T.M. CROWE - CURRICULUM VITAE
May 2017
Full name: Timothy Michael Crowe
Date of Birth: 5 July
1948
Place of Birth: Boston,
Massachusetts, USA
Citizenship: South Africa
Work address: Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University
of Cape Town, Private Bag X3 Rondebosch
7701, South Africa
Status: Emeritus Professor – formerly Deputy Director and Head of
Systematics and Gamebird Research Programmes
Home telephone: +27-(0)21-6743835
E-mail: timothy.crowe@uct.ac.za
Marital status: Married to Dr Anna Aletta Crowe since 1976
Degrees: B.A. Biology,
University of Mass./Boston (1970)
M.Sc. Biology, University of Chicago (1972)
Ph.D. Zoology,
University of Cape Town (UCT) (1978) – passed by three
examiners without
amendment – all chapters published or in press
Honours: B.A. awarded magna cum
laude, with honours in Biology
Elected Fellow- Willi Hennig Society -1983
3X-Merit Award- UCT ad
hominem Promotions Committee 1987
Promoted ad
hominem to associate professor 1988
Promoted to Deputy Director - Percy FitzPatrick
Institute 1988
Successful application for the creation of the Pola Pasvolsky Chair in
Conservation Biology (R5000000) - 1993
2X Merit
Award - - UCT ad hominem Promotions Committee 2001
Successful
application for creation of the Phillip Clancey Trust for African
Avian Systematics (R3000000) - 2003
Promoted ad hominem to professor
2003
B-rated by
National Research Foundation – 2002, renewed in 2007
Elected
Fellow – University
of Cape Town 2007
Southern African
Society for Systematic Biology life-time achievement award
for “extraordinary
contributions to systematics in southern Africa” 2011
h-index as of
2016 = 22
Scholarship/Grant Support:
- B.A. covered totally by
various scholarships
- M.Sc. covered totally by NDEA
Title IV Fellowship
- Ph.D. covered totally by
Overseas Students Scholarship and a grant from De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd
- Chapman Fellow - American Museum of Natural History 1981-82
(This research was also
supported by a post-doctoral grant from the Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
and smaller grants from UCT [Bremner
Fund] and several American
museums.) Other Chapman Awards were
granted in
1978, 1984, 1986 and 1994.
- Ernst Mayr Fellowship - Harvard University 1986
- Recipient of long-term grant
support from the Core Programme of the Foundation
for Research Development
(FRD) : 1985-2013
- Leader of South Africa's sole FRD-funded
Special Programme on Molecular
Systematics (1990-1994)
(annual vote R40000); additional grant support for this
project from Southern
African Nature Foundation (1991-1993) (annual vote
R38000)
- Member and coordinator of South Africa's
major FRD- and DEA-funded Special
Programme on Conservation
Biology (1990-1994) (vote R300000 p.a.)
- My research on avian
biogeography and evolutionary biology has also been
supported in part by grants
from UCT's Research, Equipment and
Bremner
Travel Committees and
several U.S.
and European museums.
- Awarded special grant by FRD
to educate resource economists 1994-96 (annual
vote R25000)
- In 1995, I was awarded an ad hoc grant of R60000 by the FRD to
maintain the
Fitztitute's M.Sc. Course in
Conservation Biology of which I was the Co-
ordinator.
- My and my students' research
on prioritizing areas for biodiversity conservation
was supported for 1996 by the
Danish Centre for Tropical Biodiversity (R18300).
- My and my students' research
on gamebird biology has been supported by a range
of investors from the public
and private sectors (vote for 1997 R575500; 1998
R720000; 1999 R650000).
- Since the early 1980s, my and
my students' research has been supported by the
Foundation for Research
Development (FRD), the National Research Foundation
(NRF) and the THRIP Initiative
- In October 2001 I was notified
that a major, three-year grant from the South
Africa/Sweden Bilateral
Initiative (R380000) was approved
- Merit awards on 2000 and 2001 by the UCT Faculty of Science for
"the meritorius
nature of your [my] teaching and your [my] community and outreach
work"
Programme leader South African Department
of Science & Technology
Centre of Excellence
Service:
- President - Biology Club,
Univ. of Mass./Boston 1969-70
- Chairperson - UCT Computer
Users Committee 1980-81, 1984-89
- Chairperson - UCT Computer
Committee 1987-89
- Since 1/1/87, I have sat on selection
committees for posts within the Departments
of Biochemistry, Zoology,
Botany and Microbiology; Information Technology
Services, Environmental and
Geographical Sciences and the Electron Microscope
Unit.
- Elected to Pan-African
Ornithological Congress Committee 1988
- Member - Board for UCT Centre
of Information Systems 1988-92
- Member and chairperson of the
UCT Safety Committee 1990-92
- Member of Electron Microscope
Steering Committee 1989-90
- Founder and editor of ORIGIN,
newsletter of the Association of Evolutionary
Discussion Groups
- Founder and editor of
GREYWING, newsletter of the Gamebird Research
Programme
- Elected to represent associate
professors on UCT Senate - 1989-92
- Elected life member of
Committee of 100 of the International Ornithological
Congress, the most
prestigious international body representing avian biology 1990
- Member of UCT Senate
Nominations Committee 1990-94
- Member of two task groups
investigating the future of the Science Faculty 1991
- Chairperson, Nominations
Committee, Willi Hennig Society 1991
- Elected to Council of the Willi
Hennig Society 1992, 1997
- Elected as chairperson of the
Scientific Programme Committee for the 9th Pan-
African Ornithological
Congress 1992
- Member of UCT Science Faculty
Ad Hominem Promotions Committee 1993
- Member - UCT Club Committee
1991-95 -- Chairperson 1993-95
- Founding Trustee - African
Gamebird Research, Education and Development
Trust (Patron Nicholas
Oppenheimer) – 1991-1995
- Vice-chairperson Scientific
Programme Committee, 22nd International
Ornithological Congress
1994-95
- Research Associate Department
of Ornithology, American Museum
of Natural
History (1996-present)
- Elected President - Wildlife
Management Association of Southern Africa
(past member of its council
– 1994-1996)
- Convener of 15th Meeting of
Willi Hennig Society of Systematic Biology (1996)
- Nominated for election as
president of the Willi Hennig Society - 1996 and 1998
- External examiner for
third-year course in Conservation Biology at University of
Venda - 1997 - 2003
- Associate Editor of
CLADISTICS, scientific journal of the Willi Hennig
International Society of
Systematic Biology -- 1997-2001
- Appointed the
parliamentary-created Council of the Southern Flagship Institution
(to transform and develop
Cape Town-based museums funded by the national
government – during May
1999 - acting CEO of SFI
- Editorial Board of SYTEMATIC
BIOLOGY, scientific journal of the Society of
Systematic Biologists --
since 1999
- President -- Southern African
Society for Systematic Biology -- 2002-2003
- External examiner for M.Sc.
Programme in Mammalogy at University of
Pretoria – 2001-2004
- Chairperson – NRF South
African Biosystematics Initiative
Member of Steering Committee
of the South African Biodiversity Information
Facility – 2006-2013
Societies:
- American Ornithologists' Union
- Willi Hennig Society (elected fellow, associate editor of its
journal, Cladistics, and
three time elected Member of
Council)
- Zoological Society of Southern Africa
- Royal Society of South
Africa
- Society of Systematic Biology (editorial board of its journal, Systematic
Biology)
- Wildlife Management Association of Southern
Africa (past president and council member)
- Partridge, Quail and Francolin Specialist Group (African
representative)
Experience:
1971 teaching assistant, Univ. of Mass./Boston
1972 teaching assistant, Univ. of Chicago
1973-76 Research Officer University of Cape Town and De Beers
Consolidated Mines Ltd.
1976-81 Research Officer Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African
Ornithology, Univ. of
Cape Town
1981-1988 Senior Research Officer Percy FitzPatrick Institute
1988-1996 Deputy Director, Percy FitzPatrick Institute
1997-2002 Associate Professor, Percy FitzPatrick Institute
2003-present Professor, Percy FitzPatrick Institute
Referees and areas of expertise:
Prof. Walter J. Bock
President -- International
Ornithological Congress
Box 37
Department of Biological
Sciences
Columbia University
1200 Amsterdam Avenue -- Mail Box 5521
New York, NY 10027, USA
-- OVERALL ORNITHOLOGY
Tel. 091-212-854-4487
Fax 091-212-865-8246
E-mail wb4@columbia.edu
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty/bock/index.html
Dr Norman Myers CMG
Upper Meadow, Old Road,
Headington,
Oxford OX3 8SZ,
U.K. -- OVERALL
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
Tel. 0944 1865 750387
Fax 0944 1865 741538
E-mail Myers1N@aol.com
Dr J. Steven Farris
Senior Curator
Laboratory of Molecular
Systematics
Swedish Museum
of Natural History
Box 50007 SE 104-05
Stockholm, Sweden
-- OVERALL SYSTEMATICS
Tel. 0946 8 5195 5162
Fax 0946-8 5195 5181
E-mail msl-farr@nrm.se
Conferences attended – always presenting oral and/or poster papers –
from 1985, almost always with student collaborators
1976
- 4th Pan-African Ornithological Congress, Seychelles
1977
- African Wildlife Research and Management Conference, Pretoria
1978
- 17th International Ornithological Congress, Berlin
- Systematics Symposium, Zoological Society of Southern Africa,
Pretoria
1979
- 4th National Oceanographic Symposium, Cape Town
1980
- 5th Pan-African Ornithological Congress, Malawi
- Mediterranean Ecosystems Conference, Stellenbosch
1981
- Birds and Man Symposium, Johannesburg
- African Wildlife Research and Management Conference, Pretoria
- Conservation of Coastal Lowlands in the Western
Cape Province,
Bellville
- Zoological Society of Southern Africa Symposium, Environmental
Physiology, Zoogeography and
Speciation, Durban/Westville
(keynote address)
- Workshop on Multivariate Methods in Ecology, Edinburgh
- 17th International Ethological Conference, Oxford
1982
- Cooper Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, Logan, Utah
- Symposium on Coevolution, Chicago
- Joint Annual Meeting of Society for the Study of Evolution and
the American Society of
Naturalists, Stony Brook, New York
1983
- Zoological Society of Southern Africa
Symposium, Zoology of
Arid and Semi-arid Environments,
Swakopmund
1984
- African Wildlife Research and Management Conference,
Johannesburg
- Symposium on Biogeography and Evolutionary Ecology of African
Vertebrates, Bonn, West Germany
- 4th Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, London (poster paper on
analysis of multiple data sets
in phylogenetics)
1985
- Zoological Society of Southern Africa
Symposium on Competition
and Coexistence, Pietermaritzburg
1986
- 19th International Ornithological Congress, Ottawa
1987
- Southern African Ornithological Society Symposium on Birds of
Evergreen Forests, Wilderness,
C.P.
1988
- 7th Pan-African Ornithological Congress, Kenya [I organized and
chaired a symposium on systematics
and biogeography]
- Conserving Biotic Diversity in Southern Africa, Cape Town
- Symposium celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the German
Ornithological Society, Bonn
- 2nd International Symposium on Avian Palaeontology and
Evolution, Los Angeles
1989
- Symposium on Biogeography and Evolutionary Ecology of Tropical
Vertebrates, Bonn, West Germany
-- Chaired two sessions
1990
- Southern African Ornithological Society Symposium on Long Term
Studies of Birds, Bloemfontein
- 108th Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists'
Union, Los
Angeles, USA
- Fourth International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary
Biology, University of
Maryland, College Park, USA
- Biotechnology and the Conservation of Genetic Diversity,
London, United Kingdom
- Genetics and Wildlife Conservation, Bologna, Italy
- 20th International Ornithological Congress, Christchurch, New
Zealand
(chairperson of a symposium on the Systematics and
Biogeography of African Birds)
1991
- Zoological Society of Southern Africa Symposium "Animals and
their changing world",
Stellenbosch
- Workshop on Conservation and Genetics, Stellenbosch (I organized and
chaired
the workshop; presented two
papers; and edited its proceedings)
- 10th Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, Toronto, Canada
- Sixth International Symposium on Partridges, Quails and
Francolins, Fordingbridge, U.K.
1992
- Systematics and Conservation Evaluation, London, U.K.
- Zoological Society of Southern Africa Symposium "Populations
in Time and Space",
Kimberley
- 11th Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, Paris, France
- Conservation of Biodiversity in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
- 8th Pan-African Ornithological Congress, Bujumbura, Burundi
1993
- Biotech SA '93, First South African Biotechnology Conference,
Grahamstown
- Natal Parks Board, Scientific Services Annual Symposium,
Pietermaritzburg
- Southern African Wildlife Management Association Symposium on
Biodiversity in Practice, Port
Elizabeth
- NATO Conference on Morphometrics, Il Ciocco, Italy
- Symposium on Models of Phylogeny Reconstruction, London, U.K.
- 12th Meeting- Willi Hennig Society, Fullerton, California
- Workshop on developing a regional strategy for the Scientific
Services Division of Natal
Parks Board, Umfolozi
1994
- 21st International Ornithological Congress, Vienna (Co-chaired
round table discussion on bird
conservation in Africa)
1995
- 14th Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, Texas A.&M.
University,
College Station
- Symposium "Ethics and the sustainable utilisation of
wildlife",
University of Cape Town
1996
- 15th Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, University of Cape Town
(convener and chairperson of
scientific committee)
1997
- Symposium -- Molecules and Morphology in Systematics, Natural
History
Museum, Paris (oral paper -- Combined vs partitioned
data in cladistic analysis)
- International Conference on Galliformes, Taman Nagara, Malaysia
(plenary paper on evolution of
Galliformes, convened a workshop
on sustainable utilisation of
gamebirds)
- 16th Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, George Washington
University, Washington D.C.
1998
- 17th Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, University of Sao Paulo,
Brazil-- (oral paper -- A
multifaceted concept of species --
chaired a session of
contributed papers)
- 22nd International Ornithological Congress, Durban -- (convened and
chaired a session on species
concepts; co-author of seven other
oral or poster papers -- chaired the final plenary session –
attended meetings of the IOC
Committee)
- Conference: Dennett's philosophy: a comprehensive assessment,
Memorial University, St John's,
Newfoundland, Canada
1999
- 117th Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union – Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York
- 18th Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, University of
Goettigen, Germany
2000
- 19th Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, Natural
History Museum,
Leiden, Holland
- Annual Meeting of Societies of Systematic Biology, Evolution and
American
Naturalists -- Indian University,
Bloomington, USA
2001
- 20th Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, USA
119 th Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union,
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
25th Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists
and Perdix IX, Lemesos, Cyprus
2002
- 23rd International Ornithological Congress, Beijing, China --
(chaired a symposium)
2003
4th Symposium of the
Southern African Society for Systematic Biology, University of Pretoria
- 22nd Meeting -- Willi Hennig Society, New York Botanical Gardens,
Bronx, New York
2004
- 23rd Meeting -- Willi Hennig
Society, CNRS, Paris, France
2008
27th Meeting – Willi Hennig Society,
Tucuman, Argentina
2009
28th Meeting – Willi Hennig
Society, Singapore
2010
29th
Meeting – Willi Hennig Society, Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA
2011
30th
Meeting – Willi Hennig Society – São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
2012
31st Meeting – Willi Hennig Society – University
of California Riverside, California, USA
Published Work
Publication numbers marked with asterisks indicate co-authorship with a
student who worked under my supervision or co-supervision.
Publications in scientific journals – those marked with * co-authored
by students:
Crowe, T.M. 1977. Variation in intestinal helminth infestation
of the Helmeted Guineafowl. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 7: 1-3.
Crowe, T.M. & R. Liversidge.
1977. Disproportionate mortality
in a population of Springbok (Artiodactyla : Bovidae). Zoologica Africana 12: 469-473.
*Marsh, B., T.M. Crowe & W.R. Siegfried. 1978.
Species richness and abundance of clinid fish (Teleostei : Clinidae) in
intertidal rock pools. Zoologica
Africana 13: 283-291.
Crowe, T.M. & W.R. Siegfried.
1978. It's raining guineafowl in
the northern Cape. South African Journal of Science 74: 261-262.
Crowe, T.M. 1978. The evolution of guineafowl (Galliformes,
Phasianidae, Numidinae): taxonomy, phylogeny, speciation and biogeography. Annals of the South African
Museum 76: 43-136.
Crowe, T.M. 1978. Limitation of population in the Helmeted
Guineafowl. South African Journal of
Wildlife Research 8: 117-126.
Boshoff, A., R.K. Brooke & T.M. Crowe. 1978.
A computerized mapping scheme for vertebrates in southern Africa. South
African Journal of Wildlife Research 8:
145-149.
Crowe, T.M. 1979. Adaptive morphological variation in Helmeted
Guineafowl Numida meleagris and
Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani. Ibis 121: 313-320.
*Crowe, T.M. & A.A. Crowe 1979.
Anatomy of the vascular system of the head and neck of the Helmeted
Guineafowl. Journal of Zoology, London 188: 221-233.
Crowe, T.M. 1979. Lots of weeds: insular phytogeography of
vacant urban lots. Journal of
Biogeography 6: 169-181.
Crowe, T.M. & P.C. Withers.
1979. Brain temperature
regulation in Helmeted Guineafowl. South
African Journal of Science 75: 362-365.
Linder, H.P., P.M. Strebel & T.M. Crowe. 1980.
Island biogeography and the acacia clumps at the Nxai Pan, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 12:
170-173.
Withers, P.C. & T.M. Crowe.
1980. Brain temperature
fluctuations of Helmeted Guineafowl under semi-natural conditions. Condor 82: 99-101.
Mimmack, G.M., P.D. Morant, T.M. Crowe & A.A. McKenzie. 1980.
DIRECT: a computer programme for the analysis of directional data. South African Journal of Wildlife
Research 10: 29-37.
Crowe, T.M., J.C. Schijf & A.A. Gubb. 1981.
Effects of fire, vegetation, rainfall and habitat physiognomy on a northern Cape animal
community. South African Journal of
Wildlife Research 11: 87-104.
*Crowe, T.M., A.G. Rebelo, W.J. Lawson & A.J. Manson. 1981.
Patterns of variation in body-mass in the Black-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus. Ibis 123: 336-345.
*Guillet, A. & T.M. Crowe.
1981. Seasonal variation in group
size and dispersion in a population of Great White Pelicans. Gerfaut 71: 185-194.
*Knight, R.W., T.M. Crowe & W.R. Siegfried. 1982.
Distribution and species richness in southern African trees. South African Journal of Botany 48: 455-480.
*Berry,
H.H., W.R. Siegfried & T.M. Crowe.
1982. Activity patterns in a
population of free-ranging wildebeest Connochaetes
taurinus at Etosha National Park. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 59: 229-246.
Crowe, T.M. & A.A. Crowe.
1982. Patterns of distribution,
diversity and endemism in Afrotropical birds.
Journal of Zoology, London
198: 417-442.
Brooke, R.K. & T.M. Crowe.
1982. Variation in species
richness among the offshore islands of the southwestern Cape. South African Journal of Zoology 17: 49-58.
*Guillet, A. & T.M. Crowe.
1983. Temporal variation in
foraging and bird sanctuary visitation by a southern African population of
Great White Pelicans Pelecanus
onocrotalus. Biological Conservation
26: 15-31.
*Berry,
H.H., W.R. Siegfried & T.M. Crowe.
1984. Orientation of wildebeest
in relation to sun and wind direction.
Madoqua 13: 297-301.
*Guillet, A. & T.M. Crowe.
1984. Biogeography and ecology of
waterbirds in arid sub-Saharan Africa. South African Journal of Science 80: 188.
Crowe, T.M. 1984. Diet of Helmeted Guineafowl in a semi-arid
environment. South African Journal of
Science 80: 188.
*Guillet, A. & T.M. Crowe.
1985. Patterns of distribution
and diversity of Afrotropical waterbirds.
African Journal of Ecology 23: 89-120.
*Taylor,
P.J., J.U.M. Jarvis, T.M. Crowe & K.C. Davies. 1985.
Age determination in the Cape
Molerat, Georychus
capensis. South African Journal of
Zoology 20: 261-267.
Berry, M.P.S. &
T.M. Crowe. 1985. Effects of monthly and annual rainfall on
game bird populations in the northern Cape
Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research
15: 69-76.
Crowe, A.A. & T.M. Crowe.
1985. Coexistence of two small
waders, Charadrius marginatus and Calidris alba, on a sandy beach. South African Journal of Science 81: 669.
*Guillet, A. & T.M. Crowe.
1986. A preliminary investigation
of patterns of distribution and species richness of southern African
waterbirds. South African Journal of
Wildlife Research 16: 65-81.
*Elbin, S.B., T.M. Crowe & H.B. Graves. 1986.
Reproductive behaviour of Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris): mating
system and parental care. Applied Animal
Behavioral Science 16: 179-197.
Berry, M.P.S. &
T.M. Crowe. 1987. Effects of monthly and annual rainfall on
game bird populations in the northern Cape
Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research
supplement 1: 116-117.
*Guillet, A. & T.M. Crowe.
1987. Monthly and seasonal
changes in the aquatic avifauna at Rondevlei Bird Sanctuary (Cape
Province, South
Africa).
Avocetta 11: 1-16.
*Raubenheimer, D. & T.M. Crowe.
1987. The Recognition Species
Concept: is it really an alternative?
South African Journal of Science 83: 530-534.
Clancey, P.A., R.K. Brooke, T.M. Crowe & J.M. Mendelsohn. 1987.
SAOS checklist of southern African birds: first updating report. Southern African Ornithological Society, Johannesburg.
Crowe, T.M. 1987. Species as individuals or classes: an "iconoclassificationist's"
view. Biology and Philosophy 2: 167.
*Koen, J.H. & T.M. Crowe.
1987. Animal-habitat
relationships in the Knysna Forest, South Africa: discrimination between forest types by birds
and invertebrates. Oecologia (Berlin) 72: 412-422.
Crowe, T.M. 1988. Molecules vs morphology in phylogenetics: a
non-controversy. Transactions of the
Royal Society South Africa
46: 317-334.
Crowe, T.M., A.C. Kemp, R.A. Earle & W.S. Grant. 1989.
Systematics is the most essential, but most neglected, biological
science. South African Journal of
Science 85: 418-423.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Pan-African ornithology divided. Nature 338: 11-12.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Botanists, zoologists, palaeobiologists,
biogeographers, earth scientists and molecular biologists unite! South African Journal of Science 85: 417.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Vertebrate systematics and biogeography in
the tropics. South African Journal of Science 85: 497.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. Character "assassination"
reborn! A report on a workshop on
cladistics and cladistic biogeography.
Cladistics 6: 101-103.
*Fraser, M.W. & T.M. Crowe.
1990. Effects of alien
woody-plant invasion on the birds of Mountain fynbos in the Cape of Good Hope
Nature Reserve. South African Journal of
Zoology 25: 97-108.
Brooke, R.K., T.M. Crowe & M.S. Chambal. 1990.
Copulatory behaviour in Burchell's Coucal Centropus
burchellii. Ostrich 61: 87.
Clancey, P.A., R.K. Brooke, T.M. Crowe & J.M. Mendelsohn. 1991.
S.A.O.S. checklist of southern African birds: second updating
report. Southern African Ornithological
Society, Johannesburg:
53 pp.
Crowe, T.M., W.R. Siegfried & E.H. Harley. 1991.
Recent advances in palaeoanthropology, conservation biology,
phylogenetics and molecular evolution.
South African Journal of Science 87: 154-163.
Crowe, T.M. 1991. Genetics, biotechnology and the conservation
of biodiversity? South African Journal
of Science 87: 81-84.
Randi, E., G. Fusco, R. Lorenzini & T.M. Crowe. 1991.
Phylogenetic relationships and rates of allozyme evolution in the
Phasianoidea. Biochemical Systematics
and Ecology 19: 213-221.
Crowe, T.M. 1991. International ornithology: politics, progress
and possibilities. South African Journal
of Science 87: 350-352.
*Jacobs, D.S., N.C. Bennett, J.U.M. Jarvis & T.M. Crowe. 1991. The colony structure and dominance hierarchy
of the Damaraland Mole-rat Cryptomys
damarensis (Rodentia: Bathyergidae), from Namibia. Journal of Zoology, London 224: 553-576.
Crowe, T.M. & L.L. Short.
1992. A new gallinaceous bird
from the Oligocene of Nebraska. Natural History
Museum of Los
Angeles County
Contributions to Science
36: 179-185.
*Crowe, T.M., E.H. Harley, M.B. Jakutowicz, J. Komen & A.A.
Crowe. 1992. Phylogenetic, taxonomic and biogeographical
implications of genetic, morphological, and behavioral variation in francolins
(Phasianidae: Francolinus). Auk 109: 24-42.
*Earle, R.A., R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 1992.
Haematozoa of Greywing Francolin from the Stormberg of the eastern Cape Province,
South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research
22: 94-97.
*Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe.
1992. Vocal behaviour of Greywing
Francolin Francolinus africanus can
be used to estimate population density.
Ostrich 63: 98-109.
*Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe.
1992. The use of morphometrics
and development of plumage in estimating the growth patterns and age of
Greywing Francolin Francolinus africanus. Ostrich 63: 172-179.
*Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe.
1993. The breeding biology of the
Greywing Francolin Francolinus africanus
and its implications for hunting and management. South African Journal of Zoology 28: 6-12.
Crowe, T.M. 1993. Promoting the preservation and utilization of
African biodiversity: the University
of Cape Town's programme
in conservation biology. Bulletin of the
Southern African Institute of Ecologists and the Environmental Scientists 12:
20-24.
Crowe, T.M. 1993. Validation of some newly proposed names for
francolins, Phasianidae. Bulletin of the
British Ornithologists' Club 113(3): 191.
Crowe, T.M. 1993. Evaluation for nature conservation:
principles and criteria. South African
Journal of Science 89: 2-5.
Crowe, T.M. & W.R. Siegfried.
1993. Conserving Africa's biodiversity:
stagnation or innovation. South
African Journal of Science 89: 208-210.
*Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe.
1993. Hunting efficiency and the
impact of hunting on Greywing Francolin populations. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 23:
31-35.
*Little, R.M., G. Malan & T.M. Crowe. 1993. The use of counts of Namaqua Sandgrouse at
watering sites for population estimates.
South African Journal of Wildlife Research 23: 26-28.
*Little, R.M., A. Verster & T.M. Crowe. 1993. Seasonal and
demographical variation in intestinal helminth infection of Greywing Francolin.
Ostrich 64: 178-181.
Malan G., R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 1993. The effects of hunting
effort and weather on hunting success and population dynamics of Namaqua
sandgrouse. South African Journal of
Wildlife Research 23: 107-111.
*Little, R.M., W.S. Grant & T.M. Crowe. 1993.
Does hunting affect the demography and genetic structure of Greywing
Francolin Francolinus africanus? Biodiversity & Conservation 2: 567-585.
*Little, R.M., R.M. Gous & T.M. Crowe. 1993.
The distribution and abundance of Greywing Francolin, Francolinus africanus, on the Stormberg
Plateau, eastern Cape Province, South Africa, in relation to diet and
substrata. Ostrich 64: 105-114.
*Little, R.M., R.A. Earle & T.M. Crowe. 1993.
Mortality caused by histomoniasis in young Greywing Francolin. South African Journal of Wildlife Research
23: 57-58.
Crowe, T.M. 1994. Morphometrics, phylogenetic models and
cladistics: means to an end or much ado about nothing? Cladistics 10: 77-84.
Crowe, T.M., M.F. Essop, D.G. Allan, R.K. Brooke & J. Komen. 1994.
Overlooked units of comparative and conservation biology: the Black
Korhaan Eupodotis afra (Otididae) as
a case study. Ibis 136: 166-175.
Crowe, T.M., M.A. Isahakia & E.B. Knox. 1994.
Research and training priorities in biological conservation: African
solutions to African problems. South
African Journal of Science 90: 517-518.
Crowe, T.M., W.R. Siegfried, A.T. Lombard & M.A. du Plessis. 1994.
Science and the development of strategies for the conservation of
biodiversity in the 'new' South
Africa.
Bulletin of the Southern African Institute of Ecologists and
Environmental Scientists 13(1): 13-19.
Kemp, A.C. & T.M. Crowe. 1994.
Morphometrics of falconets and hunting behaviour of the Black-thighed
Falconet Microhierax fringillarius. Ibis 136: 44-49.
*Malan, G., R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 1994. Temporal and spatial
patterns of abundance and breeding activity of Namaqua Sandgrouse in South Africa.
South African Journal of Zoology 29: 162-167.
*Turpie, J.K. & T.M. Crowe.
1994. Patterns of distribution,
diversity and endemism of larger African mammals. South African Journal of Zoology 29: 19-32.
Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe.
1994. Conservation implications of deciduous fruit farming on birds in
the Elgin district, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
49: 185-197.
Little, R.M., C. Villacastin & T.M. Crowe. 1995. Conservation implications of long-term
population trends, environmental correlates and predictive models for Namaqua
Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua.
Biological Conservation 75: 93-101.
*Little, R.M., K. Vester & T.M. Crowe. 1995. Temporal and spatial breeding patterns
of 12 duck species (Anatidae) in the Cape provinces,
South Africa,
and their implications for hunting seasons. South African Journal of Wildlife
Research 25: 17-22.
Crowe, T.M. 1995. Wildlife utilization: science vs ethics and
Northern vs Southern perspectives. South
African Journal of Science 91: 375-376.
*Witt, A.B.R., R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 1995. The effectiveness of
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris (Linnaeus
1766) in controlling the banded fruit weevil Phlyctinus callosus (Schonherr 1826), and their impact on other
invertebrates in apple orchards in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Agricultural Ecosystems & the Environment
55: 169-179.
*Little, R.M., J.S.A. Perrings, T.M. Crowe & A. Witt. 1995. Notes on the diet of Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris on deciduous fruit
farms in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 25:
144-146.
*Pero, L.V. & T.M. Crowe.
1996. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida
meleagris in KwaZulu-Natal:
a case for non-sustainability. South
African Journal of Wildlife Research 26: 123-140.
Crowe, T.M. 1996. Developing a
national strategy for the protection and sustainable use of South Africa's
biodiversity. South African Journal of Science 92: 218-219.
*Malan, G. & T.M. Crowe.
1996. The diet and conservation of monogamous and polyandrous pale
chanting goshawks in the Little Karoo, South Africa. South African Journal of
Wildlife Research 26: 1-10.
*Malan. G. & T.M. Crowe.
1996. Fall-net trap and patagial tag marking for live Namaqua
Sandgrouse. Safring News 25: 15-17.
*Grant, W.S., R.M. Little, G. Malan & T.M. Crowe. 1997.
Temporal and geographical genetic variability in Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua) and Spotted
Sandgrouse (P. burchelli)
populations. Journal of Arid Environments 35: 123-139.
*Malan, G., T.M. Crowe, R. Biggs & J.J. Herholdt. 1997.
The social system of the Pale Chanting Goshawk: monogamy vs polyandry
and delayed dispersal. Ibis 139: 313-321.
*Muriuki, J,, *H.M. de Klerk & T.M. Crowe. 1997.
Using patterns of distribution and diversity of Kenyan birds to select
and prioritize areas for conservation.
Biodiversity & Conservation 6: 191-210.
Little, R.M., T.M. Crowe & S.K.C. Peall. 1997. Pesticide
residues in Helmeted Guineafowl Numida
meleagris livers collected in deciduous fruit farms in the Western Cape
province, South Africa. South African
Journal of Wildlife Research 27(1): 1-4.
*Malan, G. & T.M. Crowe.
1997. Perch availability and prey visibility: factors that may
constitute habitat quality in the Pale Chanting Goshawk. South African Journal of Zoology 32: 14-20.
*Lloyd, P. A.J.F.K. Craig, P.E. Hulley, M.F. Essop, P. Bloomer &
T.M. Crowe. 1997. Ecology and genetics of hybrid zones in
southern African Pycnonotus bulbul
species complex. Ostrich 68: 90-97.
*Burgess,
N.D., H.M. de Klerk, J. Fjeldsa, Crowe,
T.M. & C. Rahbek. 1997. Mapping
Afrotropical birds: links between atlas
studies and conservation priority analyses.
Bulletin ABC, 4 (2):93-98.
*Bloomer, P. & T.M. Crowe.
1998. Francolin phylogenetics:
molecular, morpho-behavioral and combined evidence. Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution 8:
236-254.
*Jansen, R. R.A. Earle, R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 1998.
Haematozoa of Redwing and Greywing Francolin from three montane
grassland habitats in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
South African Journal of Wildlife Research 28(1): 4-7.
Crowe, T.M. 1998. A working graduate program in conservation
biology. Conservation Biology 12(4): 744-745.
Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe.
1998. Habitat fragmentation
limits the distribution of Cape Francolin, Francolinus
capensis, on deciduous fruit farms in South Africa. African Journal of Ecology 36: 140-147.
*Ryan, P.G. I. Hood, P. Bloomer, J. Komen & T.M. Crowe. 1998.
Barlow's Lark: a new species in the Karoo Lark Certhilauda albescens complex of southwest Africa. Ibis 140: 605-619.
Kimball, R.C., E.L. Braun, P.W. Zwartjies, T.M. Crowe & J.D.
Ligon. 1999. A molecular phylogeny of the pheasants and
partridges suggests that these lineages are not monophyletic. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution
11(1): 38-54.
*Jansen, R., R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 1999.
Implications of grazing and burning of grasslands on the sustainable use
of francolins (Francolinus spp.) and
on overall bird conservation in the highlands of Mpumalanga
province, South Africa.
Biodiversity & Conservation 8(5): 587-602.
Williams, P.H., H.M. de Klerk & T.M. Crowe. 1999.
Interpreting biogeographical boundaries among Afrotropical birds: spatial
patterns in richness, gradients and species replacement. Journal of Biogeography 26(3): 459-474.
*Lloyd, P., E. Plaganyi, D. Lepage, R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe.
1999. Nest site selection, egg
pigmentation and clutch predation in the ground-nesting Namaqua
Sandgrouse. Ibis 142: 123-131.
Farris, J.S., M. Källersjö, T.M. Crowe, D. Lipscomb, & U.
Johansson. 1999. Frigatebirds, tropicbirds, and Ciconiida: excesses of confidence
probability. Cladistics 15:1-7.
*Lloyd, P., R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 2000.
Investigator effects on the nesting success of arid-zone birds. Journal
of Field Ornithology 71:227-235.
*Lloyd, P., L. Durrans, R. Gous, R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 2000.
The diet and nutrition of the Namaqua sandgrouse, an arid-zone
granivore. Journal of Arid Environments
44: 105-122.
*Lloyd, P., R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 2000.
The daily activity pattern of a Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua population.
Ostrich 71: 427-429.
*Jansen, R., R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 2000. Habitat utilization
and home range of the redwing francolin, Francolinus
levaillantii, in highland grasslands, Mpumalanga
province, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology 38:329-338.
*Lloyd, P., Plagányi, É., Lepage, D., Little, R.M. & Crowe, T.M.
2000. Nest site selection, egg
pigmentation and clutch predation in the ground-nesting Namaqua Sandgrouse.
Ibis 142: 123-131.
*Ratcliffe, C.S., T.M. Crowe & S.K.C. Peall. 2000. Pesticide
residues in
helmeted guineafowl livers from crop farms in the Midlands of
KwaZulu-Natal province, South
Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife
Research 30: 145-150.
Burgess, N, *H. de klerk,, J. Fjeldsa, T.M. Crowe, & C.
Rahbek. 2000. A preliminary assessment of congruence between
biodiversity patterns in Afrotropical forest birds and forest mammals. Ostrich
71: 286-290.
*Froneman, A., M.J. Mangnall, R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 2001.
Waterbird assemblages and associated habitat characteristics of farm
ponds in the Western Cape, South Africa. Biodiversity & Conservation 10: 251-270.
*Jansen, R., R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 2001. Breeding biology of the Redwing Francolin in
the highland grasslands of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Ostrich 72(1&2): 20-23.
*Jansen, R., E.R. Robinson, R.M. Llittle, & T.M. Crowe. 2001.
Habitat constraints limit the distribution and population density of
redwing francolin, Francolinus
levaillantii, in the highland grasslands of Mpumalanga
province, South Africa. African
Journal of Ecology 39: 146-155.
*Lloyd, P., Little, R.M. & Crowe, T.M. 2001. The breeding biology of the Namaqua
Sandgrouse. Ostrich 72: 169-178.
*Lloyd, P., R.M. Little & T M. Crowe. 2001. Food availability and seasonal
variation in nest predation pressure as factors influencing the timing of
breeding of Namaqua sandgrouse in the Nama Karoo, South Africa. African Zoology
36:1-11.
*Lloyd, P., R.M. Little, T.M. Crowe, & R.E. Simmons. 2001.
Rainfall and food availability as factors influencing the migration and
breeding activity of Namaqua Sandgrouse, Pterocles
namaqua. Ostrich 72: 50-62.
*Mangnall, M. J. & T. M. Crowe. 2001. Population dynamics and the physical and financial
impacts to cereal crops of the Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus on the Agulhas Plain, Western
Cape, South
Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment 1798 (2001): 1–16.
*Mangnall, M.J.. & T.M. Crowe.
2001. Managing Egyptian geese on
the croplands of the Agulhas Plain, Western Cape,
South Africa.
South African Journal of Wildlife Research 31:
25-34.
*Ratcliffe, C.S. & T.M. Crowe.
2001. The effects of agriculture
and the availability of edge habitat of populations of Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris and on associated bird
assemblages in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
Biodiversity & Conservation 10 (12): 2109-2127.
*Ratcliffe, C.S. & T.M. Crowe. 2001. Habitat utilisation and home range of
Helmeted Guineafowl, Numida meleagris
in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Biological
Conservation 98: 333-345.
*Ratcliffe, C.S. & T.M. Crowe.
2001. Declining populations of
helmeted guineafowl in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a review of causes
and remedies. South African Journal of Wildlife Research
31: 161-171.
*Seymour,
C.L., H.M. de Klerk, A. Channing, & T.M. Crowe. 2001. The biogeography of the Anura of
sub-equatorial Africa and the prioritisation
of areas for their conservation.
Biodiversity and Conservation 10 (12): 2045-2076.
*De Klerk, H.M., T.M. Crowe, J. Fjeldsa & N.D. Burgess 2002. Patterns of species richness and narrow
endemism of terrestrial burds species in the Afrrotropical Region. Journal of Zoology. (London) 256: 327-342.
*De Klerk, H.M., T.M. Crowe
& J. Fjeldsa. 2002. Biogeographical
patterns of endemic terrestrial Afrotropical birds. Diversity
and Distributions 8: 147-162.
*Mangnall,
M.J. & T.M. Crowe. 2002. Population
dynamics and the physical and financial impacts to cereal crops of the Egyptian
Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus on the
Agulhas Plain, Western Cape, South Africa. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 90: 231-246.
*De Klerk, H.M. Crowe, T.M.,
Fjeldså, J. & Burgess, N.D. 2002.
Biogeographical patterns of endemic terrestrial Afrotropical birds.
Diversity & Distribution, 8: 147-162.
*Jansen, R. & T.M. Crowe. 2002. Population fluctuations in relation
to seasonal habitat preferences of the Swainson's spurfowl, Pternistis swainsonii. African Journal of Ecology 40: 309-317.
*Ratcliffe, C.S., Gous, R.M., Swatson, H.K. & Crowe, T.M.
2002. The digestibility of raw and
processed soybeans by helmeted guineafowl, Numida
meleagris. Ostrich 73: 135-137.
*Bowie, R.C.K., P. Bloomer, P.A. Clancey & T.M. Crowe. 2003. The
Karoo Thrush (Turdus smithi Bonaparte
1850), a southern African endemic. Ostrich 74: 1-7.
*Mangnall, M.J. & T.M. Crowe. 2003.
The effects of agriculture on farmland bird assemblages on the Agulhas
Plain, Western Cape, South Africa. African Journal of
Ecology 41: 266-276.
*Prendini, L., T.M Crowe & W.C. Wheeler. 2003. Systematics and biogeography of the family
Scorpionidae (Chelicerata : Scorpiones), with a discussion on phylogenetic
methods. Invertebrate Systematics 17: 185-259.
Dyke, G.J., B.E. Gulas, & T.M. Crowe. 2003.
Suprageneric relationships of galliform birds (Aves, Galliformes): a
cladistic analysis of morphological characters.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137: 227-244.
*Bowie, R.C.K., J. Fjeldså, S.J. Hackett
& T.M. Crowe. 2004. Molecular evolution
in space and though time: mtDNA phylogeography of the Olive Sunbird (Nectarinia olivacea/obscura) throughout
continental Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 33: 56-76.
*Bowie, R.C.K., J. Fjeldså, S.J. Hackett & T.M. Crowe. 2004. Systematics and biogeography of
Double-Collared Sunbirds from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Auk. 121:
660-681.
*Walker, A.L., R.C.K. Bowie, C.S. Ratcliffe & T.M. Crowe, 2004. Fowl play: identification and management of
hybridisation between wild and domestic Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in South Africa. Ostrich 75(4): 195-198.
Crowe, T.M. & R.M. Little. 2004. Francolins, partridges and spurfowls: what’s
in a name? Ostrich 75(4): 199-203.
R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 2004. Effects of a predator control experiment on Grey-winged Francolin (Scleroptila africanus) populations. Ostrich 75(4): 285-287.
R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe. 2004. Effects of a predator control experiment on Grey-winged Francolin (Scleroptila africanus) populations. Ostrich 75(4): 285-287.
*Ryan, P.G., D. Wright, G. Oatley, J. Wakeling, C. Cohen, T.L. Nowell, R.C.K. Bowie, V.Ward, & T.M. Crowe. 2004. Systematics of Serinus canaries and the status of Cape and Yellow-crowned Canaries inferred from mtDNA and morphology. Ostrich 75(4): 288-294.
*Bowie, R.C.K., G. Voelker, J. Fjeldså, L. Lens, S.J. Hackett
& T.M. Crowe. 2005. Systematics of
the Olive Thrush (Turdus spp.)
species complex with reference to the taxonomic status of the endangered Taita Thrush. Journal of Avian Biology 36(5): 391-404.
*Beresford, P., F.K. Barker, P.G. Ryan & T.M. Crowe. 2005. African endemics
span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several
evolutionary 'enigmas'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272: 849-858.
*Little, I.T., R.M. Little, R. Jansen & T.M. Crowe. 2005. Winter bird assemblages, species richness and
relative abundance at a re-vegetated coal mine in the Middelburg district, Mpumalanga
province, South Africa. South African Journal
of Wildlife Research 35(1): 13-22.
*Prinsloo, H.C., V. Harley, B.K. Reilly & T.M. Crowe. 2005.
Sex-related variation in morphology of Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) from the Riemland of
the northeastern Free State, South Africa.
South African Journal of Wildlife Research 35(1) 95-96.
*Jansen, R. &
T.M. Crowe. 2005. Relationships between
breeding activity and rainfall for Swainson’s Suprfowl, Pternistis swainsonii, within southern Africa, with specific
reference to the Springbok Flats, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Ostrich 76: 190-194.
*Bowie, R.C.K., J. Fjeldså, S.J. Hackett, J.M.
Bates & T.M. Crowe. 2006. Coalescent
models reveal the relative roles of ancestral polymorphism, vicariance, and
dispersal in shaping phylogeographical structure of an African montane forest
robin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38:171–188.
*Jansen, R., S.D.
van der Spuy & T.M. Crowe. 2006. Low
incidence of blood parasite infection within a population of Swainson’s
Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii.
Ostrich 77: 109-111.
*Jansen, R. &
T.M. Crowe. 2006. Food preferences of
Swainson’s spurfowl, Pternistis
swainsonii, in a diverse agricultural landscape. South African Journal of Wildlife Management
36(2): 113-121.
*Crowe, T.M., R.C.K. Bowie, P. Bloomer, T.
Mandiwana, T.A.J. Hedderson, E. Randi, S.L. Pereira & J. Wakeling. 2006 Phylogenetics and biogeography of, and
character evolution in gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character
exclusion, partitioning and missing data. Cladistics 22: 495-532.
Beresford, P.,
F.K. Barker, P.G. Ryan & T.M. Crowe. 2007. The future of Africa
in the history of oscine passerines: molecular systematics of several
‘enigmas’. Ostrich 78(2): 315.
Delport, W., T.M.
Crowe, P. Lloyd, & P. Bloomer. 2007.
Population growth confounds phylogeographic inference in Namaqua Sandgrouse.
Journal of Heredity 98: 158-164.
Dyke, G.J. & T.M. Crowe. 2008. Avian paleontology: opinions and
quasi-phenetics versus characters and cladistics. Cladistics 24: 77–81.
Davies, O.R. K. Junker, R. Jansen, T.M. Crowe & J. Boomker. 2008. Age- and sex-based variation in helminth
Infection of helmeted guineafowl (Numida
meleagris) with comments on Swainson’s spurfowl (Pternistis swainsonii) and Orange River francolin (Scleroptila levaillantoides). South African Journal
of Wildlife Research 38 (2): 163-170.
Junker, K., O.R. Davies, R. Jansen, T.M Crowe & J. Boomker. 2008. Nematodes of Swainson’s spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii and Orange River
francolin Scleroptila levaillantoides from the Free State province, South Africa, with a description of Tetrameres swainsonii, sp. nov. (Nematoda:
Tetrameridae). Journal of Helminthology 82: 365-371.
Prinsloo, H., V. Harley, B. Reilly & T. Crowe. 2008. The diet of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in the Riemland of the
north-eastern Free State, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife
Research 38: 88-92.
Crowe, T.M. 2009.
Reproductive biology and bird phylogeny. Miles to go before we sleep.
Cladistics 25: 105-106.
Crowe,
T. 2010. Phylogenetic affinities of enigmatic African galliforms: the Stone
Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus and
Latham's and Nahan's 'Francolins' Francolinus
lathami and F. nahani. Cladistics
26:206-206.
Crowe, T. 2011. What kind of fowl am I? Poultry in
motion. Proceedings of the Congresses of the Southern African Society for
Systematic Biology, Grahamstown 19-21st January 2011, hosted by the Department
of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University.
Davies,
O.R., T.M. Crowe & R. Bowie. 2011.
Taxonomy, systematic and biogeography of ‘marsh cisticolas’, Cisticola spp. Proceedings of the
Congresses of the Southern African Society for Systematic Biology, Grahamstown
19-21st January 2011, hosted by the Department of Zoology and Entomology,
Rhodes University.
Fuchs,
J., T.M. Crowe & R.C.K. Bowie. 2011.
Phylogeography of the fiscal shrike (Lanius
collaris): a novel pattern of genetic structure across the arid zones and
savannas of Africa. Journal of Biogeography 38: 2210-2222.
Mandiwana-Neudani,
T.G., C. Kopuchian, G. Louw & T.M. Crowe. 2011. A study of gross
morphological and histological syringeal features of true francolins
(Galliformes: Francolinus, Scleroptila, Peliperdix and Dendroperdix
spp.) and spurfowls (Pternistis spp.)
in a phylogenetic context. Ostrich 82: 115-127.
Cohen, C., Wakeling, J.L., Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G.,
Sande, E., Dranzoa, C., Crowe, T.M. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2012. Phylogenetic
affinities of evolutionarily enigmatic African galliforms: the Stone Partridge
Ptilopachus petrosus and Nahan’s Francolin Francolinus nahani, and support for
their sister relationship with New World quails. Ibis 154:768-780.
Oatley,
G., R.C.K. Bowie, T.M. Crowe & R.C.K. Bowie. 2012. A multi-locus phylogeny reveals a
complex pattern of diversification related to climate and habitat heterogeneity
in southern African white-eyes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 1401-1411.
Bowie, R.C.K., C. Cohen & T.M. Crowe. 2013. Ptilopachinae: a new subfamily of the Odontophoridae
(Aves: Galliformes). Zootaxa 3670: 097-098.
Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G., R.C.K. Bowie, M.
Hausberger, L. Henry & T.M. Crowe. 2014. Taxonomic and phylogenetic utility of
variation in advertising calls of francolins and spurfowls (Galliformes: Phasianidae).
African Zoology 49:54-82.
Contributions to Books:
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climate-zone South Africa. In: Kruger, F.J., D.T. Mitchell & J.U.M.
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Biology and conservation of small falcons, pp. 223-232. Hawk and Owl Trust, London.
Crowe, T.M., P.G. Ryan, M.F. Essop, R.K. Brooke, P.A.R. Hockey &
W.R. Siegfried. 1994. Species as the 'currency' conservation: the
Karoo/Dune/Red Lark complex of south-western Africa. In: Forey, P.L., C.J. Humphries & R.I.
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utilization of game at Rooipoort
Estate, Northern Cape Province, South
Africa. Pp. 359-392. In: harvesting wild species: implications for
biodiversity conservation. Ed. C.H.
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Press, London.
Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe.
2000. Gamebirds of southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town.
Crowe, T.M. 2000. Daniel Dennett's views on the power and
pervasiveness of natural selection: an evolutionary biologist's perspective.
In: Ross, D., Brook, A. and Thompson, D., eds.
Dennett's philosophy: a
comprehensive assessment. Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Press. pp. 27-40.
Little,
R. & T. Crowe. 2011. Gamebirds of
southern Africa. 2nd edition. Cape Town: Random House Struik.135p.
Conferences Proceedings:
*Crowe, A.A. & T.M. Crowe.
1984. Variation in the breeding
season of the White-fronted Sandplover in southern Africa. Proceedings of the 5th Pan-African
Ornithological Congress 787-798.
Crowe, T.M. & A.A. Crowe.
1985. The genus Francolinus as a model for avian
evolution and biogeography in Africa: I.
Relationships among species.
Proceedings of the International Symposium on African Vertebrates Pp.
207-231. Ed. K.L. Schuchmann. Museum
Alexander Koenig, Bonn.
Kemp, A.C. & T.M. Crowe.
1985. The systematics and
zoogeography of Afrotropical hornbills (Aves : Bucerotidae). Proceedings of the International Symposium on
African Vertebrates Pp. 279-324. Ed. K.L. Schuchmann. Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn.
Crowe, T.M. & S.B. Elbin.
1987. Social behaviour of
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris). South African Journal of Wildlife Research
Supplement 1: 55-57
Crowe, T.M. & A.C. Kemp.
1988. African historical
biogeography as reflected by galliform and hornbill evolution. Proceedings of the 19th International
Ornithological Congress 2510-2518. Ed. H. Ouillet. University
of Ottawa Press, Ottawa.
Kemp, A.C. & T.M. Crowe.
1990. A preliminary phylogenetic
and biogeographic analysis of the genera of diurnal raptors. Proceedings of the
International Symposium on Tropical Vertebrate Systematics and Biogeogr.
161-175 Ed. G. Peters. Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. A quantitative analysis of patterns of
distribution, species richness and endemism in southern African vertebrates.
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tropical Vertebrate Systematics
and Biogeogr. 145-160 Ed. G. Peters. Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn.
Kemp, A.C. & T.M. Crowe.
1991. Morphometrics of the
Falconiformes: an overview. Proceedings of the 20th International
Ornithological Congress 483-490
Kemp, A.C. & T.M. Crowe.
1991. A morphometric analysis
of Falco
species. Proceedings of Conservation and
Biology of Small Falcons, Canterbury,
England. Hawk and Owl Trust, London.
Crowe, T.M. 1991. Introductory remarks: systematics and
biogeography of Afrotropical birds.
Proceedings of the 20th International Ornithological Congress 449
Crowe, T.M. 1992. Morphometric research on Miocene and Pliocene
fossil phasianids from the west coast of southern Africa:
some preliminary taxonomic and phylogenetic conclusions. Proceedings of the 7th
Pan-African Ornithological Congress 217-225.
Crowe, T.M., E.H. Harley & M. Jakutowicz 1992.
Phylogenetic relationships of southern African francolins (Francolinus spp.) as suggested by the
structure of their mitochondrial DNA and their morphology, behaviour and
ecology. Proceedings of the 7th
Pan-African Ornithological Congress
261-267.
Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe. 1992. Population ecology and
conservation of the Greywing Francolin
Francolinus africanus. In: Perdix VI, First International Symposium on Partridge,
Quails and Francolins, M. Birkan, G.R. Potts,
N.J. Aebischer and S.D. Dowell,
eds. Gibier Faune Sauvage. 9: 882.
Little, R.M., W.S. Grant & T.M. Crowe. 1992. Conservation and
population genetics of the Greywing Francolin Francolinus africanus. In: Perdix VI, First International Symposium
on Partridge, Quails and Francolins, M. Birkan, G.R. Potts, N.J. Aebischer and
S.D. Dowell, eds. Gibier Faune Sauvage, 9: 882-883.
*Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe.
1993. A population biology and
genetic approach to sustainable hunting of Greywing Francolin Francolinus africanus. Proceedings of the 8th Pan-African
Ornithological Congress 76.
Crowe, T.M. & W.R. Siegfried.
1993. A southern African
perspective of conservation biology.
Proceedings of the 8th Pan-African Ornithological Congress 285-286.
Crowe, T.M. 1993. Species as units of evolution, classification
and conservation. In: Wilson, R.T. (Ed.), Birds and the African environment: Proceedings of the 8th Pan-African
Ornithological Congress. Annales du Musse Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Zoologie)
268: 17-19.
Crowe, T.M. 1993. Species as units of evolution, classification
and conservation. Proceedings of the 8th
Pan-African Ornithological Congress 17-19.
Kemp, A.C. & T.M. Crowe.
1993. Morphometrics of African
diurnal raptors. Proceedings of the 8th Pan-African Ornithological Congress
83-94.
Little, R.M., T.M. Crowe, P.G. Johnson & W.R. Siegfried. 1993.
The FitzPatrick Institute's Gamebird Research Programme: science,
education, socio-economics and conservation.
Proceedings of the 8th Pan-African Ornithological Congress 602.
Little, R.M., W.S. Grant and T.M. Crowe. 1993.
A population biology and genetic approach to sustainable hunting of the
Greywing Francolin Francolinus africanus. Proceedings of the 8th Pan-African
Ornithological Congress 76.
Kemp, A. & T. Crowe.
1994. A morphometric analysis of Accipiter species. In: Meyburg, B.-U. & R.D. Chancellor (Eds), Raptor Conservation today. Proceedings of the IV World Conference on
Birds of Prey and Owls, 10-17 May 1992, Berlin, pp. 651-665. Berlin:
World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls.
Little, R.M., T.M. Crowe, P.G. Johnson & W.R. Siegfried. 1994.
The FitzPatrick Institute's Gamebird Research Programme: Science,
education, socioeconomics and conservation.
In: Van Hoven, W., H. Ebedes & A. Conroy (Eds), Wildlife ranching: a celebration
of diversity - Proceedings of the 3rd International Wildlife Ranching
Symposium, p. 390. Pretoria:
Centre for Wildlife Management,
University of Pretoria.
*Lloyd, P., R.M. Little & T.M. Crowe 1999. The population dynamics
of the Namaqua Sandgrouse: implications
for gamebird management in an arid, stochastic environment. (In: Adams, N.J. & Slotow,
R.H., eds. Proceedings 22nd International
Ornithological Congress, Durban.
Johannesburg : BirdLife South Africa. pp.2130-2143).
Crowe, T.M. 1999.
A multifaceted concept of species. Proceedings
of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress, Durban. Johannesburg:
BirdLife South Africa. pp.1490-1495).
Zink, R. & T.
Crowe. 1999. Species concepts in ornithology. (In: Adams, N.J. & Slotow,
R.H., eds. Proceedings of the 22nd
International Ornithological Congress, Durban. Johannesburg: BirdLife South
Africa. p.1469).
Crowe, TM, P Bloomer, E. Randi, V. Lucchesi, R. Kimball, E. & J.G. Groth 2004.. Supra-generic cladistics of landfowl
(Order Galliformes). Proceedings of the
23rd International Ornithological Congress. In press.
Crowe
T. 2009. Management of southern African gamebirds: opportunities and threats.
Pages 11 - 15 in Cederbaum, S.B., Faircloth, B.C., Terhune, T.M., Thompson,
J.J., Carroll J.P., eds. Gamebird 2006: Quail VI and Perdix XII. 31 May - 4
June 2006. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Athens, GA, USA.
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Book reviews:
Crowe, T.M. 1984. Review of: Avian ecology. Perrins, C.M. & T.R. Birkhead, Blackie, London. In: South African Journal of Science 80:
339-340.
Crowe, T.M. 1984. Review of:
Perspectives in ornithology.
Brush, A.H. & G.A. Clark, (eds), Cambridge University Press, London. In: Ostrich 55: 175-176.
Crowe, T.M. 1985. Review of: Current ornithology, Volume
1. Johnston,
R.F. (ed.), Plenum Press, London. In:
Ostrich 56: 219-220.
Crowe, T.M. 1987. Review of: The female animal. Elia, I. Oxford
University Press, Oxford.
In: Ostrich 58: 96.
Crowe, T.M. 1987. Review of: Gamebirds & waterfowl of
southern Africa. Kemp, A.C. & F.C. Barnicoat, (eds),
Winchester Press, Johannesburg. In: Bokmakierie 39: 121.
Crowe, T.M. 1988. Review of Neotropical ornithology. Buckley, P.A., M.S. Foster, E.S. Morton, R.S.
Ridgely & F.G. Buckley, (eds), American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. In: Ostrich 59: 82.
Crowe, T.M. 1988. Review of: Guinea fowl of the world
(Belshaw). Ostrich 59: 154.
Brooke, R.K. & T.M. Crowe.
1989. Review of: The world of
shooting Johnson, P.G. & A. Wannenburgh.
In: Birding in South
Africa 41: 85.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Review of: Science as a process Hull, D.L. University of Chicago
Press, Chicago. In: South African
Journal of Science 85: 632. Also printed
in Origin 1(1): 8-10.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Review of: The quails, partridges, and
francolins of the world. Johnsgard, P.A.
Oxford University
Press, Oxford. In: Greywing 3: 13
Crowe, T.M. 1990. Review of: The quails, partridges and
francolins of the world Johnsgard, P.A. Oxford University Press, Oxford In:
Ostrich 61: 155.
Crowe, T.M. & R.K. Brooke.
1993. Review of: Putting
biodiversity on the map: priority areas for global conservation. Bibby, C.J.
et al., International Council
for Bird Preservation, Cambridge. In: Ostrich 64: 12.
Crowe, T.M. 1994. Review:
Roberts' birds of southern Africa. Auk 111: 782-783.
Brooke, R.K. & T.M. Crowe.
1994. Review: The birds of Pakistan,
Volume 2. Passeriformes (Roberts). Auk 111: 783-784.
T.M. Crowe. Review: Proceedings of the 22nd
International Ornithological Congress.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. In press
Semi-popular publications:
Crowe, T.M. 1975. Why I roam the veld disguised as a termite
mound. African Wildlife 29: 29-31.
Crowe, T.M. & R. Liversidge
1980. Gambling against
death. African Wildlife 34 32-33.
Crowe, T.M. 1985. Birds in space and time: biogeographical and
systematics research at the FitzPatrick Institute. Bokmakierie 37: 46-49.
Crowe, T.M. 1987. The Greywing Research Project: an experiment
in sustainable utilization.
Bokmakierie 39: 52.
Crowe, T.M. 1988. Introduction.
Greywing Partridge Research Project Newsletter 1: 1-2.
Crowe, T.M. 1988.
Other gamebird research news. Greywing
Partridge Research Project Newsletter 1: 6-7
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Introduction.
Greywing Partridge Research Project Newsletter 2: 1-2.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Greywing Partridge: a candidate for the
national gamebird. Greywing Partridge
Research Project Newsletter 2: 4-5.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Other gamebird news. Greywing Partridge
Research Project Newsletter 2: 9
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Editorial.
Greywing 3: 1-2.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Editorial.
Origin 1(1): 1-2.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Eastern
Cape. Origin
1(1): 8.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. A `classification' of southern African
evolutionary biologists. Origin 1(1):
38.
Crowe, T.M. & R.K. Brooke.
1989. The southwestern Cape. Origin 1(1):
3.
Crowe, T.M. & R.M. Little. 1989. Greywing research - cooperative
projects. Greywing 3: 7-9.
Robinson, T. & T.M. Crowe.
1989. Transvaal. Origin 1(1): 6.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Report on the Seventh Pan-African
Ornithological Congress. Bokmakierie 41(1): 5-9.
Crowe, T.M. 1989. Academic boycott. University
of Cape Town Monday Paper
8(2): 3.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. Gamebird research and gundogs. In: The South African Field Trial Club 80th
anniversary yearbook 1908-1989, pp. 51, 53.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. Editorial.
Greywing 4: 2.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. The sandgrouse research project. Greywing 4: 3-5.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. Introducing AGRED. Greywing 4: 18-19.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. Editorial.
Origin 2: 1-5.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. Proposed mission statement for the South
African Association of Evolutionary Discussion Groups. Origin 2: 6.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. News from various EDG-land. Origin 2: 6-7.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. Department of Zoology (including the
FitzPatrick Institute). Origin 2: 23.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. In: Points of view. Origin 2: 36-37.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. Editorial 1: Editorial 2: Is there a future
for research at South African museums?
Origin 3: 1-4.
Crowe, T.M. 1990. The battle of the species concepts continues
locally. Origin 3: 54.
Kemp, A. & T.M. Crowe. 1990. Ecomorphological relationships among the
Falconiformes. Origin 2: 28.
Malan, G. & T.M. Crowe.
1990. Causes and consequences
of cooperative polyandry in the Pale
Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus. Origin 2:
23-24.
Crowe, T.M. & E.H. Harley.
1990. ICSEB IV: recent advances
in palaeoanthropology, conservation biology, phylogenetics and molecular
evolution. Origin 3: 18-38.
Crowe, T.M. 1991. Editorial.
Greywing 5: 2-3.
Malan, G. & T.M. Crowe.
1991. Update on the Sandgrouse
Research Project. Greywing 5: 27-29.
Malan, G. & T.M. Crowe, T.
1991. Can rainfall and frequency
of rain be used to predict winter sandgrouse abundance? Greywing 5: 29-30.
Crowe, T.M. & W.R. Siegfried.
1991. Keeping the nature-reserve
"arks" afloat in the "New South Africa". African Wildlife 45: 228-229.
Crowe, T.M. & G. Maclean. 1992.
Pan-African ornithology reunited.
Birding in Southern Africa 44: 115-117.
Crowe, T.M. 1993. Promoting the
preservation and utilization of African biodiversity: the University of Cape
Town's Programme in Conservation Biology.
Bulletin of the Southern African Institute of Ecologists and
Environmental Scientists 12: 20-24.
Crowe, T.M. & R.M. Little. 1993.
Editorial. Orchards &
Gamebirds 1: 2.
Crowe, T.M. & R.M. Little. 1993.
It's in the bag. Our Living World
September 1993 pp. 12-13. In: Africa Environment & Wildlife 1(3).
Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe.
1995. Gamebird conservation
and management. The FitzPatrick
Institute's role. Border Field Trial
Club newsletter 1995: 26.
Little, R.M. & T.M. Crowe, T.M. 1995. Greywing Francolin are
forever. Border Field Trial Club newsletter 1995: 27-28.
Crowe T M; & C. Ratcliffe 2001. Farming it out. : the decline of
Helmeted Guineafowl in KwaZulu-Natal.
Africa Birds and Birding
62):48-52.
Teaching
Undergraduate
Zoology II – one week module on biogeography, including a practical on
sland biography.
Applied Ecology (2nd year) -- one-week module on sustainable
utilization of gamebirds
Invertebrate Zoology (2nd year) -- one-week module on
species concepts and speciation
Systematics and Evolution (3rd year) -- two-week module on
species concepts and speciation, one week module on congruence and
combinability, one week module on biogeography. 2001 student assessment on overall teaching
(approachability, ability, effectiveness, motivation -- each scored 1-4): 176 out of a possible 192 marks (91%); two
students felt that I could be considered for a distinguished teacher's award
and one said that he/she felt that I was the "best teacher" he/she
had experienced.
Honours
Ornithology module -- one-day mini-module on phylogenetics
Masters
M.Sc. Programme in Conservation Biology
Co-ordinator of CB Programme
two-week module on species concepts and speciation
M.Sc. Programme in Systematics and Biodiversity Science
one-week module on species concepts and speciation
Post-graduate students (59: 14 women, 12 ‘blacks’ – 21 senior
lecturers, directors and/or professors)
M.Tech. (1: 1 woman)
Ms Helen Prinsloo – Use of landscape and sustainable utilization of
Helmeted Guineafowl in the Riemland of the Free State,
South Africa
Dec 2003. Currently working in the USA
for a hunting tour operation.
M.Sc. (34: 9 women, 10 ‘blacks’)
Ms Donella Young (Banks) - Use of habitat by waterbirds within a
fluctuating environment. Degree awarded
Dec. 1981. Currently contract researcher
Avian Demographic Unit, University
of Cape Town
Mr Julius H. Koen - Effects of forest management on birds in southern Cape forests.
Degree awarded December 1985.
Duration of study, two years. Scientist
with Northern Cape Nature Conservation Service
Mr John D. Atmore - Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Onymacris. Degree awarded June 1986.
Ms Anna A. Crowe - Aspects of the behaviour and ecology of
White-fronted Sandplovers and Sanderlings on a South African sandy beach. Degree awarded June 1986. I advised on statistical procedures
only. In 2012 she was awarded a Ph.D. in
biological science education which has subsequently been awarded prizes by
international educational societies.
Mr Michael W. Fraser - Fine-scale bird-habitat relationships in
Mountain Fynbos. Degree awarded June
1990. Currently free-lance wildlife
author.
Mr Wayne M. Boyd - Conservation Biology Course - Threatened plant
surveys: a taxon and area priority ranking system. Degree awarded June 1993. Currently scientist with Gauteng Nature
Conservation.
Mr Deon Nel - The application of molecular systematic techniques to
problems relevant to conservation biology.
Degree awarded June 1993. Went on to obtain a Ph.D. at UCT and is
currently Head of Global Biodiversity – World Wide Fund for Nature
International.
Ms Helen de Klerk - Priority areas for the efficient conservation of
non-passerine avifaunal diversity in sub-Saharan Africa. Degree awarded June 1994. Continued to work with me towards her Ph.D.
Mr Andrew Mbiru - A reassessment of taxonomic diversity in the Olive
Thrush Turdus olivaceus in eastern
and southern Africa. Degree awarded June
1994. Currently scientist National
Museums of Kenya.
Mr John Muriuki - Patterns of distribution and diversity of Kenyan
birds in relation to the prioritization of conservation areas. Degree awarded June 1994. Currently lecturer
University of Nairobi.
Mr Bradley S. Smith - Economically viable utilization of the Greywing
Francolin in the eastern highlands of South Africa. Degree awarded June 1994. Currently Africa Programme Director, Greenpeace.
Mr Arne Witt - Conservation implications of habitat transformation and use pesticides to arthropod
diversity and abundance in the Elgin district,
southwestern Cape Province, South Africa. Degree awarded June 1994. Currently Coordinator: Invasive Species
for CABI Africa in Nairobi and International
Programme Coordinator for the GEF funded project “Removing Barriers to Invasive
Plant Management in Africa.”
Mr Walter Meyer - The biological and economic sustainability of Namaqua
Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua hunting
in the Northern Cape. Degree awarded June 1995. CB-Course Top Student Award. Currently free-lance environmental consultant
and Ph.D. Student
Mr James Sakwa - Identifying a potential cryptic bird species: is the
Dune Chat Cercomela (tractrac) hoeschi a distinct species? Degree awarded June 1995. Currently scientific officer Kenya Wildlife
Services.
Mr Linus Gatimu - Conservation Biology Course - Resource economics of
commercial farming of Ostriches Struthio
camelus. Co-supervisors: Dr S. Milton and Mr B.S. Smith. Degree awarded June 1996. Currently lecturer Moi University, Kenya.
Mr Luthando Maphasa - Conservation Biology Course - Human attitudes to
use of gamebirds by humans in KwaZulu-Natal. Co-supervisor Dr A. Speigel, Department of
Social Anthropology, UCT. Degree awarded June 1996. Currently Director of Kwa-Zulu Natal Museum.
Mr Lionel Pero - Conservation Biology Course - Population biology and
management of the Helmeted Guineafowl Numida
meleagris. Degree awarded June 1996.
CB-Course Top Student Award.
Currently M.B.A. student, University
of Cape Town.
Ms Zulaiga Rossouw - Conservation Biology Course - Conservation
genetics and management of the Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris.
Co-supervisor Dr P. Bloomer.
Degree awarded June 1996. Currently scientist National Parks Board.
Ms Helen Davies - Effects of agriculture on the water chemistry of farm
dams in the Western Cape.
Co-supervisor Dr J.A. Day. Degree
awarded June 1997. Currently scientist Cape Town Municipal Council.
Mr Albert Froneman - Farm dams and sustainable utilization of
wildfowl. Co-supervisor Dr R.M.
Little. Degree awarded June 1997. Currently conservation biologist Endangered
Wildlife Trust
Mr Simon Todd - Effects of a pipeline on biodiversity in savanna
habitat in KwaZulu-Natal.
Co-supervisor Dr T. Hoffman. Degree
awarded June 1997. Currently contract
scientist National Botanical Institute.
Ms Colleen Seymour - Effects of a gradient of grazing intensity on
invertebrate diversity. Co-supervisor Dr
W.R.J. Dean. Degree awarded in June
1998. Currently Ph.D. student.
Mr Morgan Griffiths - Wingshooting
hotspots in southern Africa. Degree awarded in
June 1998. Currently conservation biologist – Western Cape Nature Conservation.
Mr Andrew Walker - Molecular ecology of Helmeted
Guineafowl. Degree awarded in June 2000.
Mr Charles Ratcliffe - Causes and remedies of population crashes of Helmeted Guineafowl in KwaZulu-Natal. Degree awarded in December 2000.
Mr Michael Mangnall - Effects of farm dams on avian diversity in the Western Cape. Degree awarded in June 2001. Country Development Manager at Mainstream Renewable Power
Ms Tshifhiwa Nangammbi – Taxonomy and phylogeny of Red-tailed
Francolins Peliperdix spp. Degree awarded in June 2003. Went to complete
a Ph.D. Currently associate professor at Tswane University of Technology.
Ms Tshifhiwa Mandiwana – Taxonomy and phylogeny of Red-winged
Francolins Scleroptila spp. Degree awarded in June 2003.
Mr Potiphar Kaliba. -. Phylogeography of selected Malawian passerine
birds. Degree awarded 2006. Went on to complete a Ph.D. under my
co-supervision.
Mr Terence
Suinyuy.-. Taxonomic, phylogenetic and biogeographical relationships of
Cameroonian gamebirds. Degree awarded in
2006.
Ms Lisa J. Nupen -
Systematics of five putative species of southern African cisticolas (Family
Cisticolidae) using morphological, ecological and molecular evidence. Degree
awarded in 2007. Went on to complete a
Ph.D. at the Fitztitute. Currently
lecturer at Rhodes University.
Mr Vincent van der Merwe. The historical
biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes). Degree
awarded in 2011.
Currently employed by Endangered Wildlife Trust and registered for a
Ph.D. at UCT.
Ph.D. (15: 3 women, 2 ‘blacks’)
Dr H. Hu Berry - Behavioural and
eco-physiological studies on Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) at the Etosha National Park. Degree awarded December 1980. I advised on the analysis and interpretation
of behavioural data. Retired.
Dr Alfredo Guillet - Biogeography and ecology of Afrotropical
waterbirds. Degree awarded June
1986. Past Advisor to Italian Foreign
Minister on Matters Environmental. Retired
Dr Robin M. Little - Scientific management of the Greywing Partridge (Francolinus africanus). Degree awarded Dec. 1992. Became Director of
Conservation, World Wide Fund for Nature - South Africa. Currently Manager: NRF/DST Centre of
Excellence at the Fitztitute.
Dr Gerard Malan - Cooperative breeding and delayed dispersal in the
Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus. Degree awarded June 1995. Currently professor Tswane University of
Technology.
Dr Penn Lloyd - Population dynamics, ecology and sustainable
utilization of Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles
namaqua. Degree awarded December
1998. Co-supervisor: Dr R.M.
Little. Currently contract researcher in
Australia.
Dr Helen de Klerk - Patterns of distribution, diversity and endemism of
Afrotropical birds. Degree awarded June
1999. Currently senior lecturer at the University
of Stellenbosch.
Dr Raymond Jansen - Francolins and farming. First registered January 1998 (upgraded from
M.Sc.). Full time. Degree awarded
December 2001. Currently professor at
the Tswane University of Technology.
Dr Lorenzo Prendini - Systematics and biogeography of Burrowing
Scorpions. Degree awarded December 2002. Currently professor and curator at the
American Museum of Natural History.
Dr Elizabeth Scott - Systematics of southern African frogs. (registered at University of Western Cape
-- primary supervisor Prof. Alan Channing).
Degree awarded June 2003.
Dr Rauri Bowie - Systematics and biogeography of sunbirds. Degree awarded June 2003. Currently associate professor at the
University of California – Berkeley.
Dr Graeme Oatley.-. Systematics of southern African white-eyes,
Zosterops spp. Degree awarded December 2010.
Currently post-doctoral researcher in New Zealand.
Dr Callan Cohen - Systematics and biogeography of bustards. First
registered January 1999 – upgraded to Ph.D. in 2000. Degree awarded December 2010. Currently
research associate at the Fitztitute.
Dr Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana – Taxonomy, phylogenetics and biogeography of
francolins and spurfowls. Degree awarded June 2014. Currently senior lecturer at the University
of Limpopo.
Dr Owen Davies - Taxonomy, phylogenetics and biogeography of
cisticolas. Degree awarded June 2015.
Dr Potiphar Kaliba. - Systematics of selected Malawian passerine
birds. Degree awarded June 2015. Currently director of the National Museums of
Malawi.
Post-doc. (3: 1
woman)
Dr M Faadiel Essop: Professor - Stellenbosch University , Department of Physiological Sciences
Cardiology, Diabetology, Nutritional Biochemistry
Dr Paulette Bloomer:
Professor – University of Pretoria, Head of Department of Genetics
Dr Jerome Fuchs:
Curator – Paris Natural History Museum, Curator of Birds
Technikon students (6: 1 woman)
Charles Ratcliffe - Nat. Dipl. in Nature Conservation - Experiential
training mini-thesis 1992. Experimental
removal of potential nest predators to increase hunting stocks of Greywing
Francolin.
Pierre de Groote - Nat. Dipl. in Nature Conservation - Experiential
training mini-thesis 1993. Minimum
requirements and modifications of fragmented natural habitats for
revitalization of Cape Francolin populations in the deciduous fruit orchards
of Elgin, southwestern Cape Province.
Kevin Vester - Nat. Dipl. in Nature Conservation - Experiential
training mini-thesis 1994. Duck breeding
seasons and their implications for hunting seasons in the Cape provinces. The effectiveness of guineafowl in
controlling insects in deciduous fruit orchards.
John Perrings - Nat. Dipl. in
Nature Conservation - Experiential training mini-thesis 1995. Comparative home range and habitat
characteristics of Cape Francolin in deciduous fruit orchards and natural
fynbos, and phase one of the Helmeted Guineafowl project in Natal.
Research project given prize as Best Open Project -- Graduated in
December 1995
Klara Jancikova - Nat. Dipl. in
Nature Conservation - Experiential training mini-thesis 1996. Conservation genetics of Namaqua Sandgrouse.
Graduated in December 1996
Matthew Prophet - Nat. Dipl. in Nature Conservation - Experiential
training mini-thesis 1996. Egyptian
Geese: agricultural pests or assets?
Research project given prize as Best Open Project -- Graduated in
December 1997
Distinguished scientists who visited South Africa on my invitation and,
in general, were supported by funds raised by me.
- Prof. J.S. Farris - State Univ.
of New York, Stoneybrook, USA
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- Dr M. Kallersjo - Molekylarsystematiska Laboritoriet,
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Prof. R.L. Honeycutt - Texas
A. & M. University, USA
- Dr C.J. Humphries - British
Natural History Museum, UK
- Prof. C. Wissel - Philipps University, Marburg,
Germany
- Prof. M.E. Gilpin - University
of California, San Diego, USA
- Prof. D.T. Parkin - University
of Nottingham, UK
- Prof. P. August - University
of Rhode Island, USA
- Dr B. Taylor - University
of California - San
Diego, USA
- Prof. W.J. Bock - Columbia
University, New York, USA
- Prof. A. Starfield - University
of Minnesota, USA
- Dr N. Myers - Oxford
University, UK
- Prof. D. Lipscomb - George
Washington University, USA
- Dr M. Siddall - University
of Michigan, USA
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