List of works - Res Altwegg

A Variational Bayes Approach to the Analysis of Occupancy Models

scientific article

A general framework for animal density estimation from acoustic detections across a fixed microphone array

article published in 2014

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

article

Age-specific fitness components and their temporal variation in the barn owl.

scientific article

Age-specific survival and reproductive probabilities: evidence for senescence in male fallow deer (Dama dama).

scientific article published in June 2002

Allometric relationships shape foreleg evolution of long-legged oil bees (Melittidae: Rediviva)

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

An index to compare geographical distributions of species

scientific article published in 2007

Apparent survival rates of Cape Sugarbirds Promerops cafer at a breeding and a non-breeding site

Are animals shrinking due to climate change? Temperature-mediated selection on body mass in mountain wagtails

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: Soil moisture limits foraging: a possible mechanism for the range dynamics of the hadeda ibis in southern Africa

article

Beyond bioclimatic envelopes: dynamic species' range and abundance modelling in the context of climatic change

scientific article published in 2010

BioMove - an integrated platform simulating the dynamic response of species to environmental change

article

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

scientific article

Climate and the range dynamics of species with imperfect detection

scientific article published on October 2008

Climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader.

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Climate, social factors and research disturbance influence population dynamics in a declining sociable weaver metapopulation

scientific article

Climatic Influences on Survival of Migratory African Reed WarblersAcrocephalus baeticatusin South Africa

article

Counting chirps: acoustic monitoring of cryptic frogs

scientific article published in 2016

Coupled range dynamics of brood parasites and their hosts responding to climate and vegetation changes.

scientific article

Decomposing the variance in southern elephant seal weaning mass: partitioning environmental signals and maternal effects

scientific article published in 2015

Demographic effects of extreme winter weather in the barn owl.

scientific article published on 28 April 2006

Demography and population ecology of the Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) at its expanding range edge in South Africa

article

Density-dependent dispersal and the speed of range expansions

scientific article published in 2012

Departures from the Energy-Biodiversity Relationship in South African Passerines: Are the Legacies of Past Climates Mediated by Behavioral Constraints on Dispersal?

scientific article

Do projections from bioclimatic envelope models and climate change metrics match?

scholarly article by Raquel A. Garcia et al published 7 October 2015 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Does a trade‐off between growth plasticity and resource conservatism mediate post‐fire shrubland responses to rainfall seasonality?

scientific article published on 03 February 2021

Does seasonality drive spatial patterns in demography? Variation in survival in African reed warblers Acrocephalus baeticatus across southern Africa does not reflect global patterns

scientific article

Drivers of Bird Species Richness within Moist High-Altitude Grasslands in Eastern South Africa.

scientific article

Dynamic multi-species occupancy models reveal individualistic habitat preferences in a high-altitude grassland bird community

scientific article published in 2019

Dynamic occupancy models for analyzing species' range dynamics across large geographic scales

scientific article

Dynamic occupancy models for explicit colonization processes

scientific article

Early warning systems for biodiversity in southern Africa – How much can citizen science mitigate imperfect data?

article

Effectiveness of protected areas for bird conservation depends on guild

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Efficient Bayesian analysis of occupancy models with logit link functions

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Environmental Drivers of an Urban Hadeda Ibis Population

scientific article published on 26 July 2014

Explaining patterns of avian diversity and endemicity: climate and biomes of southern Africa over the last 140,000 years

scientific article

Extreme Climate-Induced Life-History Plasticity in an Amphibian.

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

Finding rare species and estimating the probability that all occupied sites have been found

scientific article published on 28 January 2022

Fire-mediated disruptive selection can explain the reseeder-resprouter dichotomy in Mediterranean-type vegetation

scientific article

Four principles for improved statistical ecology

scientific article published in 2024

Frog eat frog: exploring variables influencing anurophagy

scientific article

From both sides: Dire demographic consequences of carnivorous mice and longlining for the Critically Endangered Tristan albatrosses on Gough Island

article

Functional responses can’t unify invasion ecology

article

Generation time and temporal scaling of bird population dynamics

scientific article

Geographic variation in reproduction and survival of kelp gulls Larus dominicanus vetula in southern Africa

article

Geographic variation in reproduction and survival of kelp gulls Larus dominicanus vetula in southern Africa

How life history influences population dynamics in fluctuating environments

scientific article

Large termitaria act as refugia for tall trees, deadwood and cavity-using birds in a miombo woodland

scientific article published in 2011

Learning from single extreme events

scientific article published on June 2017

Long-term survival of de-oiled Cape gannets Morus capensis after the Castillo de Bellver oil spill of 1983

article

Low bird diversity in the Fynbos plant diversity hotspot: Quaternary legacies in the current distributions of passerine birds

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

MATRIX MODEL INVESTIGATION OF INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL: BULLFROGS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

article

Management factors affecting densities of common grassland birds of high elevation grasslands of eastern South Africa: Ingula as a case study

article published in 2017

Mechanistic reconciliation of community and invasion ecology ⬇️

scientific article

Melanin-based coloration is a nondirectionally selected sex-specific signal of offspring development in the alpine swift

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Melanin-specific life-history strategies

scientific article

Multistage density dependence in an amphibian ⬇️

scientific article published on April 17, 2003

Nest boxes buffer the effects of climate on breeding performance in an African urban raptor

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Novel methods reveal shifts in migration phenology of barn swallows in South Africa.

scientific article published on 9 November 2011

Occupancy models for citizen‐science data

scientific article published in 2019

Out on a limb: female chameleons (Bradypodion pumilum) position themselves to minimise detection, whereas males maximise mating opportunity

scholarly article published in 2022

Patterns of bird migration phenology in South Africa suggest northern hemisphere climate as the most consistent driver of change

scientific article

Patterns of natural selection on size at metamorphosis in water frogs

scientific article published on April 2003

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

article

Phenological changes in the southern hemisphere

scientific article

Phenotypic correlates and consequences of dispersal in a metapopulation of house sparrows Passer domesticus

scientific article published in September 2000

Plant richness, turnover, and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity center

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Prediction of mean adult survival rates of southern African birds from demographic and ecological covariates

scientific article

Rather than unifying invasion biology, Dick et al.’s approach rests on subjective foundations

Revisiting the effect of capture heterogeneity on survival estimates in capture-mark-recapture studies: does it matter?

scientific article

Roles of Spatial Scale and Rarity on the Relationship between Butterfly Species Richness and Human Density in South Africa

scientific article published on 27 April 2015

Sex-dependent selection on an autosomal melanic female ornament promotes the evolution of sex ratio bias

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

South temperate birds have higher apparent adult survival than tropical birds in Africa

article

Spatial occupancy models applied to atlas data show Southern Ground Hornbills strongly depend on protected areas

scientific article

The COMPADRE Plant Matrix Database: an open online repository for plant demography

article

The abundant centre syndrome and species distributions: insights from closely related species pairs in southern Africa

scientific article published on 4 November 2014

The efficacy of hand-rearing penguin chicks: evidence from African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) orphaned in the Treasure oil spill in 2000

article

The second Southern African Bird Atlas Project: Causes and consequences of geographical sampling bias

scientific article published on 27 July 2017

Trends in numbers of Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus off western South Africa, 1978–2007

article

Twenty-five years of change in southern African passerine diversity: nonclimatic factors of change.

scientific article

Winter weather affects asp viper Vipera aspis population dynamics through susceptible juveniles

article

Winter weather affects asp viper Vipera aspis population dynamics through susceptible juveniles

scientific article published in 2005

moult: AnRPackage to Analyze Moult in Birds

article published in 2013

List of works by Res Altwegg

A Variational Bayes Approach to the Analysis of Occupancy Models

A general framework for animal density estimation from acoustic detections across a fixed microphone array

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

Age-specific fitness components and their temporal variation in the barn owl.

Age-specific survival and reproductive probabilities: evidence for senescence in male fallow deer (Dama dama).

Allometric relationships shape foreleg evolution of long-legged oil bees (Melittidae: Rediviva)

An index to compare geographical distributions of species

Apparent survival rates of Cape Sugarbirds Promerops cafer at a breeding and a non-breeding site

Are animals shrinking due to climate change? Temperature-mediated selection on body mass in mountain wagtails

BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: Soil moisture limits foraging: a possible mechanism for the range dynamics of the hadeda ibis in southern Africa

Beyond bioclimatic envelopes: dynamic species' range and abundance modelling in the context of climatic change

BioMove - an integrated platform simulating the dynamic response of species to environmental change

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

Climate and the range dynamics of species with imperfect detection

Climate change leads to increasing population density and impacts of a key island invader.

Climate, social factors and research disturbance influence population dynamics in a declining sociable weaver metapopulation

Climatic Influences on Survival of Migratory African Reed WarblersAcrocephalus baeticatusin South Africa

Counting chirps: acoustic monitoring of cryptic frogs

Coupled range dynamics of brood parasites and their hosts responding to climate and vegetation changes.

Decomposing the variance in southern elephant seal weaning mass: partitioning environmental signals and maternal effects

Demographic effects of extreme winter weather in the barn owl.

Demography and population ecology of the Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) at its expanding range edge in South Africa

Density-dependent dispersal and the speed of range expansions

Departures from the Energy-Biodiversity Relationship in South African Passerines: Are the Legacies of Past Climates Mediated by Behavioral Constraints on Dispersal?

Do projections from bioclimatic envelope models and climate change metrics match?

Does a trade‐off between growth plasticity and resource conservatism mediate post‐fire shrubland responses to rainfall seasonality?

Does seasonality drive spatial patterns in demography? Variation in survival in African reed warblers Acrocephalus baeticatus across southern Africa does not reflect global patterns

Drivers of Bird Species Richness within Moist High-Altitude Grasslands in Eastern South Africa.

Dynamic multi-species occupancy models reveal individualistic habitat preferences in a high-altitude grassland bird community

Dynamic occupancy models for analyzing species' range dynamics across large geographic scales

Dynamic occupancy models for explicit colonization processes

Early warning systems for biodiversity in southern Africa – How much can citizen science mitigate imperfect data?

Effectiveness of protected areas for bird conservation depends on guild

Efficient Bayesian analysis of occupancy models with logit link functions

Environmental Drivers of an Urban Hadeda Ibis Population

Explaining patterns of avian diversity and endemicity: climate and biomes of southern Africa over the last 140,000 years

Extreme Climate-Induced Life-History Plasticity in an Amphibian.

Finding rare species and estimating the probability that all occupied sites have been found

Fire-mediated disruptive selection can explain the reseeder-resprouter dichotomy in Mediterranean-type vegetation

Four principles for improved statistical ecology

Frog eat frog: exploring variables influencing anurophagy

From both sides: Dire demographic consequences of carnivorous mice and longlining for the Critically Endangered Tristan albatrosses on Gough Island

Functional responses can’t unify invasion ecology

Generation time and temporal scaling of bird population dynamics

Geographic variation in reproduction and survival of kelp gulls Larus dominicanus vetula in southern Africa

Geographic variation in reproduction and survival of kelp gulls Larus dominicanus vetula in southern Africa

How life history influences population dynamics in fluctuating environments

Large termitaria act as refugia for tall trees, deadwood and cavity-using birds in a miombo woodland

Learning from single extreme events

Long-term survival of de-oiled Cape gannets Morus capensis after the Castillo de Bellver oil spill of 1983

Low bird diversity in the Fynbos plant diversity hotspot: Quaternary legacies in the current distributions of passerine birds

MATRIX MODEL INVESTIGATION OF INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL: BULLFROGS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

Management factors affecting densities of common grassland birds of high elevation grasslands of eastern South Africa: Ingula as a case study

Mechanistic reconciliation of community and invasion ecology ⬇️

Melanin-based coloration is a nondirectionally selected sex-specific signal of offspring development in the alpine swift

Melanin-specific life-history strategies

Multistage density dependence in an amphibian ⬇️

Nest boxes buffer the effects of climate on breeding performance in an African urban raptor

Novel methods reveal shifts in migration phenology of barn swallows in South Africa.

Occupancy models for citizen‐science data

Out on a limb: female chameleons (Bradypodion pumilum) position themselves to minimise detection, whereas males maximise mating opportunity

Patterns of bird migration phenology in South Africa suggest northern hemisphere climate as the most consistent driver of change

Patterns of natural selection on size at metamorphosis in water frogs

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

Phenological changes in the southern hemisphere

Phenotypic correlates and consequences of dispersal in a metapopulation of house sparrows Passer domesticus

Plant richness, turnover, and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity center

Prediction of mean adult survival rates of southern African birds from demographic and ecological covariates

Rather than unifying invasion biology, Dick et al.’s approach rests on subjective foundations

Revisiting the effect of capture heterogeneity on survival estimates in capture-mark-recapture studies: does it matter?

Roles of Spatial Scale and Rarity on the Relationship between Butterfly Species Richness and Human Density in South Africa

Sex-dependent selection on an autosomal melanic female ornament promotes the evolution of sex ratio bias

South temperate birds have higher apparent adult survival than tropical birds in Africa

Spatial occupancy models applied to atlas data show Southern Ground Hornbills strongly depend on protected areas

The COMPADRE Plant Matrix Database: an open online repository for plant demography

The abundant centre syndrome and species distributions: insights from closely related species pairs in southern Africa

The efficacy of hand-rearing penguin chicks: evidence from African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) orphaned in the Treasure oil spill in 2000

The second Southern African Bird Atlas Project: Causes and consequences of geographical sampling bias

Trends in numbers of Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus off western South Africa, 1978–2007