Dissertation and project lists

Doctoral theses

De Ponte Machado, Marta. 2010. Food supplementation, population growth and impacts of Great White Pelicans on breeding seabirds. PhD Thesis, University of Cape Town. Supervisors: Les Underhill, Peter Ryan, Rob Crawford and Rauri Bowie.

Nelson-Flower, Martha. 2010.  Kinship and its consequences in the cooperatively breeding Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor. PhD Thesis, University of Cape Town. Supervisors: Phil Hockey and Mandy Ridley.

Ngoma, Peter. 2010. The welfare value of inland small-scale floodplain fisheries of the Zambezi River Basin. (Supervisor: Jane Turpie)

Masters mini-theses

George, Sharon. 2010. Cape Town's domestic cats: prey and movement patterns in deep-urban and urban-edge areas. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisors: Rob Simmons and Justin O’Riain

Gichohi, Nathan. 2010. Ecological impacts of alien invasive species on native birds in Africa. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisor: Phil Hockey.

Githiora, Yvonne. 2010.  A comparative analysis of recent extinction patterns in birds and mammals. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisor: Phil Hockey.

Heermans, Ben. 2010. Large vegetated termitaria and fire impacts on reptilitan community assemblange in a miombo woodland system heavily impacted by elephants. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisors: Graeme Cumming and David Cumming

Kissoon, Ian. 2010. Using tropical forests to combat global climate change without compromising local livelihoods. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisor: Jane Turpie.

Kujirakwinja, Deo. 2010. The status and conservation of hippopotamuses in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisors: Andrew Plumptre, Peter Ryan.

Marais, Michael. 2010. The effects of colony dynamics and climate on a declining population of sociable weavers, Philetarius socius. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisors: Rita Covas, Res Altwegg, Peter Ryan.

Moseley, Christina. 2010. Comparing body condition and foraging ecology of two populations of Cape Gannets on Bird and Malgas Islands. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisors: David Grémillet, Lorien Pichegru, Peter Ryan.

Skidmore, Allison. 2010. Landscape heterogeneity by termitaria and its effect on ant community composition in the miombo woodlands of Chizarira National Park, Zimbabwe. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisors: Graeme Cumming and David Cumming.

Tuyisingize, Deogratias. 2010. Terrestrial small mammal communities in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisors: Gary Bronner and Julian Kerbis.

Wilson, Gwyneth. 2010. What causes variation in the reproductive performance of Southern Ground Hornbills Bucorvus leadbeateri. MSc mini-thesis (Conservation Biology), University of Cape Town. Supervisor: Phil Hockey.