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Intraspecific cleaning by juvenile Cape white seabream Diplodus capensis (Sparidae) off eastern South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PC Sikkel --- Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Sciences Program, USA NJ Smit --- Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South AfricaJuveniles of the Cape white seabream Diplodus capensis were observed cleaning adult conspecifics in a large tidepool off Sodwana Bay, South Africa. Although nine other tropical fish species were present and interacted with a nearby pair of Labroides cleaner wrasses,... -
An ethogram for the nesting and breeding behaviour of the Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Fiona K Fern --- , South Africa Lindy J Thompson --- , South Africa Colleen T Downs --- , South AfricaMost vulture species worldwide are in decline and of conservation concern. Despite the growing attention to vultures, relatively few studies have focused on their breeding behaviour. Understanding all aspects of a species’ behaviour and its behavioural needs could help to... -
Camera trapping observations of the Kloof Frog, Natalobatrachus bonebergi, in South Africa, reveals effects of environmental conditions on breeding behaviour patterns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: C Acker-Cooper --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa L Roxburgh --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa J Tarrant --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South AfricaThe threatened Kloof Frog (Natalobatrachus bonebergi) is associated with coastal forested rocky streams in the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces, South Africa. Their expanded toe tips allow them to navigate rocks, branches and leaves, where the species lays distinct egg...