The influence of food availability on breeding success of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Robben Island, South Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J.M. Crawford ◽  
Peter J. Barham ◽  
Les G. Underhill ◽  
Lynne J. Shannon ◽  
Janet C. Coetzee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Breeding Success ◽  
Influence Of Food ◽  
Spheniscus Demersus ◽  
Robben Island

Artificial nests enhance the breeding productivity of African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) on Robben Island, South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Sherley ◽  
Barbara J. Barham ◽  
Peter J. Barham ◽  
T. Mario Leshoro ◽  
Les G. Underhill
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Artificial Nests ◽  
Spheniscus Demersus ◽  
Robben Island

scholarly journals The efficacy of hand-rearing penguin chicks: evidence from African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) orphaned in the Treasure oil spill in 2000

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Barham ◽  
Les G. Underhill ◽  
Robert J. M. Crawford ◽  
Res Altwegg ◽  
T. Mario Leshoro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rate ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Breeding Success ◽  
Spheniscus Demersus ◽  
Robben Island

AbstractSome 2,000 orphaned chicks of African Penguins Spheniscus demersus were hand-reared and released back into the wild on Robben and Dassen Islands following the Treasure oil spill in June 2000. Of these chicks, 1,787 were flipper banded. This paper reports on the subsequent survival rate and breeding success of those individuals seen on Robben Island from 2001–2006. Survival to breeding age and their subsequent breeding success of hand-reared chicks was no different from that of naturally-reared chicks. Over a four-year period, pairs where at least one partner was a hand-reared chick produced an average of more than 1.6 chicks per year. Combining the data on survival with that on breeding success indicates that 1,000 hand-reared chicks will produce around 1,220 chicks themselves over their lifetimes, making this a worthwhile conservation intervention.

‘VOICES’, MEANING AND ‘HETEROGLOSSIA’ IN PRISONERS OF HOPE (1995)

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Khatija Bibi Khan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Documentary Film ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Political Prisoners ◽  
The Future ◽  
Human Capacity ◽  
Robben Island ◽  
Former Inmates

The documentary film Prisoners of Hope (1995) is a heart-rending account of 1 250 former political prisoners in the notorious Robben Island prison in South Africa. The aim of this article is to explore the narratives of Prisoners of Hope and in the process capture its celebratory mood and reveal the contribution that the prisoners made towards the realisation of a free South Africa. The documentary features interviews with Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada and other former inmates as they recall and recount the atrocities perpetrated by defenders of the apartheid system and debate the future of South Africa with its ‘new’ political dispensation led by blacks. A textual analysis of Prisoners of Hope will enable one to explore the human capacity to resist, commit oneself to a single goal and live beyond the horrors and traumas of an oppressive and dehumanising system.

scholarly journals A phylogenetic approach towards understanding the drivers of plant invasiveness on Robben Island, South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 172 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bezeng S. Bezeng ◽  
Vincent Savolainen ◽  
Kowiyou Yessoufou ◽  
Alexander S. T. Papadopulos ◽  
Olivier Maurin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Plant Invasiveness ◽  
Robben Island
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