2016
Doctoral theses
Baum, Julia. Dec 2016. The influence of location on the structure and functioning of private land conservation networks in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. (Supervisor: Graeme Cumming).
Clements, Hayley. Dec 2016. Multi-scale, social-ecological influences on private land conservation in South Africa. (Supervisor: Graeme Cumming)
Henry, Dominic. June 2016. Waterbirds and nutrient dispersal in isiMangaliso Wetland Park. (Supervisor: Graeme Cumming)
McInnes, Alistair. Dec 2016. Fine-scale drivers of African Penguin prey dynamics in Algoa Bay, South Africa, and their impacts on penguin foraging ecology. (Supervisors: Lorien Pichegru, Peter Ryan)
Murgatroyd, Megan. June 2016. Ecology of the Verreaux's Eagle in natural and agriculturally transformed habitats in South Africa. (Supervisors: Les Underhill, Arjun Amar)
Reynolds, Chevonne. June 2016. Understanding the relationship between waterfowl movement and dispersal of freshwater aquatic organisms in southern Africa (Supervisor: Graeme Cumming)
Tate, Gareth. Dec 2016. Exploring the maintenance of plumage polymorphism in the Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus. (Supervisors: Arjun Amar, Jacqui Bishop).
Masters Theses
Roberts, Jenni. June 2016. African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) distribution during the non-breeding season: preparation for, and recovery from, a moulting fast. (Supervisor: Peter Ryan)
Conservation Biology Masters mini-theses
Jennifer Angoh. June 2016. The birds, the bees and Erica: vulnerability of plant-pollinator communities in fragmented fynbos landscapes. (Supervisors: Jeremy Midgeley, Mark Brown)
Christiaan Brink. June 2016. The reintroduction of bearded vultures in South Africa: a feasibility analysis. (Supervisors: Arjun Amar, Sonja Krüger)
Angela Ferguson. June 2016. Using conditioned food aversion (CFA) to reduce Pied crow (Corvus albus) predation of plover nests. (Supervisors: Robert Thomson, Tom Flower)
Gabriela Fleury June 2016. Environmental change in Riemsvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa, twenty years after resettlement. (Supervisors: Timm Hoffman, Simon Todd)
Kyle Lloyd. June 2016. An experimental approach to assess the role of nest predation in the population dynamics of the Sociable weaver (Philetarius socius). (Supervisor: Rita Covas)
Hermenegildo Matimele June 2016. An assessment f the distribution and conservation status of endemic and near endemic plant species in Maputaland, Mozambique. (Supervisors: Timm Hoffman, Domitilla Raimondo, Jonathan Timberlake)
Penny Pistorius. June 2016. How air temperature affects flight initiation distance in arid-zone birds. (Supervisors: Susan Cunningham, Rowan Martin)
Jessleena Suri. June 2016. Street-wise: does prey abundance buffer Sparrowhawks (Accipiter melanoleucus) from the negative health impacts of urbanisation? (Supervisors: Arjun Amar, Petra Sumasgutner, Eleonore Hellard)
Wataru Tokura. June 2016. Understanding changes in plant productivity using EVI satellite data in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve. (Supervisor: Timm Hoffman)
Julia van Velden. June 2016. Cranes and crops: investigating the viability of Blue cranes in agricultural lands of the Western Cape. (Supervisors: Peter Ryan, Res Altwegg)
Elke Visser. June 2016. The impact of South Africa's largest photovoltaic solar energy facility on birds in the Northern Cape, South Africa. (Supervisors: Peter Ryan, Samantha Ralston)