Avian Demography Unit
Department of Statistical Sciences
University of Cape Town

BIRD NUMBERS

The newsletter of the Avian Demography Unit

Volume 8 No 1, June 1999

    © Avian Demography Unit 1998

BIRD NUMBERS is published by the AVIAN DEMOGRAPHY UNIT (ADU), Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa. It is distributed free of charge to ADU project participants.

The ADU is a research unit of the University of Cape Town and enjoys the partnership of BirdLife South Africa.

The mission of the Avian Demography Unit is to contribute to the improved understanding of bird populations, especially bird population dynamics, and thus make a contribution to their conservation. We achieve this through mass-participation projects, long-term monitoring, innovative statistical modelling and population-level interpretation of results. The emphasis is on the curation, analysis, publication and dissemination of data.

Editor: James A. Harrison
Technical editing and layout/DTP: Felicia Stoch
WEB editing: René Navarro

Contents

  1. Editorial
  2. The Avian Demography Unit: November 1998-May 1999
  3. An overview of CWAC results (1992-97)
  4. More seabirding around the World with the BirdLife International Seabird Conservation Programme
  5. Flamingo migration routes - a challenge for Mozambique
  6. European Bee-eaters and the occupants of their burrows - friends or enemies?
  7. Fishing bee-eaters (from the Net)
  8. Carbofuran poison collar claims the lives of 22 vultures in the Kalahari
  9. A plethora of longbilled larks
  10. Nestling period of the Greater Doublecollared Sunbird Nectarinia afra
  11. Breeding Cuckoo Finch Anomalospiza imberbis in Pretoria
  12. Fieldguides, past and present. Part 2: South African publications
  13. Publications by members of the ADU December 1998-June 1999
  14. Chips from the past
  15. Birds in culture

Donors - in response to appeal in Bird Numbers 7(3)

A. Archer, J. Clements, Y. Craig, J. Cremen, R. Crowther, W. Doepel, N. Elwell, L. Freeman, S. Geyser, A. Gilbert, K. and G. Griffith, B. Herman, G. Jooste, B. McCormick, R. Mearns, H. Morgan, P. and M. Neatherway, W. and P. Nicol, G. Patten, B. and L. Ralphs, R. and B. Robinson, D. Sülter, G. Swanepoel, Sweet Valley Primary School, W. te Water, J. van Dijk, J. van Steenderen, C. Venter, Mr and Mrs B. Wilton.

A total of R6425 was raised. We appreciate your support and confidence in the work of the Avian Demography Unit.

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