The wetter the better
How Hadeda Ibises rely on
water in soil to sense their
prey and the impact this
has had on their expansion
across southern Africa.
The FitzPatrick Report: How blackouts can illuminate bird behaviour
We teamed up with an expert in
ALAN, Davide Dominoni from the
University of Glasgow, to highlight
this idea. We propose that the scheduled
blackouts in South Africa offer
an opportunity to study the effects of
artificial light. Unlike random power
outages, South Africa’s load-shedding
is planned, creating predictable periods
when large urban areas go dark. This
regularity allows for controlled studies
comparing wildlife behaviour in light
and dark conditions within the same
landscape.
African Bird Atlas Project
ABAP|African Grass Owl|Bruktawit Abdu|Clara Cassell-Jud|Colin Jackson|COVID-19|FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology|GBIF|Global Biodiversity Information Facility|Justin Ponder|Kenya BirdMap|Les Underhill|Lockdown|Michael Brooks|Namibia Chamber of the Environment|Nigerian Bird Atlas|Pam Ellenberger Kleiman|SABAP2|Sam Ivande|Sanjo Rose|South African Bird Atlas|Sydney Shema|UCT|Ulf Ottosson|University of Cape Town
Deep roots: Birdlife South Africa’s Silver Anniversary; It’s complicated: pros and cons of feeding vultures; Science and innovation: a new manager; Where to Rockjumpers fit in?; By any other name; Winds of change; BBD: the early years
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