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Further notes on age of first breeding, plumage and biometrics of kelp gulls in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PA WhittingtonAdult kelp gulls Larus dominicanus vetula were caught at the nest in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, in October and November 2006 using a 'walk-in' trap. In all, 13 previously ringed birds were re-trapped and a known-aged colour-ringed... -
Response of endemic Clarias species’ life-history biometrics to land use around the papyrus-dominated Mpologoma riverine wetland, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: GA Ssanyu --- Department of Biological Sciences, Uganda J Kipkemboi --- Department of Biological Sciences, Kenya JM Mathooko --- Global Research Akademik and Mentoring Services (GRAMS), Kenya J Balirwa --- Department of Fish Biology, UgandaThe Mpologoma River wetland is highly negatively impacted by rice growing and yet it provides habitat to endemic Clarias species that are important to the wetland fishery. Variations in life-history biometrics of small Clarias species at various wetland sites in... -
Age categories and corresponding gender characteristics of five Crested Francolin subspecies (genus Dendroperdix)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Johann H van Niekerk --- Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaFifty-five Crested Francolins, Dendroperdix sephaena sephaena, were trapped, marked, retrapped and observed from 1984 to 1988 to assess and describe gender and age criteria based on morphological measurements and plumage characteristics on the farm La Boheme (Rustenburg, North West province,...