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  1. High adult mortality of African Penguins Spheniscus demersus in South Africa after 2004 was likely caused by starvation

    Article • Ostrich, December 2025, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  2. Spatial overlap alone downplays the level of interaction between a central place forager and the local fishery

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, November 2025, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Dr DEBORAH JF RUSSELL

  3. Kittiwakes nesting on offshore oil and gas infrastructure: An emerging and under‐recorded phenomenon

    Article • Ecological Solutions and Evidence, October 2025, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  4. Gannets wintering in the Canary Current and Iberian Coast feed primarily on pelagic fishes and co-occur with trawl and fixed gear fisheries

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, June 2025, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  5. Long‐term multi‐species demographic studies reveal divergent negative impacts of winter storms on seabird survival

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, November 2024, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  6. Decades of artificial nests towards African penguin conservation—Have they made a difference?

    Article • Ecological Solutions and Evidence, October 2024, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  7. The African Penguin Spheniscus demersus should be considered Critically Endangered

    Article • Ostrich, July 2024, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  8. Second bibliography of biodiversity research on Robben Island

    Article • Biodiversity Observations, May 2024, University of Cape Town

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  9. African penguin Spheniscus demersus foraging on juvenile fish in jellyfish tentacles

    Article • Seabird Journal, January 2024, The Seabird Group

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  10. An overview of the impacts of fishing on seabirds, including identifying future research directions

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, November 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  11. A framework for studying ecological energy in the contemporary marine environment

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, June 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  12. Inter-colony and inter-annual variation in discard use by albatross chicks revealed using isotopes and regurgitates

    Article • Marine Biology, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  13. Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  14. Factors determining the number of seabirds impacted by oil spills and the success of their rehabilitation: Lessons learned from Namibia and South Africa

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  15. Geolocator tracking seabird migration and moult reveal large‐scale temperature‐driven isoscapes in the NE Atlantic

    Article • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, February 2023, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  16. Intercolony variation in reproductive skipping in the African penguin

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  17. Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in the Chagos Archipelago

    Article • Bird Conservation International, August 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  18. African Penguins and Localized Fisheries Management: Response to Butterworth and Ross-Gillespie

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, July 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  19. Prey-switching to fishery discards does not compensate for poor natural foraging conditions in breeding albatross

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, May 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  20. Strategic discarding reduces seabird numbers and contact rates with trawl fishery gears in the Southwest Atlantic

    Article • Biological Conservation, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  21. The Decline and Conservation Status of the African Penguin

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  22. Using Predicted Patterns of 3D Prey Distribution to Map King Penguin Foraging Habitat

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, November 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  23. Correction to ‘Bayesian inference reveals positive but subtle effects of experimental fishery closures on marine predator demographics'

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, November 2021, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  24. South Africa's experimental fisheries closures and recovery of the endangered African penguin

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  25. Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels

    Article • Science, May 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  26. Investigating differences in population recovery rates of two sympatrically nesting sea turtle species

    Article • Animal Conservation, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Prof Brendan John Godley

  27. Sexual segregation of gannet foraging over 11 years: movements vary but isotopic differences remain stable

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, March 2021, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  28. Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays

    Article • Nature, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Dr Nicholas K Dulvy

  29. Urofaecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) chick populations experiencing different levels of human disturbance

    Article • Conservation Physiology, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  30. Vulnerability of northern gannets to offshore wind farms; seasonal and sex-specific collision risk and demographic consequences

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  31. The conservation status and population decline of the African penguin deconstructed in space and time

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, July 2020, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  32. The conservation status and population decline of the African penguin deconstructed in space and time

    Article • January 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  33. Microplastic study reveals the presence of natural and synthetic fibres in the diet of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) foraging from South Georgia

    Article • Environment International, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  34. Parenting in a warming world: thermoregulatory responses to heat stress in an endangered seabird

    Article • Conservation Physiology, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  35. Geographical and temporal variation in the diet of Bank Cormorants Phalacrocorax neglectus in South Africa

    Article • Ostrich, December 2019, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  36. The status and conservation of the Cape Gannet Morus capensis

    Article • Ostrich, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  37. Estimating IUCN Red List population reduction: JARA—A decision‐support tool applied to pelagic sharks

    Article • Conservation Letters, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Dr Nicholas K Dulvy

  38. Scavenger communities and fisheries waste: North Sea discards support 3 million seabirds, 2 million fewer than in 1990

    Article • Fish and Fisheries, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  39. JARA: ‘Just Another Red list Assessment’

    Article • June 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  40. Sex‐specific effects of fisheries and climate on the demography of sexually dimorphic seabirds

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, June 2019, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  41. Happy Feet in a Hostile World? The Future of Penguins Depends on Proactive Management of Current and Expected Threats

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, May 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  42. Food habits of an endangered seabird indicate recent poor forage fish availability off western South Africa

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  43. Local forage fish abundance influences foraging effort and offspring condition in an endangered marine predator

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  44. Sex differences in migration and demography of a wide-ranging seabird, the northern gannet

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 2019, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  45. A non-invasive approach to estimate the energetic requirements of an increasing seabird population in a perturbed marine ecosystem

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  46. The costs of kleptoparasitism: a study of mixed-species seabird breeding colonies

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, April 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  47. How many can you catch? Factors influencing the occurrence of multi-prey loading in provisioning Greater Crested Terns

    Article • Ostrich, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  48. Foraging plasticity in seabirds: A non-invasive study of the diet of greater crested terns breeding in the Benguela region

    Article • PLOS One, January 2018, PLOS

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  49. Bayesian inference reveals positive but subtle effects of experimental fishery closures on marine predator demographics

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, January 2018, Royal Society Publishing

    Catharine Horswill, Dr Richard B Sherley

  50. Survival estimates for the greater crested tern Thalasseus bergii in southern Africa

    Article • African Journal of Marine Science, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  51. Seabird species vary in behavioural response to drone census

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2017, Nature

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  52. ​​​​​​​PhD jobs: Revamp funding structures

    Article • Nature, November 2017, Nature

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  53. Best practices for assessing forage fish fisheries-seabird resource competition

    Article • Fisheries Research, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  54. Defining ecologically relevant scales for spatial protection with long-term data on an endangered seabird and local prey availability

    Article • Conservation Biology, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Prof Les G Underhill

  55. Seabirds

    Article • Current Biology, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  56. Body condition as a quantitative tool to guide hand-rearing decisions in an endangered seabird

    Article • Animal Conservation, February 2017, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  57. Metapopulation Tracking Juvenile Penguins Reveals an Ecosystem-wide Ecological Trap

    Article • Current Biology, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  58. Penguins’ perilous conservation status calls for complementary approach based on sound ecological principles: reply to Butterworth et al. (2015)

    Article • Ecological Modelling, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  59. Dietary studies in birds: testing a non‐invasive method using digital photography in seabirds

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  60. System dynamics modelling of the Endangered African penguin populations on Dyer and Robben islands, South Africa

    Article • Ecological Modelling, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  61. Bottom-up effects of a no-take zone on endangered penguin demographics

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, July 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  62. Egg morphology of Swift Terns in South Africa

    Article • Ostrich, May 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  63. Hand-Rearing, Release and Survival of African Penguin Chicks Abandoned Before Independence by Moulting Parents

    Article • PLOS One, October 2014, PLOS

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Prof Les G Underhill

  64. Age-specific survival and movement among major African PenguinSpheniscus demersuscolonies

    Article • Ibis, August 2014, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  65. Processes influencing the population dynamics and conservation of African penguins on Dyer Island, South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Marine Science, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  66. A system dynamics approach to modelling multiple drivers of the African penguin population on Robben Island, South Africa

    Article • Ecological Modelling, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  67. Growth and decline of a penguin colony and the influence on nesting density and reproductive success

    Article • Population Ecology, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Prof Les G Underhill

  68. Ostrich chick humoral immune responses and growth rate are predicted by parental immune responses and paternal colouration

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  69. The initial journey of an Endangered penguin: implications for seabird conservation

    Article • Endangered Species Research, July 2013, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  70. Influence of local and regional prey availability on breeding performance of African penguins Spheniscus demersus

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 2013, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Prof Les G Underhill

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

    Article • Emu - Austral Ornithology, January 2012, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Prof Les G Underhill

  72. Storms and heat limit the nest success of Bank Cormorants: implications of future climate change for a surface-nesting seabird in southern Africa

    Article • Journal of Ornithology, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Prof Les G Underhill

  73. Introduced European Rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) and Domestic Cats ( Felis catus ) on Robben Island: Population Trends and Management Recommendations

    Article • South African Journal of Wildlife Research, October 2010, Southern African Wildlife Management Association

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  74. Spotting the difference: towards fully-automated population monitoring of African penguins Spheniscus demersus

    Article • Endangered Species Research, March 2010, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Richard B Sherley

  75. Interactions between snakes and seabirds on Robben, Schaapen and Meeuw Islands, Western Cape province, South Africa

    Article • Ostrich, August 2009, Informa UK Limited

    Dr Richard B Sherley, Prof Les G Underhill