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Avian haemosporidians in the cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) from central-western and southern Africa: High diversity and prevalence by Villar Couto, Cynthia M, Cumming, Graeme S, Lacorte, Gustavo A, Congrains, Carlos, Izbicki, Rafael, Braga, Erika Martins, Rocha, Cristiano D, Moralez-Silva, Emmanuel, Henry, Dominic A W, Manu, Shiiwua A, Abalaka, Jacinta, Regalla, Aissa, da Silva, Alfredo Simão, Diop, Moussa S, Del Lama, Silvia N

“…We described the geographic distribution of 82 haemosporidian lineages (Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon) in the cattle egret sampled in five…”
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Genetic and paleomodelling evidence of the population expansion of the cattle egret Bubulcus ibis in Africa during the climatic oscillations of the Late Pleistocene by Carlos Congrains, Antônio F. Carvalho, Elder A. Miranda, Graeme S. Cumming, Dominic A. W. Henry, Shiiwua A. Manu, Jacinta Abalaka, Cristiano D. Rocha, Moussa S. Diop, Joãozinho Sá, Hamilton Monteiro, Lars H. Holbech, Francis Gbogbo, Silvia N. Del Lama

“…Increasing aridity during glacial periods produced the retraction of forests and the expansion of arid and semi‐arid environments in Africa, with consequences…”
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Survey frequency affects the estimates and conclusions of long-term changes in waterbird populations: a case study from a South African wetland by Henry, Dominic A. W., O’Connor, Timothy G.

“…Accurately detecting the magnitude and direction of population trends provides essential information for conservation management. There are numerous local and…”
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Can waterbirds with different movement, dietary and foraging functional traits occupy similar ecological niches? by Henry, Dominic A. W., Cumming, Graeme S.

“…Context Competitive interactions potentially play an important role in structuring bird communities. It is unclear how differences in functional traits…”
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Understanding arid‐region waterbird community dynamics during lake dry‐downs by Cumming, Graeme S., Henry, Dominic A. W., Mutumi, Gregory L., Ndlovu, Mduduzi

“…The community dynamics of organisms that exhibit multi‐scale responses to habitat change are poorly understood. We quantified changes in species diversity and…”
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A social–ecological approach to landscape epidemiology: geographic variation and avian influenza by Cumming, Graeme S., Abolnik, Celia, Caron, Alexandre, Gaidet, Nicolas, Grewar, John, Hellard, Eléonore, Henry, Dominic A. W., Reynolds, Chevonne

“…Context Landscape structure influences host–parasite–pathogen dynamics at multiple scales in space and time. Landscape epidemiology, which connects disease…”
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Exploring the environmental drivers of waterfowl movement in arid landscapes using first-passage time analysis by Henry, Dominic A W, Ament, Judith M, Cumming, Graeme S

“…The movement patterns of many southern African waterfowl are typified by nomadism, which is thought to be a response to unpredictable changes in resource…”
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The relationship between wealth and biodiversity: A test of the Luxury Effect on bird species richness in the developing world by Chamberlain, Dan E., Henry, Dominic A. W., Reynolds, Chevonne, Caprio, Enrico, Amar, Arjun

“…The Luxury Effect hypothesizes a positive relationship between wealth and biodiversity within urban areas. Understanding how urban development, both in terms…”
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Translocation experiment gives new insights into the navigation capacity of an African duck by Cumming, Graeme S., Henry, Dominic A. W., Reynolds, Chevonne

“…Aim Movement is integral to the distribution and abundance of wildlife. We undertook an experimental test of the navigation capacity of Egyptian Geese…”
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Optimising the cost of roadkill surveys based on an analysis of carcass persistence by Henry, Dominic A.W., Collinson-Jonker, Wendy J., Davies-Mostert, Harriet T., Nicholson, Samantha K., Roxburgh, Lizanne, Parker, Daniel M.

“…Reliable estimates of wildlife mortality due to wildlife-vehicle collisions are key to understanding its impact on wildlife populations and developing…”
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Bird tolerance to humans in open tropical ecosystems by Mikula, Peter, Tomášek, Oldřich, Romportl, Dušan, Aikins, Timothy K., Avendaño, Jorge E., Braimoh-Azaki, Bukola D. A., Chaskda, Adams, Cresswell, Will, Cunningham, Susan J., Dale, Svein, Favoretto, Gabriela R., Floyd, Kelvin S., Glover, Hayley, Grim, Tomáš, Henry, Dominic A. W., Holmern, Tomas, Hromada, Martin, Iwajomo, Soladoye B., Lilleyman, Amanda, Magige, Flora J., Martin, Rowan O., de A. Maximiano, Marina F., Nana, Eric D., Ncube, Emmanuel, Ndaimani, Henry, Nelson, Emma, van Niekerk, Johann H., Pienaar, Carina, Piratelli, Augusto J., Pistorius, Penny, Radkovic, Anna, Reynolds, Chevonne, Røskaft, Eivin, Shanungu, Griffin K., Siqueira, Paulo R., Tarakini, Tawanda, Tejeiro-Mahecha, Nattaly, Thompson, Michelle L., Wamiti, Wanyoike, Wilson, Mark, Tye, Donovan R. C., Tye, Nicholas D., Vehtari, Aki, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Weston, Michael A., Blumstein, Daniel T., Albrecht, Tomáš

“…Animal tolerance towards humans can be a key factor facilitating wildlife–human coexistence, yet traits predicting its direction and magnitude across tropical…”
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Can time‐to‐detection models with fewer survey replicates provide a robust alternative to traditional site‐occupancy models? by Henry, Dominic A. W., Lee, Alan T. K., Altwegg, Res, Ergon, Torbjørn

“…Traditional occupancy models that record detection/non‐detection (DND) of a species typically rely on either spatial or temporal survey replication to estimate…”
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Spatial and environmental processes show temporal variation in the structuring of waterbird metacommunities by Henry, Dominic A. W., Cumming, Graeme S.

“…Metacommunity theory provides a framework for assessing the role of spatial and environmental processes in structuring ecological communities and places…”
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Erratum to: A social–ecological approach to landscape epidemiology: geographic variation and avian influenza by Cumming, Graeme S., Abolnik, Celia, Caron, Alexandre, Gaidet, Nicolas, Grewar, John, Hellard, Eléonore, Henry, Dominic A. W., Reynolds, Chevonne

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Point Counts Outperform Line Transects When Sampling Birds along Routes in South African Protected Areas by Cumming, Graeme S, Henry, Dominic AW

“…Bird atlases have become an important source of distribution data for broad-scale analyses in ecology, biogeography and conservation. However, national bird…”
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How the Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (FBIS) is supporting national freshwater fish conservation decisions in South Africa by Kajee, Mohammed, Henry, Dominic A. W., Dallas, Helen F., Griffiths, Charles L., Pegg, Josephine, Van der Colff, Dewidine, Impson, Dean, Chakona, Albert, Raimondo, Domitilla C., Job, Nancy M., Paxton, Bruce R., Jordaan, Martine S., Bills, Roger, Roux, Francois, Zengeya, Tsungai A., Hoffman, Andre, Rivers-Moore, Nick, Shelton, Jeremy M.

“…In South Africa, anthropogenic pressures such as water over-abstraction, invasive species impacts, land-use change, pollution, and climate change have caused…”
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A framework for testing assumptions about foraging scales, body mass, and niche separation using telemetry data by Cumming, Graeme S., Henry, Dominic A.W., Reynolds, Chevonne

“…Ecological theory predicts that if animals with very similar dietary requirements inhabit the same landscape, then they should avoid niche overlap by either…”
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A demographic model to support an impact financing mechanism for black rhino metapopulations by Barichievy, Chris, Altwegg, Res, Balfour, Dave, Brett, Rob, Gordon, Chris, Henry, Dominic A.W., Jeffries, Glen, Khayale, Cedric, Wanyama, Horris, Withers, Oliver

“…Payment-for-results mechanisms have the potential to increase funding for Critically Endangered species such as the black rhino (Diceros bicornis). Developing…”
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Landscape drivers of mammal habitat use and richness in a protected area and its surrounding agricultural lands by Bellón, Beatriz, A.W. Henry, Dominic, Renaud, Pierre-Cyril, Roque, Fabio de O., Santos, Cyntia Cavalcante, Melo, Isabel, Arvor, Damien, de Vos, Alta

“…Protected areas (PAs) are key to conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services globally, but their effectiveness increasingly depends on the ability of the…”
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A big leap forward for Afrotheria conservation in South Africa: A new environmental screening tool ensures cryptic species of conservation concern are not overlooked during the environmental impact assessment process by Cowan, Oliver S., Henry, Dominic A.W., Little, Ian T.

“…Afrotheria is an ancient radiation of African mammals which includes the Chrysochloridae (Golden Moles), a highly specialized family of fossorial,…”
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