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  1. Oiled and injured African penguins <em>Spheniscus demersus</em> and other seabirds admitted for rehabilitation in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2001 and 2002

    Oiled and injured African penguins Spheniscus demersus and other seabirds admitted for rehabilitation in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2001 and 2002

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: NJ Parsons LG Underhill
    Following the Treasure oil spill incident in 2000 in which 19 000 African penguins Spheniscus demersus were oiled, there were no large spills in either 2001 or 2002. In spite of this, the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of...
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  2. Review of the rescue, rehabilitation and restoration of oiled seabirds in South Africa, especially African penguins <em>Spheniscus demersus</em> and Cape gannets <em>Morus capensis</em>, 1983–2005

    Review of the rescue, rehabilitation and restoration of oiled seabirds in South Africa, especially African penguins Spheniscus demersus and Cape gannets Morus capensis, 1983–2005

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt AJ Williams LG Underhill RJM Crawford PA Whittington
    South Africa is a global hotspot for oil pollution. The regional oiled seabird cleaning centre, the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), has handled over 50 000 seabirds from its inception in 1968 until 2005. The...
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  3. Female-biased mortality in African penguins

    Female-biased mortality in African penguins

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Pichegru --- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Zoology, South Africa NJ Parsons --- Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, South Africa
    Sex-biased mortality can increase the risk of extinction of threatened populations. Numbers of the endangered African penguin Spheniscus demersus are decreasing rapidly and the smaller size of females, associated with their higher foraging effort during the breeding season, may place...
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