Reappraisal of the Trophic Ecology of One of the World’s Most Threatened Spheniscids, the African Penguin

System dynamics modelling of the Endangered African penguin populations on Dyer and Robben islands, South Africa

(2016) Florian Weller et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Reproductive physiology of the female Magellanic penguin ( Spheniscus magellanicus ): Insights from the study of a zoological colony

(2016) J.K. O’Brien et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Variability of higher trophic level stable isotope data in space and time - a case study in a marine ecosystem

(2015) Petra Quillfeldt et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Sex Differentiation Based on the Gular Stripe in the Apparently Monomorphic Cape Gannet

(2014) Gavin M. Rishworth et al.   AFRICAN ZOOLOGY

Best practices for use of stable isotope mixing models in food-web studies

(2014) Donald L. Phillips et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

A system dynamics approach to modelling multiple drivers of the African penguin population on Robben Island, South Africa

(2014) Florian Weller et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Dietary change in Cape gannets reflects distributional and demographic shifts in two South African commercial fish stocks

(2014) David B. Green et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Winners and losers – responses to recent environmental change by South African seabirds that compete with purse-seine fisheries for food

(2014) Robert JM Crawford et al.   OSTRICH

Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting the feeding ecology of a top marine predator, the Magellanic penguin

(2014) Francisco Ramírez et al.   Ecosphere

Stable isotope turnover in blood and claws: A case study in captive African Penguins

(2013) Viviane Barquete et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

To fit or not to fit: evaluating stable isotope mixing models using simulated mixing polygons

(2013) James A. Smith et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Industrial fishing, no-take zones and endangered penguins

(2012) L. Pichegru et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Seabird conservation status, threats and priority actions: a global assessment

(2012) JOHN P. CROXALL et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

The relative importance of shallow and deep shelf spawning habitats for the South African chokka squid (Loligo reynaudii)

(2012) M. J. Roberts et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Converting isotope values to diet composition: the use of mixing models

(2012) Donald L. Phillips   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Influence of local and regional prey availability on breeding performance of African penguins Spheniscus demersus

(2012) RB Sherley et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Sex-specific foraging behaviour and a field sexing technique for Endangered African penguins

(2012) L Pichegru et al.   Endangered Species Research

Collapse of South Africa's penguins in the early 21st century

(2011) RJM Crawford et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Isotopic ornithology: a perspective

(2011) Keith A. Hobson   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Comparing isotopic niche widths among and within communities: SIBER - Stable Isotope Bayesian Ellipses in R

(2011) Andrew L. Jackson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Geographic variation in the trophic ecology of an avian rocky shore predator, the African black oystercatcher, along the southern African coastline

(2011) SA Kohler et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Effects of Individual Pre-Fledging Traits and Environmental Conditions on Return Patterns in Juvenile King Penguins

(2011) Claire Saraux et al.   PLoS One

Surviving off junk: low-energy prey dominates the diet of African penguinsSpheniscus demersusat Mercury Island, Namibia, between 1996 and 2009

(2010) K Ludynia et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Abundance and distribution of avian and marine mammal predators of sardine observed during the 2005 KwaZulu-Natal sardine run survey

(2010) S H O’Donoghue et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Overview of the KwaZulu-Natal sardine run

(2010) C D van der Lingen et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Chick starvation in yellow-eyed penguins: Evidence for poor diet quality and selective provisioning of chicks from conventional diet analysis and stable isotopes

(2010) TIFFANY BROWNE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Marine no-take zone rapidly benefits endangered penguin

(2010) L. Pichegru et al.   Biology Letters

Including Source Uncertainty and Prior Information in the Analysis of Stable Isotope Mixing Models

(2010) Eric J. Ward et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Growth of Jackass penguin chicks (Spheniscus demersus) hand reared on different diets

(2010) R. G. M. Heath et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Black and white - does melanin change the bulk carbon and nitrogen isotope values of feathers?

(2010) Andreas Michalik et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Tissue-specific isotopic discrimination factors in gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) egg components: Implications for dietary reconstruction using stable isotopes

(2009) Michael J. Polito et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Quantifying Inter- and Intra-Population Niche Variability Using Hierarchical Bayesian Stable Isotope Mixing Models

(2009) Brice X. Semmens et al.   PLoS One

Differences in the stable isotope signatures of seabird egg membrane and albumen - implications for non-invasive studies

(2009) Petra Quillfeldt et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

The efficacy of hand-rearing penguin chicks: evidence from African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) orphaned in the Treasure oil spill in 2000

(2008) Peter J. Barham et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Incorporating uncertainty and prior information into stable isotope mixing models

(2008) Jonathan W. Moore et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Stable isotope ratios in Cape gannets around the southern coasts of Africa reveal penetration of biogeographic patterns in oceanic signatures

(2008) Sébastien Jaquemet et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Re-examination of the capital and income dichotomy in breeding birds

(2008) THEO MEIJER et al.   IBIS

Responses by four seabird species to a fluctuating availability of Cape Anchovy Engraulis capensis off South Africa

(2008) ROBERT J. M. CRAWFORD et al.   IBIS

Using eggshell membranes as a non-invasive tool to investigate the source of nutrients in avian eggs

(2008) Steffen Oppel et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Comparative foraging ecology and ecological niche of a superabundant tropical seabird: the sooty tern Sterna fuscata in the southwest Indian Ocean

(2008) S. Jaquemet et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Disentangling effects of growth and nutritional status on seabird stable isotope ratios

(2008) Justine Sears et al.   OECOLOGIA