Doctoral Students

Mduduzi Ndlovu BSc (Hons) (NUST) John Day building: 2.11 Tel: +27 (0)21 650 3298 Fax: +27 (0)21 650 3295 Email: mduduzi.ndlovu@uct.ac.za

Mduduzi Ndlovu received his BSc (Hons) in 2006. As an undergraduate he spent an internship year working on endangered species; black rhinos, cheetahs and African painted dogs at Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage. In 2006 he was awarded a research grant by Oklahoma Zoo to study Captive black rhino feeding preference for his Honours thesis. He joined the Fitztitute for his MSc in 2007 and later upgraded his studies to a PhD in 2009. From 2007 to mid 2009 he was part of a team (often leading most of the expeditions) that sampled over 5000 Water birds in southern African for Avian Influenza. His MSc studies were funded by Southern African GAINS project and an NRF African Scholarship. In 2010 he was awarded the KW Johnstone scholarship and a bursary from the Centre of Excellence at the Percy Fitzpatrick Institute, to fund his PhD studies.

His current research project is also part of the Southern African GAINS project. For more details on the project, and how you can help, download the PDF on the left.

Thesis

Moult and movement ecology of Southern African waterfowl, with a particular emphasis on Egyptian Geese. (Supervisors: Graeme Cumming & Phil Hockey).

Recent peer-reviewed publications

2012 / In press

Cumming, G. S., Gaidet, N., and Ndlovu, M. (in press). Towards a unification of movement ecology and biogeography: conceptual framework and a case study on Afrotropical ducks. Journal of Biogeography IP

Gaidet, N., Caron, A., Cappelle, J., Cumming, G. S., Balança, G., Hammoumi, S., Cattoli, G., Abolnik, C., Servan de Almeida, R., Gil, P., Fereidouni, S. R., Grosbois, V., Tran, A., Mundava, J., Fofana, B., Ould Elmamy, B., Ndlovu, M., Mondain-Monval, J.Y., Triplet, P., Hagemeijer, W., Karesh, W. B., Newman, S.H., & Dodman, T. (in press). Understanding the ecological drivers of avian influenza virus infection in wildfowl: a continental scale study across Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. IP. (online before print: DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1417).

2011

Cumming, G.S., Caron, A., Abolnik, C., Cattoli, G., Bruinzeel, L.W., Burger, C.E., Cecchettin, K., Chiweshe, N., Mochotlhoane, B., Mutumi, G.L. & Ndlovu, M. 2011. The ecology of Influenza A viruses in wild birds in southern Africa. Ecohealth 8:4-13. IF 1.64

Cumming, G. S. & Ndlovu, M. 2011. Satellite telemetry of Afrotropical ducks: methodological details and assessment of success rates. African Zoology 46:425–434. IF 1.018

Ndlovu, M., Cumming, G.S. & Hockey, P.A.R. 2011. Phenotypic flexibility in African waterfowl during moult. The Preliminary Program for 96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 - 12, 2011).

2010

Ndlovu, M., Cumming, G. S., Hockey, P. A. R., and Bruinzeel, L. 2010. Phenotypic flexibility of a Southern African duck during moult: do northern hemisphere paradigms apply? Journal of Avian Biology 41: 558-564.

2009

Ndlovu M. and P.J Mundy. 2009. Browse preference of captive black rhinos at Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage, Zimbabwe. Pachyderm 45: 41-46.