SANAP Project Name: Conserving Southern Ocean albatrosses and petrels
Principal Investigator: Prof Peter G. Ryan
Project Description: This project combines focused studies of specific aspects of seabird biology with long-term studies of seabird populations and demography of selected study species at the Prince Edward Islands and Tristan da Cunha-Gough Island. The current three year project focuses on the tradeoffs between moult and breeding in albatrosses and giant petrels, and also studies the conservation status of sooty albatrosses Phoebetria.
Discipline: Biology
Contact Details
| Email: | peter.ryan@uct.ac.za |
| Website: | www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za |
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| Address: | John Day Building: 2.03.1 Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology University of Cape Town |
| Tel: | Tel: +27 (0)21 650 2966 |
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