Citizen science reveals complex changes in barn swallow phenology in South Africa over three decades

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dc.contributor.advisorUnderhill, Leslie Gen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorAltwegg, Resen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorErni, Birgiten_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorRemisiewicz, Magdalenaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBurman, Marc Sebastianen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-18T13:13:04Z
dc.date.available2017-01-18T13:13:04Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractPalearctic migrants, including barn swallows Hirundo rustica, responded to climate change in Europe from the mid to late 1900s with phenological changes, mostly showing earlier arrival and start of breeding. During this period, barn swallows in the Palearctic exhibited variable patterns of change in the timing of their arrival, breeding and departure from the breeding grounds. At the South African non-breeding grounds, the timing of migration shifted between the 1980s and 2000s, again with geographic variability. To explain these changes further, I examined geographic and temporal variability in the timing of flight feather ('primary') moult, and trends in body weight, in barn swallows ringed in South Africa between 1986 and 2012. Citizen science bird ringing, started in South Africa in 1948, generated all the data used in this project. All data were obtained from the South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBurman, M. S. (2016). <i>Citizen science reveals complex changes in barn swallow phenology in South Africa over three decades</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22801en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBurman, Marc Sebastian. <i>"Citizen science reveals complex changes in barn swallow phenology in South Africa over three decades."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22801en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBurman, M. 2016. Citizen science reveals complex changes in barn swallow phenology in South Africa over three decades. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Burman, Marc Sebastian AB - Palearctic migrants, including barn swallows Hirundo rustica, responded to climate change in Europe from the mid to late 1900s with phenological changes, mostly showing earlier arrival and start of breeding. During this period, barn swallows in the Palearctic exhibited variable patterns of change in the timing of their arrival, breeding and departure from the breeding grounds. At the South African non-breeding grounds, the timing of migration shifted between the 1980s and 2000s, again with geographic variability. To explain these changes further, I examined geographic and temporal variability in the timing of flight feather ('primary') moult, and trends in body weight, in barn swallows ringed in South Africa between 1986 and 2012. Citizen science bird ringing, started in South Africa in 1948, generated all the data used in this project. All data were obtained from the South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING). DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Citizen science reveals complex changes in barn swallow phenology in South Africa over three decades TI - Citizen science reveals complex changes in barn swallow phenology in South Africa over three decades UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22801 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/22801
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBurman MS. Citizen science reveals complex changes in barn swallow phenology in South Africa over three decades. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22801en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEcology and Systematicsen_ZA
dc.titleCitizen science reveals complex changes in barn swallow phenology in South Africa over three decadesen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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