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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
Spottiswoode, C.N. and Koorevaar, J. 2012. A stab in the
dark: chick killing by brood parasitic honeyguides. Biology
Letters, 8: 241-244.
Spottiswoode, C.N. and Stevens, M. 2012. Host-parasite
arms races and rapid changes in bird egg appearance.
American Naturalist, 175(5): 633-648.
Scott, H.A., Dean, W.R.J. and Watson, L.H. 2012. Diet and
habitat use by the African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus
moquini in De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa. Marine
Ornithology, 40: 1–10.
Steele, W.K. and Cooper, J. 2012. Some food items of the
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki at inland sites
in the Ahlmannryggen, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.
Marine Ornithology, 40: 63-66.
Swart, S., Chang, N., Fauchereau, N., Joubert, W., Lucas, M.I.,
Mtshali, T., Roychoudhury, A., Tagliabue, A., Thomalla, S.,
Waldron, H.N. and Monteiro, P. 2012. Southern ocean seasonal
cycle experiment 2012: seasonal scale climate and carbon cycle
links. South African Journal of Science, 108(3/4): 3.
Teneva, L., Karnauskas, M., Logan, C.A., Bianucci, L., Currie,
J.C. and Kleypas, J.A. 2012. Predicting coral bleaching
hotspots: the role of regional variability in thermal stress
and potential adaptation rates. Coral Reefs, 31(1): 1-12.
Terörde, A.I. and Turpie, J.K. 2012. Use of a small,
intermittently-open estuary by waterbirds: a case study of
the east Kleinemonde estuary, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
African Journal of Aquatic Science, 37(2): 183-190.
Thomas, D., Chinsamy-Turan, A., Conard, N. and Kandel,
A.W. 2012. Chemical investigation of mineralisation
categories used to assess taphonomy. Palaeogeography
Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 361-362: 104-110.
Turner, R.C., Midgley, J.J., Barnard, P., Simmons, R.E.
and Johnson, S.D. 2012. Experimental evidence for bird
pollination and corolla damage by ants in the short-tubed
flowers of Erica halicacaba (Ericaceae). South African
Journal of Botany, 79: 25-31.
Voelker, G., Bowie, R.C.K., Wilson, B. And Anderson, C.
2012. Phylogenetic relationships and speciation patterns in
an African savanna dwelling bird genus (Myrmecocichla).
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 106: 180-190.
Voorbergen, A., De Boer, W.F. and Underhill, L.G. 2012.
Natural and human-induced predation on Cape cormorants
at Dyer Island. Bird Conservation International, 22: 82-93.
Wanless, R.M., Ratcliffe, N., Angel, A., Bowie, B.C., Cita, K.,
Hilton, G., Kritzinger, P., Ryan, P.G. and Slabber, M. 2012.
Predation of Atlantic petrel chicks by house mice on Gough
Island. Animal Conservation, 15: 472-479.
Weaver, R.J., Marco, H., Simek, P., Audsley, N., Clark, K. and
Gade, G. 2012. Adipokinetic hormones (AKHs) of sphingid
lepidoptera, including the identification of a second M.
sexta AKH. Peptides, 34: 44-50.
Werner, T., Huenerlage, K., Verheye, H.M.S. and Buchholz,
F. 2012. Thermal constraints on the respiration and
excretion rates of krill, Euphausia hanseni and Nematoscelis
megalops, in the northern Benguela upwelling system off
Namibia. African Journal of Marine Science, 34(3): 391-399.
Yabsley, M.J., Parsons, N., Horne, E.C., Shock, B.C. and
Purdee, M. 2012. Novel relapsing fever Borrelia detected
in African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) admitted to
two rehabilitation centers in South Africa. Parasitology
Research, 110: 1125-1130.
Zeeman, T., Branch, G.M., Peschak, T. and Pillay, D. 2012.
Assessing the ecosystem effects of the abalone Haliotis
midae from its diet and foraging behaviour. African Journal
of Marine Science, 34(2): 205-214.
Peer-reviewed published conference
proceedings
Atkinson, L., Jarre, A.C., Shannon, L. and Field, J. 2012.
Evidence for shifts in demersal fish populations on the
east coast of South Africa: 1986 to 2009. In G.H. Kruse,
et al. (eds), Proceedings of the Symposium Ecosystem
2010: Global Progress on Ecosystem-Based Fisheries
Management, 8-11 November 2010, Alaska. Alaska: Alaska
Sea Grant. ISBN 9781566121668.
Doctoral dissertations
Barquete, V. 2012. Using stable isotopes as a tool to
understand the trophic relationships and movements of
seabirds off southern Africa. 184pp. Supervised by Ryan,
P.G.
Joseph, G. 2012. Understanding pattern-process
relationships in a heterogeneouslandscape: effects of large
termitaria on diversity and disturbance regimes in Miombo
woodlands of northern Zimbabwe. 169pp. Supervised by
Cumming, G.S.
Ndlovu, M. 2012. Environmental influences on moult
andmovement strategies in southern Africanwaterfowl.
224pp. Supervised by Cumming, G.S.