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December 2013

Fitz boasts 100 papers for 2013 - 19 Dec 2013 - 14:30

Prof. Tim Crowe retires on 31 December 2013 after 40 years at the FitzPatrick Institute - 8 Dec 2013 - 14:30

November 2013

Biodiversity Conference - December 2013: Invitation to attend free public talks - 28 Nov 2013 - 14:30

September 2013

Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology / BirdLife SA Conference 13-14 March 2014 - First announcement - 27 Sep 2013 - 14:30

Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2014: Analysis of expanding urban raptor populations using long-term data sets - 23 Sep 2013 - 14:30

MSc Opportunity: The allometry of flight feathers - 18 Sep 2013 - 14:30

Graeme Cumming awarded Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3) British Association Medal (Silver) for 2013 - 9 Sep 2013 - 14:30

Smelling home in the wind: the study of olfactory homing in petrels. Gaia Dell/Ariccia, CEFE-CNRS, Montpellier, France - 5 Sep 2013 - 14:00

August 2013

The physiological ecology of nocturnal birds exposed to high daytime environmental temperatures: energy and water balance in two southern African caprimulgids during summer - PhD proposal presentation Ryan O'Connor, PhD student, U. Pretoria - 29 Aug 2013 - 14:00

July 2013

New library management system for the Niven Library - 16 Jul 2013 - 14:00

June 2013

Fynbos Endemic Birds: Densities and distributions in relation to vegetation structure and weather Dr Alan Lee, Post-Doctoral Fellow, PFIAO and SANBI - 10 Jun 2013 - 13:45

June Graduation Ceremony - 10 Jun 2013 - 12:45

May 2013

What's New??? - 22 May 2013 - 13:30

MSc study opportunity at the Fitz: Tracking adult African Penguins - 22 May 2013 - 12:30

Fitz Post-Doc Steve Boyes selected as 2013 National Geographic Emerging Explorer - 22 May 2013 - 11:30

April 2013

Director: Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology - 24 Apr 2013 - 13:15

The Swift Tern: A winning species? - 18 Apr 2013 - 13:15

March 2013

African Birdlife: The FitzPatrick Report: Conserving high-elevation grasslands - 18 Mar 2013 - 13:15

February 2013

Dr Hanneline Smit-Robinson appointed to the Fitz CoE Board - 21 Feb 2013 - 13:00

Tasso Leventis appointed to the Fitz CoE Board - 20 Feb 2013 - 13:00

African Birdlife: The FitzPatrick Report: Me first? The hot hornbill dilemma - 16 Feb 2013 - 13:00

January 2013

In celebration of Phil's life... - 28 Jan 2013 - 11:45

Tribute to Phil Hockey (8 March 1956 – 24 January 2013) - 25 Jan 2013 - 13:00

December 2012

PhD research opportunity at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute: Understanding the cause of the Martial Eagle decline in Protected Areas in South Africa - 21 Dec 2012 - 10:45

Senior Research Assistants for biological research and plant control at Gough Island - 20 Dec 2012 - 10:45

November 2012

Postdoctoral research opportunity at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology: Spatial analyses of Bearded Vulture movements in southern Africa to inform wind farm development - 19 Nov 2012 - 10:45

October 2012

Seminar by Prof. Gordon Orians: 'Four and ninety blackbirds' - 26 Oct 2012 - 14:45

Seminar: BirdLife South Africa's Important Bird Areas Programme in the Western Cape - 22 Oct 2012 - 15:45

Masters research at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute: Heat tolerance in the African Penguin in the face of climate change - 22 Oct 2012 - 15:30

Penguins in peril - 11 Oct 2012 - 15:45

PhD Research Project: Using threatened, endemic & habitat specialist birds to prioritise conservation action for highland grasslands - 5 Oct 2012 - 15:45

September 2012

Fitz News in Africa - Birds & Birding: New project to assess petrel status - 18 Sep 2012 - 14:30

'Individual rules for social animals: integrating state with decisions about interactions' - by Dr Sean Rands - 5 Sep 2012 - 14:00

July 2012

Rising temperatures make life harder for desert birds - 27 Jul 2012 - 14:00

Niven Library receives first eBook - 25 Jul 2012 - 14:00

Fitz CoE extended until 2019! - 16 Jul 2012 - 14:00

June 2012

Conservation Biology MSc class graduates! - 12 Jun 2012 - 13:45

Niven Library Book Sale - 12 Jun 2012 - 13:45

Fitz News in Africa - Birds & Birding: Brains vs brawn - Strategies of a criminal - 1 Jun 2012 - 13:45

May 2012

Long-lived birds and and the value of long-term research - 29 May 2012 - 11:45

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