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Author: Les Underhill

Prof Les Underhill was Director of the Animal Demography Unit (ADU) at the University of Cape Town from its start in 1991 until he retired. Although citizen science in biology is Les’s passion, his academic background is in mathematical statistics. He was awarded his PhD in abstract multivariate analyses in 1973 at UCT and what he likes to say about his PhD is that he solved a problem that no one has ever had. He soon grasped that this was not the field to which he wanted to devote his life, so he retrained himself as an applied statistician, solving real-world problems.
Citizen Science/News

International Citizen Science Day in The Company’s Garden

Posted on 14/04/2018 by Les Underhill

International Citizen Science Day in The Company’s Garden – by Les Underhill All but one of the thousands of people in The Company’s Garden, in the heart ...

Paardeberg/Site report

Paardeberg site report – 2018/04/07

Posted on 11/04/2018 by Les Underhill

By Les Underhill. Photo credits: Les Underhill and Dieter Oschadleus Team BDI explored the northwest corner of the Paardeberg on Saturday 7 April 2018. We visit...

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Lacewings at Beaufort West, on the farm Little England

Posted on 02/04/2018 by Les Underhill

Lacewings are not one of the charismatic groups of insects, and have been poorly studied. They consume aphids and do pollination, so they are one of the key eco...

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  • Karoo Research Centre

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