Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius Population Trends and Ecology: Insights from South African Citizen Science Data

Sally D. Hofmeyr; Craig T. Symes; Leslie G. Underhill

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096772

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Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius Population Trends and Ecology: Insights from South African Citizen Science Data

Sally D. Hofmeyr ,

* E-mail: salhofmeyr@gmail.com

Affiliations School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Craig T. Symes,

Affiliation School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Leslie G. Underhill

Affiliation Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius Population Trends and Ecology: Insights from South African Citizen Science Data

Sally D. Hofmeyr,
Craig T. Symes,
Leslie G. Underhill

Published: May 9, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096772

About the Authors

Sally D. Hofmeyr

* E-mail: salhofmeyr@gmail.com

Affiliations School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Craig T. Symes

Affiliation School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Leslie G. Underhill

Affiliation Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDH LGU. Performed the experiments: SDH. Analyzed the data: SDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LGU. Wrote the paper: SDH CTS LGU. Designed the statistical model used in this analysis: LGU.

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