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Exploring South Africa’s southern frontier: A 20-year vision for polar research through the South African National Antarctic Programme

Author: Ansorge, Isabelle J ; Skelton, Paul ; Bekker, Annie ; de Bruyn, P J Nico ; Butterworth, Doug S ; Cilliers, Pierre ; Cooper, John ; Cowan, Don A ; Dorrington, Rosemary ; Fawcett, Sarah ; Fietz, Susanne ; Findlay, Ken P ; Froneman, P William ; Grantham, Geoff H ; Greve, Michelle ; Hedding, David ; Hofmeyr, G J Greg ; Kosch, Michael ; le Roux, Peter ; Lucas, Mike ; MacHutcho, Keith ; Meiklejohn, Ian ; Nel, Werner ; Pistorius, Pierre ; Ryan, Peter ; Stander, Johan ; Swart, Sebastiaan ; Treasure, Anne ; Vichi, Marcello ; Jansen van Vuuren, Bettine Date: Jun 2017 Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic islands and surrounding Southern Ocean are regarded as one of the planet’s last remaining wildernesses, ‘insulated from threat by [their] remoteness and protection under the Antarctic Treaty System’1 . Antarctica ... Read more c b
From both sides: dire demographic consequences of carnivorous mice and longlining for the critical endangered Tristan albatrosses on Gough Island

Author: Wanless, Ross M ; Ryan, Peter G ; Altwegg, Res ; Angel, Andrea ; Cooper, John ; Cuthbert, Richard ; Hilton, Geoff M Date: 2009 The IUCN recently uplisted the Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) to Critically Endangered. Here we present new data indicating negative population trends on Gough Island arising from low adult survival (∼91%, ascribed to accidental ... Read more
Impacts of the introduced house mouse on the seabirds of Gough Island

Author: Wanless, Ross M Date: 2007 Introduced house mice Mus musculus on Gough Island were suspected of widespread predation of Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta and Tristan Albatross Diomedia dabbenena chicks in 2000/01. Video cameras recorded six fatal attacks by mice on ... Read more
Seabird mortality from longline fishing in the Meditarranean Sea and Macaronesian waters: A review and a way forward

Author: Cooper, John ; Baccetti, Nicola ; Belda, Eduardo J ; Borg, John J ; Oro, Daniel ; Papaconstantinou, Costas ; Sánchez, Antonio Date: 2003 A country-by-country review of seabird mortality from longline fishing in the Mediterranean Sea and in Macaronesian waters shows a paucity of data. Of 12 Mediterranean countries known to undertake longlining, seabird mortality is only reported ... Read more c b n
The Swift Tern Sterna bergii in Southern Africa : growth and movement

Author: Le Roux, Janine Date: 2006 Inlcudes bibliographical references. Read more

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