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South African Network for Coastal&Oceanic Research
SANCOR is a non-statutory body that focuses on science in the marine and coastal environments. Supported by @dsigovza and @NRF_News
National Research Foundation of South Africa
The NRF funds research, the development of high-end human capacity and critical research infrastructure. Social Media terms: https://t.co/z5KE2IXbRB
Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol)
Don’t get it twisted, I have a wicked sense of humour & am only here to inspire & give hope. #DeputyMother #Past3amSquad #MakeEducationFashionable (she/her)
SAEON
Where, when and how does our natural #environment #change? What are the causes and impacts? How might we secure our environmental future? #Ecosystemscience
Two Oceans Aquarium
Abundant and healthy oceans for life. 🐟 This is the oh-fish-al Twitter profile of the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa.
Prof Marcello Vichi shares some insight on what the UCT MARIS research centre aims to achieve through three different research foci and further elaborates it's role in South African #PolarResearch 🇿🇦🌊🌍
Thank you to all who attended today's
#UCTScienceResearchSeminar2023
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REPORT your sightings of caracals in Cape Town here please:
urbancaracal.org/report-sightin… also roadkills 😔
#scienceMatters
#ConserveCapeCaracals
#BiodiversityDay
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The 4th International Conference on Community Ecology (ComEc 2023) will be held in Trieste, Italy, 20-22 September 2023. Abstracts due 15 June.
Keynote speakers include local scientists 🇿🇦 Profs Lynne Shannon Biological Sci UCT & Thulani Makhalanyane University of Pretoria akcongress.com/comec/
Data chapter 6: my last bit of PhD data is published! In Behavioral Ecology, Amanda Ridley, Susan Cunningham and I show that helpers don't help when it's hot, particularly when there are many helpers, explaining limited buffering effects of cooperation in some species. academic.oup.com/beheco/advance…
📢 Check out this News Article:
It highlights upcoming opportunities for #Training and #CapacityDevelopment in #OceanSciences in Africa 🌍🌊🎉
Read more here: bit.ly/3JEd6ip
UCT Faculty Of Science Biological Sci UCT UCT Oceanography UCT EBE Postgrads EBE Faculty UCT
We are excited to host Dr. Estelle Estelle Razanatsoa from Biological Sci UCT on zoom this week to talk about her research into #biodiversity and #conservation in #Madagascar . Visit our website to join us virtually this week: uh.edu/nsm/earth-atmo…
🆕📰 Just out in Environmental Pollution. Metal(loid) exposure in Cape Town caracals... Fully OA paper!
A heavy burden: Metal exposure across the land-ocean continuum in an a... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Rhodes University Biological Sci UCT iCWild IREC (CSIC, UCLM, JCCM) Laurel Serieys Panthera
Pied Crows - love them or hate them❓❓
If you are based in #SouthAfrica - we really want to hear your opinions on this species.
English :
surveymonkey.com/r/2LZ8BCP
Afrikaans:
surveymonkey.com/r/7RDHDTZ
This information will form part of Temitope Adelola MSc thesis.
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Delighted by the launch of the African Raptor Leadership Grant 🦅
Applicants must be African students intending to enroll as MSc or Hons students at one of three African universities (incl. UCT) and to conduct research on African raptors or their threats.
raptorresearchfoundation.org/grants-awards/…
Our Global Change Biology review paper is out
Interactive effects of rising temperatures & urbanisation on birds across different climate zones: A mechanistic perspective
doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16…
Output from National Research Foundation of South Africa STINT collaboration between FitzPatrick Ins & Lund University
Post-doc Alert! Come join us at the University Cape Town within the FitzPatrick Ins to work on the movement ecology of raptors with myself and Megan Murgatroyd
fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/fitz/news/vaca…
The closing date is 18th March
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#postdocjobs #Raptors #Conservation #movementecology
📸 The BirdLife South Africa Photography Competition, in partnership with Canon South Africa, is NOW OPEN! 👏
• 10 categories = 10 chances to WIN!
• Feature in African Birdlife magazine.
• Contribute towards conservation.
Visit birdlife.org.za/photography-co… now to enter, or to learn more.
📢Marine Offshore #CapacityBuilding cruise led by ECR Luther Adams along the East Coast of South Africa - stay tuned for updates! 🎉🇿🇦🚢
Marine Benthic Ecology Lab Biological Sci UCT UCT Oceanography UCT EBE Postgrads
Our population-level utilization distribution for the Cape Vulture is now published online and open access!
doi.org/10.1002/eap.28…
#OpenScience , UCT Research, FitzPatrick Ins, Ecological Applications, Megan Murgatroyd, Arjun Amar
Leonard Shapiro shares the 13th ed. of Biomedical visualization with Bongani Mayosi Health Sciences Library (BMHSL) ICH Library. UCT Libraries. Biological Sci UCT This edition published by Springer Nature highlights the benefits of innovative, art-based teaching and learning approaches in the biosciences.
Seal stress levels dropped following the decline of white sharks in False Bay, South Africa, with seals rafting farther from shore and over deeper water. Read the full #BiololgyLetters paper here: ow.ly/ReH450HEpwW #predation #apexpredator #ecology
