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 Sinclair, I., Hockey,
P., Ryan, P., Tarboton, W. 2011. Sasol Birds of
Southern Africa IV. Struik Nature, Cape Town. 464
pp. ISBN: 9781770079250 (Also in Afrikaans) |
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 Terauds, A. Cooper, J.
Chown, S.L. & Ryan, P. 2010. Marion & Prince Edward
- Africa's Southern Islands. SUN Press,
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 Sinclair, I. &
Ryan, P.G. 2009. Complete Photographic Field Guide: Birds of
Southern Africa. Struik Nature, Cape Town. 432 pp.
9781770073883 (Also
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Staff,
Students & Associates
Acting Director
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Assoc. Prof. Peter G. Ryan BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD
(Cape Town)
John Day Building: 2.06
Tel:+27 (0)21 650 2966
Fax: +27 (0)21 650 3295
Email:
peter.ryan@uct.ac.za
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Activities and research
interests
Academic Course Coordinator for the
Institute's MSc Course in Conservation Biology,
general ornithology, seabird-fishery
interactions, evolutionary ecology (focusing on
resolving closely-related species complexes),
marine debris, solid waste management, the
biology of oceanic islands.
Peter Ryan graduated from the
University of Cape Town, researching the impacts of ingested
plastic on seabirds (MSc) and the evolutionary ecology of
buntings in the Tristan archipelago (PhD). After a post-doc at
the University of California he was appointed academic
Coordinator of the Masters Programme in Conservation Biology at
the Fitztitute in 1993. Although he mostly works on seabirds and
their conservation, he has wide-ranging interests in avian
biology, and still maintains an interest in plastic pollution,
especially in marine systems. He is the President of BirdLife
South Africa and an associate editor of Antarctic Science and
Bird Conservation International. He has been an honorary
Conservation Officer at Tristan da Cunha since 1989, and is a member of
Tristan’s Biodiversity Advisory Group. He has spent more than a year
Inaccessible Island, studying the island's endemic buntings as well as
conducting surveys of threatened birds and conducting control programmes
against alien plants. He is a keen birder and believes in the importance of
promoting amateur involvement in ornithology. He has written several books
about birds and their identification, and is scientific to African Birdlife,
a popular magazine about birds produced by BirdLife South Africa.
Research programmes Island
conservation, Seabird
conservation, Systematics and
biogeography, Rarity &
conservation of African birdsCurrent
students
Post-doctoral Timotheé CookDoctoral
Davide Gaglio:
Link between population dynamics, foraging behaviour and food abundance and
distribution in the Swift Tern Thalasseus bergii (Supervisors:
Timothée Cook,
Richard Sherley and Peter Ryan).
Alistair McInnes:
At-sea behavioural responses of African Penguins in relation to small-scale
variability in prey distribution: implications for Marine Protected
Areas (Supervisors: Lorien Pichegru & Peter Ryan).
Lisa Nupen: Comparative Conservation Genetics
and Evolutionary History of threatened, endemic southern African
Seabirds in the Benguela Current Upwelling Ecosystem: Range-wide
phylogeography, gene flow and population genetics based on
nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (Supervisors: Peter Ryan, Rauri
Bowie (UCLA, Berkeley) and Jacqui Bishop (UCT, Zoology)).
Dominic
Rollinson: Reducing seabird bycatch from the longline fishing industry
(Supervisors: Peter Ryan and
Ross Wanless)
Jessica Shaw: Conservation biology of Ludwig’s Bustard (Supervisors: Peter Ryan
& Andrew Jenkins).
Masters
Philna Botha: Testing
the food-shortage hypothesis on the long-term population dynamics of the
endangered Bank Cormorant (Supervisors:
Timothée Cook, Richard Sherley, Les Underhill and Peter
Ryan).
Mia Cerfonteyn:
The population status of the Subantarctic Skua Catharacta
antarctica lönnbergi two decades after the Feral Cat
Felis catus eradication on Marion Island (Supervisor: Peter Ryan).
Corlia Meyer: Testing
the influence of heat-stress on the breeding success of an endangered species:
the Bank Cormorant (Supervisors:
Timothée Cook, Richard Sherley, Les Underhill and Peter
Ryan).
John Pallett:
Collisions of large birds, especially bustards, with power lines in Namibia:
significance and possible solutions (Supervisors: Peter Ryan & Ann Scott).
Noelle Tubbs:
Heat tolerance in the African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) in the face
of climate change (Supervisors:
Lorien Pichegru, Peter Ryan and Jonathan
Green (University of Liverpool UK)).
Otto Whitehead: Foraging
ecology and diving behaviour of crested penguins at Marion Island
(Supervisors: Peter Ryan and Yan Ropert-Coudert).
Conservation Biology Masters
Lea Cohen:
Environmental conditions, foraging effort, and chick growth in Cape Gannets:
insight from a long-term study (Supervisor: Peter Ryan)
Craig Harding:
Tracking post-breeding African Penguins (Supervisors: Peter Ryan and
Ross Wanless)
Heinz Ortmann:
Population size and biology of the endangered Wilkins’ Bunting (Supervisor:
Peter Ryan)
Ed Rice: Rory
lines: A silver lining for seabirds (Supervisors: Peter Ryan
& Ross Wanless).
Recent
peer-reviewed publications
2013 / In press
Abad, F.X., Busquets, N., Sánchez, A., Ryan, P.G.,
Majó, N. & González-Solís, J. (in press) Serological and virological surveys
of Influenza A virus in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic penguins. Antarctic
Science IP. IF 1.556
Cuthbert, R.J., Louw, H., Lurling, J., Parker, G., Rexer-Huber, K., Sommer,
E., Visser, P. & Ryan, P.G. 2013. Low burrow occupancy and breeding success of
burrowing petrels at Gough Island: a consequence of mouse predation. Bird
Conservation International IP. IF 1.25
Dilley, B.J., Davies, D., Connan, M., Cooper, J.,
de Villiers, M., Swart, L., Vandenabeele, S., Ropert-Coudert, Y. &
Ryan, P.G. 2013. Giant petrels as predators of albatross chicks. Polar
Biology IP. IF 1.659
García-López de Hierro, L., Moleón, M. & Ryan, P.G. 2013. Is carrying feathers
a sexually selected trait in House Sparrows? Ethology IP. IF
2.008
Ryan, P.G. 2013. Medium-term changes in coastal
bird communities in the Western Cape, South Africa. Austral Ecology IP.
IF 1.824
Ryan, P.G. 2013. A simple technique for counting marine debris at sea reveals
steep litter gradients between the Straits of Malacca and the Bay of Bengal.
Marine Pollution Bulletin IP. IF 2.503
Ryan, P.G., Bouwman, H., Moloney, C.L., Yuyama, M. & Takada, H. 2012.
Long-term decreases in persistent organic pollutants in South African coastal
waters detected from beached polyethylene pellets. Marine Pollution
Bulletin IP. IF 2.503 2012
Chown, S.L., Lee, J.E., Hughes, K.A., Barnes, J., Barrett, P.J., Bergstrom,
D.M., Convey, P., Cowan, D.A., Crosbie, K., Dyer, G., Frenot, Y., Grant, S.M.,
Herr, D., Kennicutt II, M.C., Lamers, M., Murray, A., Possingham, H.P., Reid,
K., Riddle, M.J., Ryan, P.G., Sanson, L., Shaw, J.D., Sparrow, M.D.,
Summerhayes, C., Terauds, A. & Wall, D.H. 2012. Challenges to the Future
Conservation of the Antarctic. Science 337:158-159. IF 32.452
Cook, T.R., Hamann, M., Pichegru, L., Bonadonna, F., Grémillet, D. & Ryan, P.G.
2012. GPS and time-depth loggers reveal underwater foraging plasticity in a
flying diver, the Cape Cormorant. Marine Biology 159:373-387. IF
2.276
Hamann, M., Grémillet, D., Ryan, P.G., Bonadonna, F., van der Lingen, C.D. &
Pichegru, L. 2012. A hard-knock life: the foraging ecology of Cape cormorants
amidst shifting prey resources and industrial fishing pressure. African
Journal of Marine Science 34:233-240. IF 0.98
Jansen van Rensburg, A., Bloomer, P., Ryan, P.G. & Bengt Hansson, B. 2012.
Genetic variation at the major histocompatibility complex (MHCIIbeta) in
Nesospiza buntings: Effects of genetic drift and shared ancestral
polymorphism. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12:e143. IF 3.521
Jones, M.G.W., Techow, N.M.S.M. & Ryan, P.G. 2012.
Dalliances and doubtful dads: what determines extra-pair paternity in socially
monogamous wandering albatrosses? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
66:1213-1224. IF 3.179
Moseley, C., Grémillet, D., Connan, M., Ryan,
P.G., Mullers, R.H.E., der Lingen, C.D, Miller, T.W., Coetzee, J.C., Crawford,
R.M., Sabarros, P., McQuaid, C.D. & Pichegru, L. 2012. Foraging ecology and
ecophysiology of Cape gannets from colonies in contrasting feeding
environments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
422–423:29–38. IF 1.91
Parker, G.C., Rexer-Huber, K., Parker, K.A.,
Ryan, P.G., Techow, N.M.S.M. & Cuthbert, R.J. (in press). Morphometric and
genetic sexing in the Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri. Ringing & Migration
IP. No IF
Pichegru, L., Ryan, P.G., van Eeden, R., Reid, T., Grémillet, D. & Wanless, R.
2012. Industrial fishing, no-take zones and endangered penguins. Biological
Conservation IP. IF 4.115
Rexer-Huber, K., Parker, G.C., Ryan, P.G. & Cuthbert, R.J. 2012. Ringing
injuries in the Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri. Ringing & Migration
IP. No IF
Ryan, P.G. 2012. Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica feeding at
sea. Malimbus 34:43-45. No IF
Ryan, P.G. & Branch, G.M. 2012. The November 2011 irruption of buoy barnacles
Dosima fascicularis in the Western Cape, South Africa. African
Journal of Marine Science 34:157-162. IF 0.98
Ryan, P.G., Dilley, B.J. & Jones, M.G.W. 2012. The distribution and abundance
of white-chinned petrels (Procellaria aequinoctialis) breeding at the
sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. Polar Biology IP. IF 1.659
Ryan, P.G. & Kerr, J. in press. Is fur seal predation driving the decrease in
Northern Rockhopper Penguins Eudyptes moseleyi at Gough Island?
Marine Ornithology IP. No IF
Ryan, P.G., Edwards, L. & Pichegru, L. 2012. African Penguins Spheniscus
demersus, bait balls and the allee effect. Ardea 100:89-94.
IF 0.592
Ryan, P.G. 2012. Medium-term changes in coastal bird communities in the
Western Cape, South Africa. Austral Ecology IP. IF 1.824
Taylor, F.E., Ryan, P.G., Makhado, A.B., de Bruyn, P.J.N. & Weimerskirch, H.
2012. The seasonal distribution and habitat use of marine top predators in the
southern Indian Ocean. In: Habitat of marine top predators. Southern Indian
Ocean Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or
Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) 30 July - 3 August 2012 -
Flic en Flac, Mauritius.
Wanless, R.M., Ratcliffe, N., Angel, A., Bowie, B.C., Cita, K., Hilton, G.M.,
Kritzinger, P., Ryan, P.G. & Slabber, M. 2012. Predation of Atlantic Petrel
chicks by house mice on Gough Island. Animal Conservation IP.
2011
Cooper, J., Cuthbert, R.J., N.J.M. Gremmen,
N.J.M., Ryan, P.G. & Shaw, J.D. 2011. Earth, fire and water: applying novel
techniques to eradicate the invasive plant, procumbent pearlwort Sagina
procumbens, on Gough Island, a World Heritage Site in the South Atlantic.
In Veitch, C. R.; Clout, M. N. and Towns, D. R. (eds.). 2011. Proceedings
of the Conference on Island invasives: eradication and management. IUCN,
Gland, Switzerland. Pp. 162-165. No IF
Crawford, R.J.M., Altwegg, R., Barham, B.J.,
Barham, P.J., Durant, J.M., Dyer, B.M., Geldenhuys, D., Makhado, A.B.,
Pichegru, L., Ryan, P.G.,Underhill, L.G., Upfold, L., Visagie, J.,Waller, L.J.
& Whittington, P.A. 2011. Collapse of South Africa’s penguins in the early
21st century. African Journal of Marine Science 2011 33:139-156.
IF 0.98
Crawford, R.J.M. & Ryan, P.G. 2011. Seabirds: sentinels of southern Africa’s
seas. In Zietsman, L. (ed.) Observations on environmental change in South
Africa. SUN Press, Stellenbosch. Pp. 247-257. No IF
Cuthbert, R.J., Visser, P., Louw, H., Rexer-Huber,
K., Parker, G., & Ryan, P.G. 2011. Preparations for the eradication of mice
from Gough Island: results of bait acceptance trials above ground and around
cave systems. In Veitch, C. R.; Clout, M. N. and Towns, D. R. (eds.). 2011.
Proceedings of the Conference on Island invasives: eradication and management.
IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. pp. 47-50. No IF
Cuthbert, R.J., Visser, P., Louw. H. & Ryan, P.G. 2011. Palatability and
efficacy of rodent baits for eradicating house mice (Mus musculus) from
Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha. Wildlife Research 38:196-203. IF
1.323
Jenkins, A.R., Shaw, J.M., Smallie, J.J.,
Gibbons, B., Visagie, R. & Ryan, P.G. 2011. Estimating the impacts of power
line collisions on Ludwig’s Bustards Neotis ludwigii. Bird
Conservation International 21:303-310. IF 1.25
Pichegru, L., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Kato, A.,
Takahashi, A., Dyer, B.M. & Ryan, P.G. 2011. Diving patterns of female
macaroni penguins breeding on Marion Island, South Africa. Polar Biology
34:945-954. IF 1.659
Robson, B., Glass, T., Glass, N., Glass, J.,
Green, J., Repetto, C., Rodgers, G., Ronconi, R.A., Ryan, P.G., Swain, G. &
Cuthbert, R.J. 2011. Revised population estimate and trends for the Endangered
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi at Tristan da Cunha.
Bird Conservation International 21:454-459. IF 1.25
Ryan, P.G. & Ronconi, R.A. 2011. Continued increase in numbers of Spectacled
Petrels Procellaria conspicillata. Antarctic Science 23:332-336.
IF 1.556
Ryan, P.G., Glass, N. & Ronconi, R.A. 2011. The plants and birds of
Stoltenhoff and Middle Islands, Tristan da Cunha. Polar Record
47:86-89. IF 0.962
Wright, K.L.B., Pichegru, L. & Ryan, P.G. 2011.
Penguins are attracted to dimethyl sulphide at sea. Journal of Experimental
Biology 214:2509-2511. IF 2.996
2010
Cohen, C., Ryan, P., Claasen, M.
& Ntoyinka, C. 2010. Birding Rwanda - in search of Red-collared
Babbler Kupeornis rufocinctus, Albertine Rift endemics
and more. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 17:229-237. No IF
Grémillet, D., Mullers, R.H.E.,
Moseley, C., Pichegru, L., Coetzee, J.C., Sabarros, P.S., van
der Lingen, C.D., Ryan, P.G., Kato, A. & Ropert-Coudert, Y.
2010. Seabirds, fisheries, and cameras. Frontiers in Ecology
and the Environment 8: 401-402. IF 6.922
Jones, M.G.W. & Ryan, P.G. 2010
Evidence of mouse attacks on albatross chicks on sub-Antarctic
Marion Island. Antarctic Science 22:39-42. IF 1.496
Mwema, M.M., de Ponte Machado, M.
& Ryan, P.G. 2010. Breeding seabirds at Dassen Island, South
Africa: chances of surviving great white pelican predation.
Endangered Species Research 9:125-131.
Pichegru, L., Ryan, P.G.,
Crawford, R.J.M., van der Lingen, C.D. & Grémillet, D. 2010.
Behavioural inertia places a top marine predator at risk from
environmental change in the Benguela upwelling system. Marine
Biology 157: 537-544. IF 1.999
Pichegru, L., Grémillet, D.,
Crawford, R.J.M. & Ryan, P.G. 2010. Marine no-take zone rapidly
benefits endangered penguin. Biology Letters 6:498-501. IF 3.521
Ronconi, R.A., Ryan, P.G. &
Ropert-Coudert, Y. 2010. Diving of Great Shearwaters (Puffinus
gravis) in cold and warm water regions of the South Atlantic
Ocean. Plos One 5:e15508. IF 4.351
Ryan, P.G. 2010. First record of
Chilean Skua Catharacta chilensis for the African region. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 17:217-219. No IF
Ryan, P.G., Nupen, L., Rose, B. &
Suleiman, A.S. 2010. Geographic variation in Socotra Sparrows
Passer insularis. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
130:75-82. No IF
Ryan, P.G., Pichegru, L.,
Ropert-Coudert, Y., Grémillet, D. & Kato, A. 2010. On a wing and
a prayer: the foraging ecology of breeding Cape cormorants.
Journal of Zoology 280:25-32. IF1.545
Ryan, P.G. & Ronconi, R.A. 2010.
The Tristan Thrush Nesocichla eremita as seabird
predator. Ardea 98:247-250. IF 0.836
Shaw, J.M., Jenkins, A.R.,
Smallie, J.J. & Ryan, P.G. 2010. Modelling power-line collision
risk for the Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus in South
Africa. Ibis 152:590-599. IF 2.123
Shaw, J.M., Jenkins, A.R., Ryan, P.G. & Smallie. 2010. A
preliminary survey of avian mortality on power lines in the
Overberg, South Africa. Ostrich 81:109-113. IF
0.254
Techow, N.M.S.M., O’Ryan, C., Phillips, R.A., Gales, R., Marin,
M., Patterson-Fraser, D., Quintana, F., Ritz, M.S., Thompson,
D.R., Wanless, R.M., Weimerskirch, H. & Ryan, P.G. 2010.
Speciation and phylogeography of giant petrels Macronectes
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54:472-487. IF
3.556
Wanless, R.M., Cooper, J., Slabber, M.J. & Ryan, P.G. 2010. Risk
assessment of birds foraging terrestrially at Marion and Gough
Islands to primary and secondary poisoning by rodenticides.
Wildlife Research 37:524-530. IF 1.5
Wilson, J.W., Burle, M.-H., Cuthbert, R., Stirnemann, R.L. &
Ryan, P.G. 2010. Breeding success of Northern Rockhopper
Penguins (Eudyptes moseleyi) at Gough Island, South
Atlantic Ocean. Emu 110:137-141. IF 0.803
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