Below is a list of Research Papers with members of the BDI listed as co-authors. The authors affiliated to the BDI are in bold.
2023
Hatley G, Oschadleus HD, Underhill LG, Ramsay J 2023. Biometrics and moult of Grey-backed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix verticalis in the Karoo, September 2023. Biodiversity Observations 13: 239–246
Bate TC, Ryan PG, Underhill LG 2023 in press. Primary moult of adult African Oystercatchers Haematopus moquini. Ostrich.
Brom P, Colville JF, Underhill LG, Winter K 2023. Urban intensity and flower community structure drive beetle pollinator assemblage in Cape Town. Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation.
Brom P, Underhill LG, Winter K, Colville J 2023. A mowing strategy for urban parks to support spring flowers and their pollinators in a mediterranean climate city in South Africa. Urban Ecosystems.
Camera BF, Quintana I, Strüssmann C, Waller T, Barros M, Draque J, Micucci P, Miranda EBP 2023. Assessing the sustainability of yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) harvest. PLoS ONE 18(1): e0277629.
Chipps A, Underhill LG 2023. Millions of Caper Whites Belenois aurota 100 km offshore of West Africa. Biodiversity Observations 13: 189‒191.
Daniel K, Loftie-Eaton M 2023. A guide to the common garden birds of Cape Town, South Africa. Biodiversity Observations 13: 7‒41.
Daniel K, Underhill LG 2023. Temporal dimensions of data quality in bird atlases: the case of the Second Southern African Bird Atlas Project. Citizen Science: Theory & Practice. 8(1): 31, pp. 1–17. doi: 10.5334/cstp.578
Meléndez-Arteaga J, Blanco J, Ferreira PC, Nuttall RJ, Oschadleus HD, Underhill LG 2023. Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus in the KhoiSan Karoo Conservancy, Northern Cape, South Africa. Biodiversity Observations 13: 50‒60.
Underhill LG, Navarro R 2023. The open-access journal Biodiversity Observations: report for the period 2010‒2022. Biodiversity Observations 13: 1‒6.
Velasco E, Zubillaga J, Gonzalez M, Cottrant E 2023. Spotted Gully Shark Triakis megalopterus at Robben Island, Table Bay, South Africa. Biodiversity Observations 13: 186–188.
2022
Brooks M, Rose S, Altwegg R, Lee ATK, Nel H, Ottosson U, Retief E, Reynold C, Ryan PG, Shema S, Tende T, Underhill LG, Thomson RL 2022. The African Bird Atlas Project: a description of the project and BirdMap data collection protocol. Ostrich 93: 223–232. doi: 10.2989/00306525.2022.2125097
Jackson CHW, Underhill LG 2022. Primary moult strategies in adult migrant waders (Charadrii). Wader Study 129: 126‒137
Lee ATK, Brooks M, Underhill LG 2022. The SABAP2 legacy: a review of the history and use of data generated by a long running citizen science project. South African Journal of Science 118, Art. #12030. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2022/12030
Quintana I, Cifuentes EF, Dunnink JA, Ariza M, Martínez-Medina D, Fantacini FM, Shrestha BR, Richard F-J 2022. Severe conservation risks of roads on apex predators. Scientific Reports 12: 2902. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05294-9
Remisiewicz M, Underhill LG 2022. Large-scale climatic patterns have stronger carry-over effects than local temperatures on spring phenology of long-distance passerine migrants between Europe and Africa. Animals 12, 1732. doi: 10.3390/ani121317
Remisiewicz M, Underhill LG 2022. Climate in Africa sequentially shapes within-season spring passage of Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus through the Baltic Coast. PeerJ 10:e12964. doi 10.7717/peerj.12964.
Tippett R, Underhill LG 2022. Dragonflies and damselflies of the KhoiSan Karoo Conservancy. Biodiversity Observations 12: 54‒59.
Tippett R, Willemse S, Underhill LG 2022.Dragonflies and damselflies of the Lower Olifants River Valley: Citrusdal to the sea. Biodiversity Observations 12: 71‒81.
2021
Mazur AE, Remisiewicz M, Underhill LG 2021. Sex-specific patterns of fuelling and pre-breeding body moult of Little Stints Calidris minuta in South Africa. Ibis 163: 99–112. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12840
Quintana I, Button R, Underhill LG 2021. African Oystercatchers on Robben Island, South Africa: The 2019/2020 breeding season in its two decadal context. Wader Study 128: 209–219.
Itxaso Quintana doing fieldwork
Underhill LG, Scott T 2021. Primary moult of European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur in northern Senegal. Ringing & Migration 36: 91‒94.
2020
Brom P, Anderson P, Channing A, Underhill LG 2020. The role of cultural norms in shaping attitudes towards amphibians. PLoS ONE 15(2): e0219331
Daniel K, Quintana I, Underhill LG 2020. Sleeping on a tightrope: White-breasted Cormorants Phalacrocorax lucidus and African Darters Anhinga rufa roosting on transmission lines. Biodiversity Observations 11.5: 1–7.
Laver PN, Ganswindt A, Ganswindt SB, Alexander KA 2020. Effect of food limitation and reproductive activity on fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in banded mongooses. BMC Ecology 20: 12.
Van Rooyen JA, Underhill LG 2020. Systematic atlasing in Hessequa: Report on the first cycle of seasonal monitoring. Biodiversity Observations 11.3: 1–14.
Remisiewicz M, Underhill LG 2020. Climatic variation in Africa and Europe has combined effects on timing of spring migration in a long-distance migrant Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus. PeerJ 8: e8870. doi:10.7717/peerj.8770
2019
Underhill LG 2019. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group. Special Issue: Glossy Ibis Ecology and Conservation. SIS Conservation 1: 82–89.
Underhill LG, Navarro R, Mansell M 2019. LacewingMAP: Progress report on the atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera, 2014–2019. Biodiversity Observations 10.10: 1–21.
2018
Underhill LG, Loftie-Eaton M, Navarro R 2018. Dragonflies and damselflies of the Western Cape – OdonataMAP report, August 2018. Biodiversity Observations 9.7: 1–21.
Underhill LG, Loftie-Eaton M, Navarro R 2018. Odonata of the Kruger National Park. Biodiversity Observations 9.11: 1–17.
Underhill LG, Loftie-Eaton M, Navarro R 2018. OdonataMAP ‒ Progress report on the Atlas of the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Africa: 2016/17 and 2017/18. Biodiversity Observations 9.13: 1–10.