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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"ringing data"”.
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The use of ringing data in the study of climatic influences on common passerines
… rates. This thesis used available long-term ringing data collected by volunteers, augmented by data from research projects, to investigate the influence of climatic variation on survival of 10 common passerines in southern Africa. Through sheer numbers common species are fundamental to …
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Moult strategies of oystercatchers (Haematopidae) in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa
… of species within the family Haematopidae. Our data includes a combination of previously acquired ringing data and that which we collected, along with contributions by citizen scientists, in the form of photographic records. The first chapter provides an introduction to the study, placing it …
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A conservation genetic study of threatened, endemic southern African seabirds
… with capture-mark- recapture models based on ringing data and annual census counts, provide the most complete picture of the micro-evolutionary forces at play in this unique ecosystem, and highlight seabird life-history characteristics may facilitate adaptation and survival under novel …
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Intraspecific variation in environmental and geographic space use: insights from individual movement data
… for individual variation. Here, I use movement data to investigate individual-level decisions and compromises regarding the different costs and benefits influencing individuals’ geographic locations, and the species-level spatial patterns that emerge from these. I first developed a new method …