Avian Demography Unit Department of Statistical Sciences University of Cape Town
Selected Publications by ADU Staff 1990-1998
We have chosen papers which illustrate the diversity of the ADU's output.
Books
Harrison, J.A., Allan, D.G., Underhill, L.G.,
Herremans, M., Tree, A.J., Parker, V. & Brown, C.J.
(eds). 1997. The atlas of southern African birds. Vol. 1:
Non-passerines. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.
Harrison, J.A., Allan, D.G., Underhill, L.G.,
Herremans, M., Tree, A.J., Parker, V. & Brown, C.J.
(eds). 1997. The atlas of southern African birds. Vol. 2:
Passerines. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.
Oatley, T.B. & Arnott, G. 1998. Robins of Africa.
Acorn Books & Russel Friedman, Randburg and Halfway
House, South Africa.
Oatley T.B., Oschadleus H.D., Navarro R.A. &
Underhill, L.G 1998. Review of ring recoveries of birds
of prey in southern Africa: 1948-1998. Endangered
Wildlife Trust, Johannesburg.
Research papers
Allan, D.G. 1994. The abundance and movements of
Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii. Ostrich 65: 95-105.
Allan, D.G. 1995. Habitat selection by Blue Cranes in
the Western Cape Province and the Karoo. South African
Journal of Wildlife Research 25: 90-97.
Allan, D.G., Harrison, J.A., Navarro, R.A., van
Wilgen, B.W. & Thompson, M.W. 1997. The impact of
commercial afforestation on bird populations in
Mpumalanga Province, South Africa - insights from bird-
atlas data. Biological Conservation 79: 173-186.
Bruderer, B., Underhill, L.G. & Liechti, F. 1995.
Altitude choice by night migrants in a desert area
predicted by meteorological factors. Ibis 137: 44-55.
Harrison, J.A. & Martinez, P. 1995. Measurement and
mapping of avian diversity in southern Africa:
implications for conservation planning. Ibis 137: 410-417.
Harrison, J.A., Allan, D.G. & van Hensbergen, H.J.
1994. Automated habitat annotation of bird species lists
- an aid in environmental consultancy. Ostrich 65: 316-328.
Herremans, M., Hunter, N.D. & Allan, D. 1994. The
display of the Short-clawed Lark Certilauda chuana and
comments on the genus Certilauda. Bulletin of the British
Ornithologists' Club 114: 27-31.
Herremans, M., Herremans-Tonnoeyr, D. & Borello, W.D.
1995. Non-breeding site fidelity of Redbacked Shrikes
Lanius collurio in Botswana. Ostrich 66: 145-147.
Oatley, T.B., Underhill, L.G. & Ross, G.J.B. 1992.
Recovery rate of juvenile Cape Gannets: a potential
indicator of marine conditions. Colonial Waterbirds 15:140-143.
Prys-Jones, R.P., Underhill, L.G. & Waters, R.J.
1994. Index numbers for waterbird populations. II.
Coastal wintering waders in the United Kingdom, 1970/71-
1990/91. Journal of Applied Ecology 31: 481-492.
Summers, R.W. & Underhill, L.G. 1991. The
relationship between body size and time of breeding in
Icelandic Redshanks Tringa totanus. Ibis 133: 134-139.
Summers, R.W., Underhill, L.G. & Prys-Jones, R.P.
1995. Does delayed return migration of young waders to
their breeding grounds indicate the risk of migration?
Ardea 83: 351-357.
Summers, R.W., Underhill, L.G., Howells, R.J.,
Vickery, J. & Prys-Jones, R.P. 1996. Phenology of
migration and use of wintering sites by an expanding
population of Dark-bellied Brent Geese. Journal of
Zoology, London 239: 197-208.
Underhill, L.G. 1990. Movements, site faithfulness
and biometrics of European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster in
the southwestern Cape. Ostrich 61: 80-84.
Underhill, L.G. 1994. Reviving the calcium-from-
lemmings hypothesis. Wader Study Group Bulletin 75: 35-36.
Underhill, L.G. 1995. The relationship between
breeding and non-breeding localities of waders: the
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea as an extreme
example. Ostrich: 66: 41-45.
Underhill, L.G. & Joubert, A. 1995. Relative masses
of primary feathers. Ringing & Migration 16: 109-116.
Underhill, L.G. & Kalejta-Summers, B. 1995. Blood
parasites in bright birds: testing the Hamilton-Zuk
hypothesis in sub-Saharan Africa with an improved
statistical method. Ostrich 66: 10-14.
Underhill, L.G. & Prys-Jones, R.P. 1994. Index
numbers for waterbird populations. I. Review and
methodology. Journal of Applied Ecology 31: 463-480.
Underhill, L.G. & Summers, R.W. 1990. Multivariate
analysis of breeding performance in Dark-bellied Brent
Geese Branta b. bernicla. Ibis 132: 477-482.
Underhill, L.G., Oatley, T.B. & Harrison, J.A. 1991.
The role of large-scale data collection products in the
study of southern African birds. Ostrich 62: 124-148.
Underhill, L.G., Prys-Jones, R.P., Dowsett, R.J.,
Lawn, M.R., Herroelen, P., Johnson, D.N., Norman, S.C.,
Pearson, D.J. & Tree, A.J. 1992. The biannual primary
moult of Willow warblers Phylloscopus trochilus in Europe
and Africa. Ibis 134: 286-297
Underhill, L.G., Prys-Jones, R.P., Harrison, J.A. &
Martinez, P. 1992. Seasonal patterns of occurrence of
Palaearctic migrants in southern Africa using atlas data.
Ibis 134 Suppl. 1: 99-108.
Underhill, L.G., Prys-Jones, R.P., Syroechkovski,E.J.R.,
Groen, N.M., Karpov, V., Lappo, H.G., van Roomen,
M.W.J., Rybkin, A., Schekkerman, H., Spiekeman, H. &
Summers, R.W. 1993. Breeding of waders (Charadrii) and
Brent Geese Branta bernicla bernicla at Pronchishcheva
Lake, northeastern Taimyr, Russia, in a peak and a
decreasing lemming year. Ibis 135: 277-292.
Underhill, L.G., Whittington, P.A., Crawford, R.J.M.
& Williams, A.J. 1997. Results of monitoring oiled
African Penguins Spheniscus demersus for three years
after the Apollo Sea incident of June 1994. Sula 11: 186-192.
Whittington, P.A., Hofmeyr, J.H. & Cooper, J. 1996.
Development of a mainland colony of Jackass Penguins
Spheniscus demersus at Stony Point, Betty's Bay, South
Africa. Ostrich 67: 144-150.
Whittington, P.A., Dyer, B.M., Crawford, R.J.M. &
Williams, A.J. (in press). First recorded breeding of
Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa in the
southern hemisphere, at Dyer Island, South Africa. Ibis.
Research Reports
Allan, D.G. & Harrison, J.A. 1994. Report on
potential avian sensitivity to powerline construction in
an area of Natal. ADU Research Report 4. ADU, UCT, Cape Town.
Allan, D.G., Harrison, J.A., Navarro, R.A. &
Martinez, P. 1995. The Redbilled Quelea and non-target
birds - insights from Bird Atlas data. ADU Research
Report 9. ADU, UCT, Cape Town.
Harrison, J.A., Navarro, R.A. & Barnes, K.N. 1997. An
analysis of the avifauna of Gauteng. ADU Research Report
22. ADU, UCT, Cape Town.
Taylor, P.B. 1997. The status and conservation of
rallids in South Africa: Results of a wetland survey in
1995/96. ADU Research Report 23. ADU, UCT, Cape Town.
Taylor, P.B. 1997. South African palustrine wetlands:
the results of a survey in summer 1995/96. ADU Research
Report 24. ADU, UCT, Cape Town.
Popular publications
Allan, D.G. 1994. Ecotourism and birding in South
Africa. In: Vision of Wildlife, Ecotourism and the
Environment in Southern Africa; Endangered Wildlife Trust
1995 Annual. Cadell, E.-M. & Ledger, J. (eds). Endangered
Wildlife Trust, Johannesburg. pp. 126-141.
Harrison, J.A. 1997. Southern African Bird Atlas -
messages for conservation. In: Endangered Wildlife,
Ecotourism and the Environment: a Vision. Holt-Biddle, D.
(ed.). Endangered Wildlife Trust, Johannesburg. pp. 62-67.
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