Department of Statistical Sciences
University of Cape Town
| Avian Demography Unit
Department of Statistical Sciences University of Cape Town |
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Publications available from the Avian Demography Unit
The following publications can be ordered directly from the Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701. Cheques should be made payable to the University of Cape Town (unless specified otherwise). Prices, where given, include packing and postage to addresses within South Africa. Information about prices for all other countries available from, and enquiries to, adu@adu.uct.ac.za | |
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H.D. Oschadleus
Bibliography of the African quelea species Published 2001 Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town The Redbilled Quelea is a major pest in much of subsaharan Africa and is the bird species that has had the greatest economic impact on the continent. In consequence it is probably Africa's best studied bird species. This book becomes the definitive bibliography of the genus Quelea. The bibliography lists 1880 references. These are keyworded under a variety of headings, including "control", "ecology", "moult", "movements", "non-target species", etc. 71 A4 pages R60 |
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H.D. Oschadleus (editor)
Safring News 29(1) Ringers' Training Workshop at Witsand Nature Reserve, Northern Cape Published 2000 Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town This is a special issue of Safring News. It contains an introduction to the Witsand Nature Reserve, the jewel of the reserve system of the Northern Cape. It also contains 20 papers, which are published versions of the excellent series of talks presented at the first ever Ringers' Training Workshop, held at Witsand in March 2000. Although most of the papers relate to bird ringing, many will interest a far broader birding community. For this reason SAFRING produced extra copies of this issue, and they are available from the ADU. 56 A5 pages ISSN 0379-878X R35 |
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J.-J. Brossy, John Cooper, Robert Crawford, Norbert Klages & Lynne Shannon (editors)
Proceedings of the Third International Penguin Conference Published 1999 Marine Ornithology Volume 27 Cape Town: African Seabird Group This volume of the journal Marine Ornithology is devoted to the papers presented at the Third International Penguin Conference, held in Cape Town in 1996. The proceedings contain 28 papers. 210 A4 pages ISSN 1018-3337 Price R100, cheques payable to "African Seabird Group" |
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J. Cooper (editor)
Proceedings of the Symposium on Birds of the Sea and Shore Published 1981 Cape Town: African Seabird Group This symposium brought together researchers mainly from Africa and Europe with a specialist interest in seabirds and waders. The 28 full-length papers in the proceedings remain an important and interesting collection of papers, many of which are still regularly cited in the journal literature. 474 B5 pages ISBN 0-620-06354-8 R50, cheques payable to "African Seabird Group" |
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L.G. Underhill, J. Cooper & M. Waltner
The Status of Waders (Charadrii) and Other Birds in the Coastal Region of the Southern and Eastern Cape, Summer 1978/79 Published 1980 Cape Town: Western Cape Wader Study Group During this expedition, waders and other waterbirds at 76 coastal wetlands and along 109 sections of coastline totaling 582 km were counted. The area covered lies between Mossel Bay and the Kei River. The report contains the detailed results of this survey, and remains the definitive work upon which choices of Important Bird Areas were based nearly 20 years later. 248 A4 pages ISBN 0-620-04762-3 R50 |
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L.G. Underhill & D.A. Whitelaw
An Ornithological Expedition to the Namib Coast: Summer 1976/77 Published 1977 Cape Town: Western Cape Wader Study Group This report provides the full details of a survey of waders made along a 236-km section of the central Namibian coast, from Cape Cross in the north, past the towns of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, to Sandwich Harbour in the south. 106 A4 pages ISBN 0-620-02894-7 R50 |
| ADU Guides
The booklets in this series provide the methods used in the various projects of the Avian Demography Unit | |
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Sam de Beer, Geoff Lockwood, Kobie Raijmakers, Shonie Raijmakers, William Scott,
Dieter Oschadleus and Les Underhill
SAFRING Bird Ringing Manual Published 2000 Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town ADU Guide 5 Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town The new bird ringers' manual is aimed primarily at new ringers and at the trainers of ringers. It will be of great value to existing ringers in helping them to maintain their standards and in encouraging them to extend their efforts to collect better and more useful data. 102 A5 pages R45 |
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Marius Burger and James Harrison
Frogs and Frog Atlasing Published 1998 ADU Guide 4 Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town This booklet is designed to introduce you to southern African frogs and also to the details of frog atlasing. It has 16 chapters; a sample of chapter titles includes "Frogging equipment", "Finding frogs", "Breeding strategies in southern African frogs", "Burrowing frogs", "Frogs of the arid regions", "Threatened frogs", and finally "Domestic frogs", which is about making your garden a haven from frogs: "Frogs are creatures which can happily live and breed in gardens. They will help control insect populations, fill the evenings with their choruses and fascinate your children!" 71 A5 pages R45 |
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Dave Allan, James Harrison, Les Underhill, Marc Herremans and Wendy Hitchcock
The Nest Record Card Scheme Published 1996 ADU Guide 3 Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town This booklet describes the Avian Demography Unit's project which gathers information about the breeding habits of birds. Why do we need a Nest Record Card Scheme? Simply because our knowledge of the basic breeding biology of even some of southern Africa's most common species is woefully inadequate. 43 A5 pages R30 |
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Les Underhill, Terry Oatley and Aldo Berruti
Bird Ringing in Southern Africa: Projects for the Future Published 1995 ADU Guide 2 Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town The information derived from bird ringing provided the greatest advance in the study of ornithology during the 20th century. Potential research projects for the 21st century involving the technique of bird ringing are suggested and described. The focus of this booklet is to provide a forward plan for SAFRING ringers. It contains a catalogue of potential projects for ringers, especially those which should enjoy priority from research and conservation perspectives. 36 A5 pages R25 |
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James Harrison
Birds In Reserves Project: Instructions Published 1994 ADU Guide 1 Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town Out of print |
| Journals | |
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Safring News, Marine Ornithology (formerly Cormorant) and Bird Numbers Subscriptions for, and back numbers of most issues of, these journals are available from the Avian Demography Unit. Safring News commenced publication in 1972, and reached volume 29 in 2000. Marine Ornithology commenced publication as Cormorant in 1976, and reached volume 28 in 2000. Bird Numbers, the journal of the Avian Demography Unit, was first published in 1993. Volume 9 was published in 2000. Enquire at adu@adu.uct.ac.za for details. |
| ADU Reports
Not all the documents in the ADU Report series can be made available. Copies of the titles listed below are available. | |
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P. Barry Taylor
The status and conservation of rallids in South Africa: results of a wetland survey in 1995/96 Published 1997 ADU Report 23 South African palustrine wetlands: results of a survey in summer 1995/96 Published 1997 ADU Report 24 Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town 41 + 293 A4 pages R135 |
| International Wader Study Group
The printing of the proceedings of a conference arranged by the International Wader Study was coordinated in South Africa by the Avian Demography Unit. A few copies of the proceedings are available from the Avian Demography Unit for sale in South Africa only. | |
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H. Hotker, E. Lebedeva, P.S. Tomkovich, J. Gromadzka, N.C. Davidson, J. Evans, D.A.
Stroud & R.B. West (editors)
Migration and International Conservation of Waders: Research and Conservation on North Asian, African and European Flyways International Wader Studies 10 Published 1998 International Wader Study Group This thick report, popularly known as the "Odessa Proceedings", contains the papers presented at an extraordinary conference of the International Wader Study Group in Odessa, Ukraine, in April 1992. The collection of papers is of immense importance to wader researchers worldwide, because it provides an extensive review of studies of waders conducted in the former Soviet Union. Most of the information contained in these proceedings has never previously been available in English. 500 A4 pages ISSN 1354-9944 R250, including postage and packing. This is a special price available only to residents of South Africa. |
| White Stork books
After the Conference of the Parties to the Bonn Convention, held in Cape Town, in November 1999, some copies of two books on the White Stork were donated to the Avian Demography Unit. These are available from the Avian Demography Unit to residents of South Africa only, at the cost of handling, packing and postage. | |
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O. Biber, P. Enggist, C. Marti & T. Salathe (editors)
Proceedings of the International Symposium on the White Stork (Western Population) Basel 1994 Published 1995 Sempach, Switzerland: Swiss Ornithological Institute These are the proceedings of a symposium with the objectives of discussing current and future actions required to reduce the mortality of White Storks and to improve the quality of their breeding and foraging habitats, to identify priorities for further coordinated population monitoring and research, and to define ways of evaluating the success of conservation measures. The papers are in one of English, German, French or Spanish, but all papers have English summaries, and all table and figure captions also have English translations. 370 A4 pages ISBN 3-9521032-0-9 R50, for handling, packing and postage to addresses within South Africa only. All other orders contact Schweizerische Vogelwarte, CH-6204 Sempach, Switzerland |
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H. Schulz (editor)
White Storks on the up? Proceedings, International Symposium on the White Stork, Hamburg 1996 Published 1999 Bonn: Natuurschutzbund Deutschland A major topic at this symposium were the country-by-country reports of the results of the White Stork census made in 1994 and 1995. The results were unexpectedly positive, and in most countries both the number of breeding pairs and the breeding range was increasing. This book provides an extensive and almost complete picture of the conservation status of the White Stork. In addition, papers deal with the migration, ecology, threat of extinction and conservation in relation to the White Stork. About half the papers are in English, the remainder are in German, but all papers have summaries in both languages, and all the figures and tables have captions in both languages. 622 B4 pages ISBN 3-925815-00-7 R50, for handling, packing and postage to addresses within South Africa only. All other orders contact NABU, Herbert-Rabius-Strasse 26, DE-53225, Bonn, Germany |
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BirdLife South Africa Publications
The following publications can be ordered from BirdLife South Africa, PO Box 515, Randburg. For prices and other enquiries, contact sales@birdlife.org.za | |
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J.H. Harrison, D.G. Allan, L.G. Underhill, M. Herremans, A.J. Tree, V. Parker & C.J.
Brown (editors)
The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Vol. 1: Non-passerines. Vol. 2: Passerines. Published 1997 Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa The Atlas of Southern African Birds was the climax to the largest biodiversity project ever conducted in Africa, the Southern African Bird Atlas Project. The atlas provides distribution maps and related texts for all the bird species occurring in six countries of southern Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. 1618 A4 pages ISBN Set 0-620-20729-9, Vol. 1 0-620-20730-2, Vol. 2 0-620-20731-0 |
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K.N. Barnes (editor)
The Important Bird Areas of Southern Africa Published 1998 Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa The Avian Demography Unit was charged by BirdLife International to take responsibility for the selection and description of the Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in southern Africa. The 183 IBAs described in this book have been selected according to a set of criteria determined by BirdLife International. These are currently being applied globally to determine the set of sites in each country that are crucially important to birds at a global scale. 394 A4 pages ISBN 0-620-23423-7 |
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K.N. Barnes (editor)
The Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland Published 2000 Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa This book presents the application of the latest IUCN criteria for determining the threat categories to the bird species of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Five species were classified as "Critically Endangered", 11 as "Endangered" and 43 as "Vulnerable". In addition, another 64 species were classified as "Near-threatened". Two species are "Regionally extinct". This is an essential document for all involved or interested with bird conservation in the region. 169 A4 pages ISBN 0-620-25499-8 |
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Dave Osborne and Rob Little
Birds of the Swartberg and Gamkapoort Nature Reserves Published 1999 BLSA Guide 23 Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa The Swartberg Mountain chain is off the beaten track for most birders. However, its position and topography results in a spectacular diversity of habitats within a small area. The biological importance of the area has been recognized by the establishment of the Swartberg and the Gamkapoort Nature Reserves. The bird list for the two reserves stands at 214 species, including many southern African endemics, including the "fynbos specials". 73 A5 pages ISBN 0-620-23712-0 |
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Fred de Boer & Carlos Bento
Birds of Inhaca Island, Mozambique Published 1999 BLSA Guide 22 Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa 299 bird species have been recorded on Inhaca Island, near Maputo in southern Mozambique, making this island a paradise for birders. The marshes, mangroves, dense dune forests and the broad intertidal mudflats provide a wide diversity of habitats for all these species within an area of 40 square kilometers. There is an excellent hotel on the island, which has long been a sought-after vacation destination. 76 A5 pages ISBN 0-620-23711-2 |
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Roy Cowgill & Stephen Davis
Bird Checklists of KwaZulu-Natal Reserves. Part 1: The Greater Durban Area Published 1998 BLSA Guide 21 Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa This booklet is essentially a guide to birding in the immediate environs of Durban. It provides comprehensive checklists of the species occurring in the 19 prime birding spots in this city. 112 A5 pages ISBN 0-620-22649-8 |
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Wally Petersen & Mel Tripp (compilers)
Birds of the Southwestern Cape and Where to Watch Them Published 1995 Southern Birds 20 Cape Town: Cape Bird Club and Johannesburg: Southern African Ornithological Society This book describes 40 birding spots in near Cape Town in the Western Cape. It contains a bird checklist for each of these destinations. It remains an excellent guide to birding in this region. 216 A5 pages ISBN 0-620-19700-5 |
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Gordon Bennet & Steven Herbert
Where to See Birds in KwaZulu-Natal Published 1995 Southern Birds 19 Johannesburg: Southern African Ornithological Society With a total list of about 650 species, KwaZulu-Natal offers some of the best birding in southern Africa. This booklet is a guide to the best birdwatching localities in this province of South Africa. 81 A5 pages ISBN 0-620-19076-0 |
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Dave Richardson & Mike Fraser
Birds of Swartboskloof, Jonkershoek Valley, Stellenbosch: a Mountain Fynbos Habitat Published 1995 Southern Birds 18 Johannesburg: Southern African Ornithological Society Swartboskloof is a 375-ha patch of mountain fynbos. Little is known of the role of birds in this habitat. The species list and supporting information presented in this booklet will be very useful to birders and researchers in mountain fynbos elsewhere in the Western Cape. 44 A5 pages ISBN 0-620-19075-2 |
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Alan Beasley
Birds of the Botanic Garden, Harare, Zimbabwe Published 1995 Southern Birds 17 Johannesburg: Southern African Ornithological Society Alan Beasley visited the Botanic Garden in Harare regularly from the early 1970s, when it was still in an early stage of development. As the Botanic Garden was developed, the number of bird species increased steadily, from 59 in 1974 to 188 in 1986. The garden is 67 ha in extent, and only 3 km from the centre of Harare. 55 A5 pages ISBN 0-620-18318-7 |
