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Satellite telemetry of Afrotropical ducks: methodological details and assessment of success rates
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Graeme S. Cumming --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Center of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa Mduduzi Ndlovu --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Center of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South AfricaDespite widespread and increasing use of solarpowered satellite transmitters to tag wild birds, there are few published articles that detail how transmitters should be attached to different species and even fewer assessments of the overall field success of telemetry projects... -
Nesting ecology of Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in north-eastern Algeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Aicha Fouzari --- Laboratoire de Recherche et de Conservation des Zones Humides, University of Guelma, Algeria Farrah Samraoui --- Laboratoire de Recherche et de Conservation des Zones Humides, University of Guelma, Algeria Ahmed H Alfarhan --- Center of Excellence for Research in Biodiversity, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia Boudjéma Samraoui --- Center of Excellence for Research in Biodiversity, King Saud University, Saudi ArabiaThe status of waterbirds breeding in protected areas in North Africa needs constant monitoring because of a naturally fluctuating environment and permissive attitudes towards illegal activities likely to negatively affect population dynamics of threatened species. We present the results of... -
Distribution and breeding ecology of the Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in Algeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Assia Djelailia --- Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Algeria Nasser Baaziz --- Department of Animal Biology, Algeria Farrah Samraoui --- Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Algeria Ahmed H Alfarhan --- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Saudi Arabia Boudjéma Samraoui --- Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, AlgeriaWe conducted a survey of the distribution of Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca across Algeria and analysed the influence of nest-site characteristics on nesting success at a Ramsar site, Lake Tonga. The species was found to occupy different wetlands (freshwater lakes,... -
The breeding ecology of Mallard Anas platyrhynchos at Lake Tonga, north-eastern Algeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Aicha Fouzari --- Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Algeria Farrah Samraoui --- Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Algeria Boudjéma Samraoui --- Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, AlgeriaThe breeding ecology of Mallard Anas platyrhynchos was investigated at Lake Tonga, north-eastern Algeria, which is at the southern edge of the species’ range in the Western Palearctic. Breeding was mainly carried out in stumps of alder carr (Alnus glutinosa)... -
Minimal evidence of interspecific hybridisation between the Yellow-billed Duck and introduced Mallard in central and northwestern South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Stacey G de Souza --- School of Molecular and Cell Biology, South Africa Craig T Symes --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Hanneline Smit-Robinson --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Jean M Mollett --- School of Molecular and Cell Biology, South AfricaHybridisation is the interbreeding of genetically distinct groups that can lead to introgression – an exchange of genetic material between species. Hybridisation is of conservation concern when an alien invasive species is involved, as it can lead to a loss...