Research Outputs 2021

Power, R.J., Rogan, M.S., Naude, V.N. Mountain Refugia Limit Anthropogenic Suppression in a Re-Established Felid Population: The Case of the Magaliesberg Leopard Population in South Africa (2021) African Zoology, 56 (4), pp. 292-302. DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2021.2011411

Weston, M., Nunkoo, I., Reed, C., Van Der Lingen, C.D. Ectoparasites Infecting the Heads and Gills of Commercially Valuable Marine Fishes in South Africa (2021) African Zoology, 56 (4), pp. 303-311. DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2021.1984988

Wessels, N., Sitas, N., Esler, K.J., O'farrell, P. Understanding community perceptions of a natural open space system for urban conservation and stewardship in a metropolitan city in Africa (2021) Environmental Conservation, 48 (4), pp. 244-254. DOI: 10.1017/S0376892921000345

Grégoire, M., Garçon, V., Garcia, H., Breitburg, D., Isensee, K., Oschlies, A., Telszewski, M., Barth, A., Bittig, H.C., Carstensen, J., Carval, T., Chai, F., Chavez, F., Conley, D., Coppola, L., Crowe, S., Currie, K., Dai, M., Deflandre, B., Dewitte, B., Diaz, R., Garcia-Robledo, E., Gilbert, D., Giorgetti, A., Glud, R., Gutierrez, D., Hosoda, S., Ishii, M., Jacinto, G., Langdon, C., Lauvset, S.K., Levin, L.A., Limburg, K.E., Mehrtens, H., Montes, I., Naqvi, W., Paulmier, A., Pfeil, B., Pitcher, G., Pouliquen, S., Rabalais, N., Rabouille, C., Recape, V., Roman, M., Rose, K., Rudnick, D., Rummer, J., Schmechtig, C., Schmidtko, S., Seibel, B., Slomp, C., Sumalia, U.R., Tanhua, T., Thierry, V., Uchida, H., Wanninkhof, R., Yasuhara, M. A Global Ocean Oxygen Database and Atlas for Assessing and Predicting Deoxygenation and Ocean Health in the Open and Coastal Ocean (2021) Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, art. no. 724913, . DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.724913

Fjeldså, J., Bowie, R.C.K. Evolutionary and Ecological Explanations for the Elevational Flexibility of Several East African Bird Species Complexes (2021) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, art. no. 768062, . DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.768062

Impson, F.A.C., Kleinjan, C.A., Hoffmann, J.H., Mudavanhu, P. A Review of Research and Developments with Insect Agents Used for Biological Control of Australian Acacia Species (Caesalpinioideae) in South Africa (2021) African Entomology, 29 (3), pp. 693-712. DOI: 10.4001/003.029.0693

Lyons, C.L., English, K.F., Hoffmann, J.H. Research on the Biological Control of Hakea sericea over the Past Ten Years: Lessons Informing Future Management of the Species in the Western Cape Province, South Africa (2021) African Entomology, 29 (3), pp. 768-774. DOI: 10.4001/003.029.0768

Kleinjan, C.A., Hoffmann, J.H., Heystek, F., Ivey, P., Kistensamy, Y. Developments and Prospects for Biological Control of Prosopis (Leguminosae) in South Africa (2021) African Entomology, 29 (3), pp. 859-874. DOI: 10.4001/003.029.0859

Lyons, C., Impson, F., Bam, S., Mlokoti, T., Hoffmann, J. Investigations into the Efficacy of the Biocontrol Programme of Australian Myrtle, Leptospermum laevigatum, in South Africa: Lessons Learnt and Where to Now? (2021) African Entomology, 29 (3), pp. 784-790. DOI: 10.4001/003.029.0784

Cawthra, H.C., Bergh, E.W., Wiles, E.A., Compton, J.S. Late quaternary deep marine sediment records off southern africa (2021) South African Journal of Geology, 124 (4), pp. 1007-1032. DOI: 10.25131/sajg.124.0059

Flood, R.L., Zufelt, K., Bretagnolle, V., Shirihai, H. 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 (2021) Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 141 (4), pp. 387-411. DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v141i4.2021.a3

Osterman, J., Landaverde-González, P., Garratt, M.P.D., Gee, M., Mandelik, Y., Langowska, A., Miñarro, M., Cole, L.J., Eeraerts, M., Bevk, D., Avrech, O., Koltowski, Z., Trujillo-Elisea, F.I., Paxton, R.J., Boreux, V., Seymour, C.L., Howlett, B.G. On-farm experiences shape farmer knowledge, perceptions of pollinators, and management practices (2021) Global Ecology and Conservation, 32, art. no. e01949, . DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01949

Makonya, G.M., Ogola, J.B.O., Gabier, H., Rafudeen, M.S., Muasya, A.M., Crespo, O., Maseko, S., Valentine, A.J., Ottosen, C.-O., Rosenqvist, E., Chimphango, S.B.M. Proteome changes and associated physiological roles in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) tolerance to heat stress under field conditions (2021) Functional Plant Biology, 49 (1), pp. 13-24. DOI: 10.1071/FP21148

Köhler, M., Herridge, V., Nacarino-Meneses, C., Fortuny, J., Moncunill-Solé, B., Rosso, A., Sanfilippo, R., Palombo, M.R., Moyà-Solà, S. Palaeohistology reveals a slow pace of life for the dwarfed Sicilian elephant (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 22862, . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02192-4

Gillson, L., Dirk, C., Gell, P. Using long-term data to inform a decision pathway for restoration of ecosystem resilience (2021) Anthropocene, 36, art. no. 100315, . DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2021.100315

Humphries, D.J., Nelson-Flower, M.J., Bell, M.B.V., Finch, F.M., Ridley, A.R. Kinship, dear enemies, and costly combat: The effects of relatedness on territorial overlap and aggression in a cooperative breeder (2021) Ecology and Evolution, 11 (23), pp. 17031-17042. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8342

Cledon, M., Tremblay, L.A., Griffiths, C., Fadhlaoui, M., Champeau, O., Albentosa, M., Besada, V., Fernandez, V.H., McKindsey, C.W., Bendell, L.I., Zhang, B., Garcia-Esquivel, Z., Curiel, S., Brar, S.K., Kumar, P., Laroche, O., Couture, P. Trace Metal Residues in Marine Mussels: A Global Survey (2021) Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 40 (12), pp. 3434-3440. DOI: 10.1002/etc.5228

Da Silva, C., Kerwath, S.E., Winker, H., Lamberth, S.J., Attwood, C.G., Wilke, C.G., Næsje, T.F. Testing the waters to find the 'goldilocks' zone: Fine-scale movement of Mustelus mustelus in relation to environmental cues (2021) Marine and Freshwater Research, 73 (1), pp. 110-124. DOI: 10.1071/MF20369

Pausas, J.G., Bond, W.J. Alternative biome states challenge the modelling of species' niche shifts under climate change (2021) Journal of Ecology, 109 (12), pp. 3962-3971. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13781

Stirnimann, L., Bornman, T.G., Verheye, H.M., Bachèlery, M.-L., van der Poel, J., Fawcett, S.E. Plankton community composition and productivity near the Subantarctic Prince Edward Islands archipelago in autumn (2021) Limnology and Oceanography, 66 (12), pp. 4140-4158. DOI: 10.1002/lno.11949

Leonard, J., West, A.G., Van Blerk, J.J., Ojeda, F. Does drought limit resprouter recruitment in Erica ? A test using seeder and resprouter seedlings of Erica coccinea (2021) Australian Journal of Botany, 69 (8), pp. 554-564. DOI: 10.1071/BT21015

Maclean, K., Weideman, E.A., Perold, V., Ryan, P.G. Buoyancy affects stranding rate and dispersal distance of floating litter entering the sea from river mouths (2021) Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173, art. no. 113028, . DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113028

Button, R.E., Parker, D., Coetzee, V., Samaai, T., Palmer, R.M., Sink, K., Kerwath, S.E. ROV assessment of mesophotic fish and associated habitats across the continental shelf of the Amathole region (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 18171, . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97369-2

Osterman, J., Aizen, M.A., Biesmeijer, J.C., Bosch, J., Howlett, B.G., Inouye, D.W., Jung, C., Martins, D.J., Medel, R., Pauw, A., Seymour, C.L., Paxton, R.J. Global trends in the number and diversity of managed pollinator species (2021) Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 322, art. no. 107653, . DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2021.107653

Wessels, N., Sitas, N., O'Farrell, P., Esler, K.J. Assessing the outcomes of implementing natural open space plans in a Global South city (2021) Landscape and Urban Planning, 216, art. no. 104237, . DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104237

Milton, S.J., Dean, W.R.J. Anthropogenic impacts and implications for ecological restoration in the Karoo, South Africa (2021) Anthropocene, 36, art. no. 100307, . DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2021.100307

Acácio, M., Mullers, R.H.E., Franco, A.M.A., Willems, F.J., Amar, A. Changes in surface water drive the movements of Shoebills (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 15796, . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95093-5

Rönkä, N., Pakanen, V.-M., Pauliny, A., Thomson, R.L., Nuotio, K., Pehlak, H., Thorup, O., Lehikoinen, P., Rönkä, A., Blomqvist, D., Koivula, K., Kvist, L. Genetic differentiation in an endangered and strongly philopatric, migrant shorebird (2021) BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21 (1), art. no. 125, . DOI: 10.1186/s12862-021-01855-0

Nebel, C., Amar, A., Hegemann, A., Isaksson, C., Sumasgutner, P. Parental morph combination does not influence innate immune function in nestlings of a colour-polymorphic African raptor (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 11053, . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90291-7

Villavicencio, C.P., Windley, H., D’Amelio, P.B., Gahr, M., Goymann, W., Quispe, R. Neuroendocrine patterns underlying seasonal song and year-round territoriality in male black redstarts (2021) Frontiers in Zoology, 18 (1), art. no. 8, . DOI: 10.1186/s12983-021-00389-x

Kerwath, S., Roodt-Wilding, R., Samaai, T., Winker, H., West, W., Surajnarayan, S., Swart, B., Bester-van der Merwe, A., Götz, A., Lamberth, S., Wilke, C. Shallow seamounts represent speciation islands for circumglobal yellowtail Seriola lalandi (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 3559, . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82501-z

Williams, K.S., Williams, S.T., Welch, R.J., Marneweck, C.J., Mann, G.K.H., Pitman, R.T., Whittington-Jones, G., Balme, G.A., Parker, D.M., Hill, R.A. Assumptions about fence permeability influence density estimates for brown hyaenas across South Africa (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 620, . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77188-7

Muluvhahothe, M.M., Joseph, G.S., Seymour, C.L., Munyai, T.C., Foord, S.H. Repeated surveying over 6 years reveals that fine-scale habitat variables are key to tropical mountain ant assemblage composition and functional diversity (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 56, . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80077-8

Halimubieke, N., Kupán, K., Valdebenito, J.O., Kubelka, V., Carmona-Isunza, M.C., Burgas, D., Catlin, D., St Clair, J.J.H., Cohen, J., Figuerola, J., Yasué, M., Johnson, M., Mencarelli, M., Cruz-López, M., Stantial, M., Weston, M.A., Lloyd, P., Que, P., Montalvo, T., Bansal, U., McDonald, G.C., Liu, Y., Kosztolányi, A., Székely, T. Author Correction: Successful breeding predicts divorce in plovers (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (15576), 10.1038/s41598-020-72521-6) (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 1189, . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81033-w

Proud, R., Le Guen, C., Sherley, R.B., Kato, A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Ratcliffe, N., Jarman, S., Wyness, A., Arnould, J.P.Y., Saunders, R.A., Fernandes, P.G., Boehme, L., Brierley, A.S. Using Predicted Patterns of 3D Prey Distribution to Map King Penguin Foraging Habitat (2021) Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, art. no. 745200, . DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.745200

Vinayachandran, P.N.M., Masumoto, Y., Roberts, M.J., Huggett, J.A., Halo, I., Chatterjee, A., Amol, P., Gupta, G.V.M., Singh, A., Mukherjee, A., Prakash, S., Beckley, L.E., Raes, E.J., Hood, R. Reviews and syntheses: Physical and biogeochemical processes associated with upwelling in the Indian Ocean (2021) Biogeosciences, 18 (22), pp. 5967-6029. DOI: 10.5194/bg-18-5967-2021

Sieben, E.J.J., Subbiah, A., Job, N., Chatanga, P., Collins, N., Corry, F.T.H. Components of plant species diversity along environmental gradients at various spatial scales in wetland environments of southern Africa (2021) Journal of Vegetation Science, 32 (6), art. no. e13097, . DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13097

Sadchatheeswaran, S., Branch, G.M., Shannon, L.J., Coll, M., Steenbeek, J. A novel approach to explicitly model the spatiotemporal impacts of structural complexity created by alien ecosystem engineers in a marine benthic environment (2021) Ecological Modelling, 459, art. no. 109731, . DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109731

Mutumi, G.L., Jacobs, D.S., Bam, L. Geographic variation in the skulls of the horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus simulator and R. cf. simulator: Determining the relative contributions of adaptation and drift using geometric morphometrics (2021) Ecology and Evolution, 11 (22), pp. 15916-15935. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8262

Tittensor, D.P., Novaglio, C., Harrison, C.S., Heneghan, R.F., Barrier, N., Bianchi, D., Bopp, L., Bryndum-Buchholz, A., Britten, G.L., Büchner, M., Cheung, W.W.L., Christensen, V., Coll, M., Dunne, J.P., Eddy, T.D., Everett, J.D., Fernandes-Salvador, J.A., Fulton, E.A., Galbraith, E.D., Gascuel, D., Guiet, J., John, J.G., Link, J.S., Lotze, H.K., Maury, O., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Petrik, C.M., du Pontavice, H., Rault, J., Richardson, A.J., Shannon, L., Shin, Y.-J., Steenbeek, J., Stock, C.A., Blanchard, J.L. Next-generation ensemble projections reveal higher climate risks for marine ecosystems (2021) Nature Climate Change, 11 (11), pp. 973-981. DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-01173-9

Wang, D., Forstmeier, W., DʼAmelio, P.B., Martin, K., Kempenaers, B. Is female mate choice repeatable across males with nearly identical songs? (2021) Animal Behaviour, 181, pp. 137-149. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.09.001

Wilson, L.J., Hoffman, M.T., Ferguson, A.J., Cumming, D.H.M. Elephant browsing impacts in a Zambezian Baikiaea woodland with a high density of pumped waterholes (2021) Global Ecology and Conservation, 31, art. no. e01854, . DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01854

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.C.K., Poulin, E., Vianna, J.A. Taxonomy based on limited genomic markers may underestimate species diversity of rockhopper penguins and threaten their conservation (2021) Diversity and Distributions, 27 (11), pp. 2277-2296. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13399

Catto, S., Sumasgutner, P., Amar, A., Thomson, R.L., Cunningham, S.J. Pulses of anthropogenic food availability appear to benefit parents, but compromise nestling growth in urban red-winged starlings (2021) Oecologia, 197 (3), pp. 565-576. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-05033-3

Power, S.C., Verboom, G.A., Bond, W.J., Packer, K.F., Cramer, M.D. The role of shade in maintaining alternative stable states between open- and closed-canopy vegetation (2021) Journal of Ecology, 109 (11), pp. 3835-3848. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13760

Azaki, B.D.A., Cresswell, W. Level of local human disturbance and feeding state determines escape behaviour in Eurasian Oystercatchers (2021) Ethology, 127 (11), pp. 986-994. DOI: 10.1111/eth.13220

Brodie, S., Frainer, A., Pennino, M.G., Jiang, S., Kaikkonen, L., Lopez, J., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Peters, C.A., Selim, S.A., Văidianu, N. Equity in science: advocating for a triple-blind review system (2021) Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36 (11), pp. 957-959. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.07.011

Wakefield, E.D., Miller, D.L., Bond, S.L., le Bouard, F., Carvalho, P.C., Catry, P., Dilley, B.J., Fifield, D.A., Gjerdrum, C., González-Solís, J., Hogan, H., Laptikhovsky, V., Merkel, B., Miller, J.A.O., Miller, P.I., Pinder, S.J., Pipa, T., Ryan, P.M., Thompson, L.A., Thompson, P.M., Matthiopoulos, J. The summer distribution, habitat associations and abundance of seabirds in the sub-polar frontal zone of the Northwest Atlantic (2021) Progress in Oceanography, 198, art. no. 102657, . DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102657

Ryan, P.G., Weideman, E.A., Perold, V., Hofmeyr, G., Connan, M. Message in a bottle: Assessing the sources and origins of beach litter to tackle marine pollution (2021) Environmental Pollution, 288, art. no. 117729, . DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117729

Lombardi, G.C., Midgley, J.J., Turner, R.C., Peter, C.I. Pollination biology of Erica aristata: First confirmation of long-proboscid fly-pollination in the Ericaceae (2021) South African Journal of Botany, 142, pp. 403-408. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2021.07.007

Cowling, R.M., Hoffman, M.T. Multi-decadal vegetation change in dune vegetation of the south-eastern Cape Floristic Region: Is thicket expansion without fire inevitable? (2021) South African Journal of Botany, 142, pp. 73-81. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2021.05.032

Vieira, C., Rasoamanendrika, F.A., Zubia, M., Bolton, J.J., Anderson, R.J., Engelen, A.H., D'hondt, S., Leliaert, F., Payri, C., Kawai, H., De Clerck, O. Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the western Indian Ocean: diversity and biogeography (2021) South African Journal of Botany, 142, pp. 230-246. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2021.06.015

Tara Lyttle, C., Rautenbach, C., Backeberg, B., Jarre, A. An analysis of high-resolution modelled wave heights along the South African south coast suggests recent deterioration of sea state (2021) Fisheries Oceanography, 30 (6), pp. 679-696. DOI: 10.1111/fog.12551

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