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dc.contributor.author | Jordaan, Rowan Keith![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | McIntyre, Trevor![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-30T06:19:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-30T06:19:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Cape Gannet Morus capensis is endemic to southern Africa, where the species typically displays high levels of nest-site fidelity to its breeding colonies (Crawford 2005). At Mkambati Nature Reserve, in June 2014, we recorded a dead Cape Gannet that had been ringed as a juvenile at Lambert’s Bay, ~1 500 km away, in 1991. Following initial banding, it had been recaptured multiple times at the ringing location until 2000. Our observation therefore may provide evidence for long-distance dispersal that took place after an extended period of high site fidelity. We speculate that this dispersal may have been caused by seal-related disturbance at the Lambert’s Bay colony or by prey distribution changes or both. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Zoology and Entomology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2017 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | The field trip during which our observation was made was supported through a Research Development Programme funding grant from the University of Pretoria. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.marineornithology.org | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Jordaan, RK & McIntyre, T 2016, 'Long-distance dispersal of a Cape Gannet Morus capensis after extended period of nest-site fidelity', Marine Ornithology, vol. 44, pp. 1-2. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1018-3337 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2074-1235 (online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60681 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Seabird Group | en_ZA |
dc.rights | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Cape Gannet Morus capensis | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Nest-site | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Lambert’s Bay | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Banding | en_ZA |
dc.title | Long-distance dispersal of a Cape Gannet Morus capensis after extended period of nest-site fidelity | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |