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How do African Black Oystercatchers Haematopus moquini recruit into high-density populations?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Douglas Loewenthal --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Dane M Paijmans --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Philip AR Hockey --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaTheoretical and empirical studies of oystercatchers both suggest that levels of adult site fidelity, natal philopatry and age-at-first-breeding are interrelated consequences of life-history decisions made by potential breeders. All are fundamental to explaining population dynamics and have important conservation implications... -
Primary moult in the annual cycle of adult African Oystercatchers Haematopus moquini
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Taylyn C Bate --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Peter G Ryan --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Les G Underhill --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaAfrican Oystercatchers Haematopus moquini are sedentary, intertidal foraging birds, range-restricted to Namibia and South Africa. Their annual cycle has two components: breeding and moult. The Underhill–Zucchini model estimated a primary moult duration of 154 days, and mean start and completion...