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  1. Comparative density estimates of South Africa’s forest birds: integrating distance sampling, fixed radius counts, and trait-based predictive models

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  2. BioSoundSCape: A bioacoustic dataset for the Fynbos Biome

    Article • Scientific Data, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  3. Urban persistence and species interactions: diverging trends in the abundance of Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus and Lanner Falcons F. biarmicus across southern Africa using the Southern ...

    Article • Ostrich, April 2025, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  4. The Africa Bird Data packages: African citizen science bird data in R

    Article • Ostrich, December 2024, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  5. A conservation assessment of birds in the Karoo region of South Africa: densities, populations, ranges, and trend estimates

    Article • Ostrich, May 2024, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  6. Persisting in a transformed landscape: occupancy and habitat association of the range-restricted Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris

    Article • Emu - Austral Ornithology, April 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  7. Recent distribution and population trends for Secretarybirds Sagittarius serpentarius in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini from citizen science data

    Article • Bird Conservation International, January 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  8. Using generalised additive models to visualise the annual cycle of primary feather moult patterns

    Article • Ostrich, December 2023, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  9. Multiple circannual moult strategies: feather tract moult patterns for common birds of the central Fynbos region, South Africa

    Article • Ostrich, November 2023, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  10. The breeding ecology of the Agulhas Long-billed Lark: an endemic bird dependent on the remnant Renosterveld of the Western Cape Province, South Africa

    Article • Journal of Ornithology, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  11. A demonstration of the value of recapture data for informing moult phenology models for avian species with imperfect moult data

    Article • Ostrich, October 2023, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  12. The impact of a massive wildfire event on avian species richness and abundance in an arid African savanna ecosystem

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  13. Gill Memorial Medal citation: Colleen Downs

    Article • Ostrich, July 2023, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  14. Correlates of yield, fecundity and survival of a wild harvested Cyclopia intermedia (honeybush) population

    Article • Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, February 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  15. A review of the conservation status of Black Stork Ciconia nigra in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini

    Article • Bird Conservation International, January 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  16. The African Bird Atlas Project: a description of the project and BirdMap data-collection protocol

    Article • Ostrich, November 2022, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  17. A comparison of migrant and resident bird population changes in South Africa using citizen science data: trends in relation to Northern Hemisphere distribution

    Article • Ostrich, October 2022, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  18. The pros and cons of a virtual conference: the first virtual International Ornithological Congress held in 2022

    Article • Ostrich, October 2022, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  19. What can occupancy models gain from time‐to‐detection data?

    Article • Ecology, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  20. Austral birds offer insightful complementary models in ecology and evolution

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, September 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. dr hab. Jörn Theuerkauf, Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  21. How do we feel, African Ornithology? A sentiment analysis search for symptoms of eco-anxiety

    Article • Ostrich, August 2022, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  22. The SABAP2 legacy: A review of the history and use of data generated by a long-running citizen science project

    Article • South African Journal of Science, January 2022, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  23. One big Impact Factor

    Article • Ostrich, December 2021, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  24. Excessive red tape is strangling biodiversity research in South Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Science, September 2021, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  25. Population Viability Analysis for a vulnerable ground-nesting species, the Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus: assessing juvenile mortality as a potential area for conservation management

    Article • Ostrich, August 2021, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  26. Best student article published in Ostrich during 2020: we hope to see vultures circling again one day

    Article • Ostrich, May 2021, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  27. Effects of Climate Change on Birds (2nd Edn)

    Article • Ostrich, May 2021, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  28. Urban areas have lower species richness, but maintain functional diversity: insights from the African Bird Atlas Project

    Article • Ostrich, March 2021, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  29. Tortoise mortality along fence lines in the Karoo region of South Africa

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  30. Seasonal metabolic adjustments in an avian evolutionary relict restricted to mountain habitat

    Article • Journal of Thermal Biology, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  31. Lesotho annotated bibliography: Section 167A. Birds: annotated species checklist (3rd ed.) by David Ambrose

    Article • Ostrich, October 2020, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  32. A celebration of 90 years of Ostrich: a review of past, present, and future directions

    Article • Ostrich, July 2020, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  33. Increasing temperatures increase the risk of reproductive failure in a near threatened alpine ground‐nesting bird, the Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus

    Article • Ibis, May 2020, Wiley

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  34. BirdLasser: The influence of a mobile app on a citizen science project

    Article • African Zoology, April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  35. Body mass and condition of a fynbos bird community: investigating impacts of time, weather and raptor abundance from long-term citizen- science datasets

    Article • Ostrich, April 2020, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  36. Can time‐to‐detection models with fewer survey replicates provide a robust alternative to traditional site‐occupancy models?

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, March 2020, Wiley

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  37. Patterns of bird species richness at two sampling scales in the Karoo biome of South Africa

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  38. Best student article published in Ostrich in 2019: hold onto your saddle, Bill, for the story behind a close race

    Article • Ostrich, January 2020, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  39. Summarising biometrics from the SAFRING database for southern African birds

    Article • Ostrich, December 2019, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  40. Bucking the trend: the African Black Oystercatcher as a recent conservation success story

    Article • Ostrich, December 2019, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  41. Vulnerability of birds to contaminated water sources in the Karoo region of South Africa

    Article • Ostrich, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  42. Behaviour of an alpine range-restricted species is described by interactions between microsite use and temperature

    Article • Animal Behaviour, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  43. Modelling bird atlas reporting rate as a function of density in the southern Karoo, South Africa

    Article • Ostrich, September 2019

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  44. Agulhas long-billed lark (Certhilauda brevirostris) densities, population estimates and habitat association in a transformed landscape

    Article • African Zoology, August 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  45. Best Student Research Paper Published in Ostrich 2018

    Article • Ostrich, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  46. Book Review: Biologists in the Age of Totalitarianism

    Article • Ostrich, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  47. Young Cape Rockjumpers use more water to maintain their body temperatures

    Article • Ostrich, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  48. There are more birds close to water holes, even when they are not drinking

    Article • Ostrich, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  49. How to get population estimates from citizien science data for birds of the Karoo biome

    Article • Ostrich, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  50. Seasonal physiological responses to heat in an alpine range-restricted bird: the Cape Rockjumper (Chaetops frenatus)

    Article • Journal of Ornithology, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  51. Extinct, Endangered or just Over-Looked? Distribution and population size of Hottentot Buttonquail

    Article • Bird Conservation International, April 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  52. Find out if Cape Rockjumpers adjust metabolic rate or evaporative water loss to keep cool in summer

    Article • January 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  53. SENTINEL BEHAVIOR OR VIGILANCE AT A MACAW CLAYLICK?

    Article • Ornitología Neotropical, November 2017, Neotropical Ornithological Society

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  54. How to survey for rare terrestrial species: the case of the Hottentot Buttonquail

    Article • Ostrich, November 2017, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  55. Boat and on-foot tourist visits can effect where, how and when macaws feed at geophagy sites

    Article • Biotropica, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  56. Urbanization, climate and ecological stress indicators in an endemic nectarivore, the Cape Sugarbird

    Article • Journal of Ornithology, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  57. Conservation metrics from citizen science databases

    Article • Bird Conservation International, March 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  58. Correlates of water visitation in a fynbos birds community

    Article • African Journal of Ecology, February 2017, Wiley

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  59. Bird population estimates from citizen science atlas data

    Article • Ostrich, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  60. Bird ringing capture rates can be used as a surrogate for local density, with caveats of course....

    Article • Ostrich, April 2015, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  61. Endemic birds of the Fynbos biome: a conservation assessment and impacts of climate change

    Article • Bird Conservation International, February 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  62. The role of thermal physiology in recent declines of birds in a biodiversity hotspot

    Article • Conservation Physiology, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  63. Aspects of the Ecology and Morphology of the Protea Seedeater, Crithagra Leucopterus , a Little-Known Fynbos Endemic

    Article • African Zoology, October 2014, African Zoology

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  64. Diet and Geophagy Across a Western Amazonian Parrot Assemblage

    Article • Biotropica, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  65. A distance sampling look at counting parrots in the Amazon.

    Article • Biotropica, January 2012, Wiley

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee

  66. Spatial distribution of geophagy sites and associated species richness across South America

    Article • Ecography, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee