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Gill Memorial Medal Address

Abstract
Long-term change in the population sizes and conservation status of South Africa's seabirds
Robert JM Crawford
Pages: v-ix
Published online: 11 Sep 2013
AbstractforLong-term change in the population sizes and conservation status of South Africa's seabirds | References | PDF (167.1 KB)
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Research Articles

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Diurnal patterns of mass gain in tropical granivores suggest avoidance of high midday temperatures during foraging, rather than the starvation–predation risk trade-off
Shiiwua Manu & Will Cresswell
Pages: 95-100
Published online: 28 Aug 2013
AbstractforDiurnal patterns of mass gain in tropical granivores suggest avoidance of high midday temperatures during foraging, rather than the starvation–predation risk trade-off | References | PDF (187.6 KB)
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Developing a site selection tool to assist reintroduction efforts for the Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Dirk Cilliers, Steven Evans, Hendri Coetzee & Leon van Rensburg
Pages: 101-111
Published online: 11 Sep 2013
AbstractforDeveloping a site selection tool to assist reintroduction efforts for the Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri | References | PDF (5.7 MB)
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Diet of Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus in a farmland area near Algiers, Algeria
Abdessalam Manaa, Karim Souttou, Makhlouf Sekour, Djamel Bendjoudi, Omar Guezoul, Fadila Baziz-Neffah, Salaheddine Doumandji, Emmanuelle Stoetzel & Christiane Denys
Pages: 113-117
Published online: 12 Aug 2013
AbstractforDiet of Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus in a farmland area near Algiers, Algeria | References | PDF (201.5 KB)
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Morphometric sexing of Mediterranean Yellow-legged Gulls Larus michahellis michahellis breeding in the Gulf of Gabès, southern Tunisia
Abdessalem Hammouda & Slaheddine Selmi
Pages: 119-122
Published online: 28 Aug 2013
AbstractforMorphometric sexing of Mediterranean Yellow-legged Gulls Larus michahellis michahellis breeding in the Gulf of Gabès, southern Tunisia | References | PDF (200.5 KB)
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Living on the bare edge: fitness consequences for Cape Gannets Morus capensis at Bird Island, Algoa Bay
David Green & Pierre Pistorius
Pages: 123-127
Published online: 11 Sep 2013
AbstractforLiving on the bare edge: fitness consequences for Cape Gannets Morus capensis at Bird Island, Algoa Bay | References | PDF (341.8 KB)
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Distribution, breeding phenology and time budget of Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea during the annual cycle in the Hauts Plateaux, north-east Algeria
Mouloud Boulkhssaïm, Abdallah Ouldjaoui, Ahmed H Alfarhan & Boudjéma Samraoui
Pages: 129-136
Published online: 28 Aug 2013
AbstractforDistribution, breeding phenology and time budget of Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea during the annual cycle in the Hauts Plateaux, north-east Algeria | References | PDF (392.8 KB)
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Status and breeding ecology of the Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus in Algeria
Farrah Samraoui, Ahmed H Alfarhan & Boudjéma Samraoui
Pages: 137-144
Published online: 28 Aug 2013
AbstractforStatus and breeding ecology of the Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus in Algeria | References | PDF (2.9 MB)
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High levels of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence diversity are present within the Anthus similis complex in sub-Saharan Africa
Brian Finch, Gro Bjørnstad, Itai Shanni, Muchane Muchai, Anne Bishop, Olivier Hanotte & Richard Bishop
Pages: 145-151
Published online: 11 Sep 2013
AbstractforHigh levels of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence diversity are present within the Anthus similis complex in sub-Saharan Africa | References | PDF (212.2 KB)
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Habitat preferences of Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris in the Krugersdorp Game Reserve, Gauteng province, South Africa
Johann H van Niekerk
Pages: 153-156
Published online: 11 Sep 2013
AbstractforHabitat preferences of Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris in the Krugersdorp Game Reserve, Gauteng province, South Africa | References | PDF (268.1 KB)
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Short Notes

Article
Supernormal clutches in southern African Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus vetula
Peter G Ryan, Bruce M Dyer, A Paul Martin, Vincent L Ward, Phil A Whittington & Anthony J Williams
Pages: 157-160
Published online: 28 Aug 2013
AbstractforSupernormal clutches in southern African Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus vetula | References | PDF (193.4 KB)
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A review of Jouanin's Petrel records in the eastern Indian Ocean
Peter G Ryan, Barrie Rose, Michael Carter & Rohan H Clarke
Pages: 161-164
Published online: 28 Aug 2013
AbstractforA review of Jouanin's Petrel records in the eastern Indian Ocean | References | PDF (599.8 KB)
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Extinct Birds
H Dieter Oschadleus
Pages: 165-166
Published online: 28 Aug 2013
CitationforExtinct Birds | References | PDF (149.6 KB)
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Book Review
Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Birds
Andrew E McKechnie
Pages: 167-168
Published online: 11 Sep 2013
CitationforEcological and Environmental Physiology of Birds | References | PDF (142.3 KB)
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Book Review
Moa: the Life and Death of New Zealand's Legendary Bird
John M Heydinger
Pages: 169-170
Published online: 11 Sep 2013
CitationforMoa: the Life and Death of New Zealand's Legendary Bird | PDF (142.4 KB)
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