronfot, D., Auliya, M., Segniagbeto, G.H., Martin, R.O. and D'Cruze, N. 2021. Trade in African Grey Parrots for belief-based use: insights from West Africa's largest traditional medicine market. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.612355 IF: 4.171
Bates A.E. et al (including Cunningham, S.J., Sumasgutner, P., Amar, A., Thomson, R.L., Stofberg, M., Hofmeyr, S., Suri, J., Ryan, P.G., Maclean, K. and Weideman, E.A.) 2021. Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. Biological Conservation 263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109175 IF: 5.990
Beal, M., Dias, M.P., Phillips, R.A., Oppel, S., Hazin, C., Pearmain, E.J., Adams, J., Anderson, D.J., Antolos, M., Arata, J.A., Arcos, J.M., … Cleeland, J., … Dilley, B.J., … Makhado, A., … Ryan, P.G., … Schoombie, S., … Stevens, K.L., … Wanless, R. et al. 2021. Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels. Science Advances 7: eabd7225. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd7225 IF: 14.136
Bond, A.L., Taylor, C., Kinchin-Smith, D., Fox, D., Witcutt, E., Ryan, P.G., Loader, S.P. and Weimerskirch, H. 2021. A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands. Polar Biology 44: 229–233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0 IF: 2.310
Bonnet-Lebrun, A.S., Dias, M.P., Phillips, R.A., Granadeiro, J.P., Brooke, M.D.L., Chastel, O., Clay, T.A., Fayet, A.L., Gilg, O., González-Solís, J. and Guilford, T., Hanssen, S.A., Hedd, A., Jaeger, A., Krietsch, J., Lang, J., Le Corre, M., Militão, T., Moe, B., Montevecchi, W.A., Peter, H.-U., Pinet, P., Rayner, M.J., Reid, T., Reyes-González, J.M., Ryan, P.G., Sagar, P.M., Schmidt, N.M., Thompson, D.R., van Bemmelen, R., Watanuki, Y., Weimerskirch, H., Yamamoto, T. and Catry, P. 2021. Seabird migration strategies: flight budgets, diel activity patterns, and lunar influence. Frontiers in Marine Science 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.683071 IF: 4.912
Bourne, A.R., Ridley, A.R., McKechnie, A.E., Spottiswoode, C.N. and Cunningham, S.J. 2021. Dehydration risk is associated with reduced nest attendance and hatching success in a cooperatively breeding bird, the southern pied babbler Turdoides bicolor. Conservation Physiology 9. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab043 IF: 3.079
Bourne, A.R., Ridley, A.R., Spottiswoode, C.N. and Cunningham, S.J. 2021. Direct and indirect effects of high temperatures on fledging in a cooperatively breeding bird. Behavioral Ecology 32: 1212–1223. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab087 IF: 2.671
Bourret, V., Gutiérrez López, R., Melo, M. and Loiseau, C. 2021. Metabarcoding options to study eukaryotic endoparasites of birds. Ecology and Evolution: 11: 10821–10833. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7748 IF: 2.912
Brlík, V., Pipek, P., Brandis, K., Chernetsov, N., Costa, F.J., Herrera M, L.G., Kiat, Y., Lanctot, R.B., Marra, P.P., Norris, D.R., Nwaogu, C.J., Quillfeldt, P., Saalfeld, S.T., Stricker, C.A., Thomson, R.L., Zhao, T. and Procházka, P. 2021. The reuse of avian samples: opportunities, pitfalls, and a solution. Ibis 164: 343–349. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12997 IF: 2.517
Brink, C.W., Thomson, R.L., Amar, A., Girardello, M. and Santangeli, A. 2021. Prevalence and drivers of poison use by South African commercial farmers and perceptions of alternative livestock protection measures. Ambio 50: 1211–1221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01461-2 IF: 5.129
Bux, Q., Anderson, P. and O'Farrell, P. 2021. Understanding the local biodiversity and open space strategies in two South African cities. Ecology and Society 26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12498-260304 IF: 4.403
Catto, S., Sumasgutner, P., Amar, A., Thomson, R.L. and Cunningham, S.J. 2021. Pulses of anthropogenic food availability appear to benefit parents, but compromise nestling growth in urban red-winged starlings. Oecologia 197: 565–576. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-05033-3 IF: 2.654
Caves, E.M., Dixit, T., Colebrook-Robjent, J.F.R., Hamusikili, L., Stevens, M., Thorogood, R., Spottiswoode, C.N. 2021. Hosts elevate either within-clutch consistency or between-clutch distinctiveness of egg phenotypes in defence against brood parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0326 IF: 5.349
Clairbaux, M., Mathewson, P., Porter, W., Fort, J., Strøm, H., Moe, B., Fauchald, P., Descamps, S., Helgason, H.H., Bråthen, V.S., Merkel, B., Anker-Nilssen, T., Bringsvor, I.S., Chastel, C., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Danielsen, J., Daunt, F., Dehnhard, N., Erikstad, K.E., Ezhov, A., Gavrilo, M., Krasnov, Y., Langset, M., Lorentsen, S.H., Newell, M., Olsen, B., Reiertsen, T.K., Systad, G.H., Thórarinsson, T.L., Baran, M., Diamond, T., Fayet, A.L., Fitzsimmons, M.G., Frederiksen, M., Gilchrist, H.G., Guilford, T., Huffeldt, N.P., Jessopp, M., Johansen, K.L., Kouwenberg, A.L., Linnebjerg, J.F., Major, H.L., McFarlane Tranquilla, L., Mallory, M., Merkel, F.R., Montevecchi, W., Mosbech, A., Petersen, A., Grémillet, D. 2021. North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds. Current Biology 31: 3964-3971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.059 IF: 10.834
Coetzee, A., Barnard, P. and Pauw, A. 2021. Reliability and quality of artificial nectar feeders for birds in the Cape Floristic Region. Ostrich 92: 26-31. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2020.1836060 IF: 1.364
Coetzee, A., Seymour, C.L. and Spottiswoode, C.N. 2021. Facilitation and competition shape a geographical mosaic of flower colour polymorphisms. Functional Ecology 35: 1914-1924. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13851 IF: 5.608
Cohen, C., Liltved, W.R., Colville, J.F., Shuttleworth, A., Weissflog, J., Svatoš, A., Bytebier, B. and Johnson, S.D. 2021. Sexual deception of a beetle pollinator through floral mimicry. Current Biology 1962-1969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.037 IF: 10.834
Connan, M., Perold, V., Dilley, B.J., Barbraud, C., Cherel, Y. and Ryan, P.G. 2021. The Indian Ocean ‘garbage patch’: Empirical evidence from floating macro-litter. Marine Pollution Bulletin 169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112559 IF: 5.553
Cunningham, S.J., Gardner, J.L. and Martin, R.O. 2021. Opportunity costs and the response of birds and mammals to climate warming. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19: 300-307. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2324 IF: 11.123
Cumming, G.S., Henry, D.A., Mutumi, G.L. and Ndlovu, M. 2021. Understanding arid‐region waterbird community dynamics during lake dry‐downs. Ecosphere 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3668 IF: 3.171
Dakwa, F.E., Ryan, P.G., Dyer, B.M., Crawford, R.J.M., Pistorius, P.A. and Makhado, A.B. 2021. Long-term variation in the breeding diets of macaroni and eastern rockhopper penguins at Marion Island (1994–2018). African Journal of Marine Science 43: 187-199. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1901248 IF: 0.733
D’Amelio, P.B., Ferreira, A.C., Fortuna, R., Paquet, M., Silva, L.R., Theron, F., Doutrelant, C. and Covas, R. 2021. Disentangling climatic and nest predator impact on reproductive output reveals adverse high‐temperature effects regardless of helper number in an arid‐region cooperative bird. Ecology Letters 25: 151–162. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13913 IF: 9.492
de Lima, R.F. and Melo, M. 2021. A revised bird checklist for the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea (Príncipe, São Tomé and Annobón). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141: 179-198. https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v141i2.2021.a9 No IF
Dicks, L.V., Breeze, T.D., Ngo, H.T., Senapathi, D., An, J., Aizen, M.A., Basu, P., Buchori, D., Galetto, L., Garibaldi, L.A. and Gemmill-Herren, B., Howlett, B.G., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., Johnson, S.D., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Kwon, Y.J., Lattorff, H.M.G., Lungharwo, T., Seymour, C.L., Vanbergen, A.J. and Potts, S.G. 2021. A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5: 1453–1461. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01534-9 IF: 15.460
Dilley, B.J., Davies, D., Ortmann, H.E., Glass, T. and Ryan, P.G. 2021. Population size and territories of Wilkins' Finches Nesospiza wilkinsi on Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha. Ardea 109: 67-76. https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.v109i1.a7 IF: 1.020
Dixit, T., Caves, E.M., Spottiswoode, C.N. and Horrocks, N.P. 2021. Why and how to apply Weber's Law to coevolution and mimicry. Evolution 75: 1906–1919. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14290. IF: 3.694
du Plessis, M., Seymour, C.L., Spottiswoode, C.N. and Coetzee, A. 2021. Artificial nectar feeders reduce sunbird abundance and plant visitation in Cape Fynbos adjacent to suburban areas. Global Ecology and Conservation 28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01706 IF: 3.380
Eichenwald, A.J., Amar, A., Tyrrell, P., Buechley, E.R. and Virani, M.Z. 2021. Declines in an Augur Buzzard Buteo augur population in a region of increasing human development. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.590073 IF: 4.171
Ferguson, A.J., Thomson, R.L., Nelson-Flower, M.J. and Flower, T.P. 2021. Conditioned food aversion reduces crow nest predation: an improved framework for CFA trials. Journal for Nature Conservation 60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2021.125970 IF: 2.831
Fjeldså, J., Dinesen, L., Davies, O.R., Irestedt, M., Krabbe, N.K., Hansen, L.A. and Bowie, R.C. 2021. Description of two new Cisticola species endemic to the marshes of the Kilombero floodplain of southwestern Tanzania. Ibis 163: 1330–1354. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12971 IF: 2.517
Flood, R.L. and Gutiérrez, R. 2021. Field separation of Cory's Calonectris borealis and Scopoli's C. diomedea Shearwaters by underwing pattern. Marine Ornithology 49: 311-320. IF: 0.768
Flood, R.L. and Simpson, B. 2021. Tahiti Petrel off Mirbat, Oman, in February 2019. Dutch Birding 43: 257-262. No IF
Flood, R.L., Richards, J.M., Gaston, A.J. and Zufelt, K. 2021. ‘Canadian Arctic flyway’–possible route for Short-tailed Shearwater to access North Atlantic?. Dutch Birding 43: 198-202. No IF
Flood, R.L., Zufelt, K., Bretagnolle, V. and Shirihai, H. 2021. Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm Petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141: 387-411. https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v141i4.2021.a3 NO IF
Fortuna, R., Paquet, M., Ferreira, A.C., Silva, L.R., Theron, F., Doutrelant, C. and Covas, R. 2021. Maternal allocation in relation to weather, predation and social factors in a colonial cooperative bird. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 1122–1133. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13438 IF: 5.091
Frugone, M.J., Cole, T.L., López, M.E., Clucas, G., Matos‐Maraví, P., Lois, N.A., Pistorius, P., Bonadonna, F., Trathan, P., Polanowski, A., Wienecke, B., Raya-Rey, A., Pütz, K., Steinfurth, A., Bi, K., Wang-Claypool, C.Y., Waters, J.M., Bowie, R.K., Poulin, E., and Vianna, J.A. 2021. Taxonomy based on limited genomic markers may underestimate species diversity of rockhopper penguins and threaten their conservation. Diversity and Distributions 27: 2277–2296. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13399 IF: 5.139
Gaglio, D., Walton, J. and Ryan, P.G. 2021. Prey delivery to a breeding colony of Caspian Terns Hydroprogne caspia on the west coast of South Africa. Ostrich 92: 140-146. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2020.1856211 IF: 1.364
Galloway, A.D., Seymour, C.L., Gaigher, R. and Pryke, J.S. 2021. Organic farming promotes arthropod predators, but this depends on neighbouring patches of natural vegetation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107295 IF: 5.567
Guta, R., Macamo, L. and Naskrecki, P. 2021. A new Gonamytta katydid from central Mozambique (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae). Zootaxa 5027: 120-126. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5027.1.6 IF: 1.091
Howes, C. and Reynolds, C. 2021. Absence of a Luxury Effect on bird alpha diversity in a rapidly developing African city, but surrounding landscape is key. Landscape and Urban Planning 213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104095 IF: 6.142
Humphries, D.J., Nelson‐Flower, M.J., Bell, M.B., Finch, F.M. and Ridley, A.R. 2021. Kinship, dear enemies, and costly combat: The effects of relatedness on territorial overlap and aggression in a cooperative breeder. Ecology and Evolution 11:17031–17042. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8342 IF: 2.881
Jamie, G.A., Hamama, S., Moya, C., Kilner, R.M. and Spottiswoode, C.N. 2021. Limits to host colonization and speciation in a radiation of parasitic finches. Behavioral Ecology 32: 529-538. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa155 IF: 2.671
Jenkins, A. 2021. Gill Memorial Medal citation: David George Allan. Ostrich 92: 239-240. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2021.1920751 IF: 1.364
Jerardino, A. and Navarro, R. 2021. Pleistocene and Holocene procurement of the clam Donax serra (Bivalvia: Donacidae) along the southern Cape coast of south Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103062
Jones, C.W., Risi, M.M., Osborne, A.M., Ryan, P.G. and Oppel, S. 2021. Mouse eradication is required to prevent local extinction of an endangered seabird on an oceanic island. Animal Conservation 24: 637-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12670 IF: 3.641
Joseph, G.S. and Seymour, C.L. The unlikely ‘antiquity of Madagascar's grasslands’: Disproportionately forest‐limited endemic fauna support anthropogenic transformation from woodland. Journal of Biogeography 48: 2111–2115. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14132 IF: 4.324
Joseph, G.S., Rakotoarivelo, A.R. and Seymour, C.L., 2021. How expansive were Malagasy Central Highland forests, ericoids, woodlands and grasslands? A multidisciplinary approach to a conservation conundrum. Biological Conservation 261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109282 IF: 5.990
Junker, K., Spickett, A., Davies, O.R., Jansen, R. and Krasnov, B.R. 2021. Gastrointestinal nematodes in two galliform birds from South Africa: patterns associated with host sex and age. Parasitology Research 120: 3229–3244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07254-0 IF: 2.289
Lee, A.T.K. 2021. Best student article published in Ostrich during 2020: we hope to see vultures circling again one day. Ostrich 92: iii-iv. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2021.1901339 IF: 1.364
Lee, A.T.K. 2021. Effects of climate change on birds (2nd Edn). Ostrich 92: 168-171. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2021.1891763 IF: 1.364
Lee, A.T.K, Macray, M.B., Ryan, P.G. and Alexander, G.J. 2021. Tortoise mortality along fence lines in the Karoo region of South Africa. Journal for Nature Conservation 59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125945 IF: 2.482
Lee, A.T.K., Ottosson, U., Jackson, C., Shema, S. and Reynolds, C. 2021. Urban areas have lower species richness, but maintain functional diversity: insights from the African Bird Atlas Project. Ostrich 92: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2021.1902876 IF: 1.364
Lowney, A.M. and Thomson, R.L. 2021. Ecological engineering across a temporal gradient: sociable weaver colonies create year‐round animal biodiversity hotspots. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2362–2376. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13544 IF: 5.091
McCarren, S., Coetzee, A. and Midgley, J. 2021. Corolla stickiness prevents nectar robbing in Erica. Journal of Plant Research 134: 963–970. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-021-01299-z IF: 2.269
McCarren, S., Midgley, J. and Coetzee, A. 2021. Sending private messages: Floral ultraviolet signals are correlated with pollination syndromes in Erica. Journal of Pollination Ecology 29: 289-298. https://doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2021)648 No IF
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