Publications by authors named "Colleen Downs"

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Introgression across Narrow Contact Zones Shapes the Genomic Landscape of Phylogenetic Variation in an African Bird Clade.
Loïs Rancilhac, Stacey G de Souza, Sifiso M Lukhele, Matteo Sebastianelli, Bridget O Ogolowa, Colleen T Downs

Syst Biol· December 2025

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Assessment of the ecological integrity and fish community structures of the uMngeni River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Pumla Dlamini, Colleen T Downs, Matthew Burnett, Gordon O'Brien

Afr J Aquat Sci· December 2025

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Exploring public perceptions of owl species in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for conservation management.
Lindiswa Buthelezi, Mfundo S T Maseko, Siboniso Magoso, Colleen T Downs

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed· November 2025

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Beautifully dangerous or dangerously beautiful: perceptions of southern African pythons (Python natalensis) in southern African rural and urban areas.
Kirsty J Kyle, Colleen T Downs

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed· November 2025

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Wild canids and felids differ in their reliance on reused travel routeways.
William F Fagan, Ananke G Krishnan, Christen H Fleming, Elizabeth Ferreira, Stephanie Chia, Colleen T Downs

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· October 2025

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Life-stage and environmental influences on the recruitment of African freshwater eels into the uThukela River, South Africa.
Rory McNeill, Matthew J Burnett, Céline Hanzen, Colleen T Downs

J Fish Biol· September 2025

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Genetic assessment of farmed populations in South Africa.
Mahlatse Fortunate Mashaphu, Gordon Craig O'Brien, Colleen Thelma Downs, Sandi Willows-Munro

PeerJ· April 2025

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Significant Progress in the Study of African Freshwater Snails Over the Past 260 Years.
Matabaro Ziganira, Colleen T Downs

Ecol Evol· February 2025

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Breeding behaviour, visual communication and male combat of Philothamnus occidentalis and Philothamnus natalensis.
Kirsty J Kyle, Colleen T Downs

Naturwissenschaften· February 2025

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Influence of habitat structures on fish abundances and diversity: comparing mainstream and tributary communities in the urban uMsunduze Catchment, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Nolwazi B Ngcobo, Matthew J Burnett, Colleen T Downs

Urban Ecosyst· February 2025

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If a fish comes out of the river and speaks, we should believe it: South African perspective on fish kills.
Matthew J Burnett, Gordon C O'Brien, Andrew Blackmore, Melissa Wade, Colleen T Downs

River Res Appl· February 2025

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Mainstreaming ecological connectivity and wildlife needs in green road transport infrastructure planning in South Africa.
Thabo I Hlatshwayo, Manqoba M Zungu, Wendy J Collinson-Jonker, Colleen T Downs

J Environ Manage· December 2024

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Potential for a commercial inland fishery or just another water storage facility at Spring Grove Dam, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa?
Matthew J Burnett, Céline Hanzen, Alex Whitehead, Gordon C O'Brien, Colleen T Downs

Afr J Aquat Sci· June 2024

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A genomic basis of vocal rhythm in birds.
Matteo Sebastianelli, Sifiso M Lukhele, Simona Secomandi, Stacey G de Souza, Bettina Haase, Colleen T Downs

Nat Commun· April 2024

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The histology and growth rate of Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) claws.
Albert Myburgh, Jan Myburgh, Johan Steyl, Colleen T Downs, Hannes Botha

J Morphol· October 2023

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Avian species functional diversity and habitat use: The role of forest structural attributes and tree diversity in the Midlands Mistbelt Forests of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Nasiphi Bitani, Craig P Cordier, David A Ehlers Smith, Yvette C Ehlers Smith, Colleen T Downs

Ecol Evol· September 2023

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The impacts of a global pandemic on the efficacy and stability of contemporary wildlife conservation: South Africa as a case study.
David A Ehlers Smith, Yvette C Ehlers Smith, Harriet T Davies-Mostert, Lindy J Thompson, Daniel M Parker, Colleen T Downs

Ambio· March 2023

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Long-term concentration of tropical forest nutrient hotspots is generated by a central-place apex predator.
Everton B P de Miranda, Carlos A Peres, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos, Colleen T Downs

Sci Rep· March 2023

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Developmental life stages of the Pickersgill's reed frog (Hyperolius pickersgilli) in an ex-situ environment at Johannesburg Zoo's captive breeding facility, South Africa.
Ian du Plessis, Adrian Armstrong, Piet L Malepa, Arnold T Kanengoni, Cormac Price, Colleen T Downs

Zoo Biol· November 2022

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Never smile at a crocodile: Gaping behaviour in the Nile crocodile at Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa.
Cormac Price, Mohamed A Ezat, Céline Hanzen, Colleen T Downs

Behav Processes· November 2022

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Human-wildlife interactions: presence of the ground-nesting Spotted Thick-knee across a South African mosaic urban landscape.
Kyrone K Josiah, Colleen T Downs

Urban Ecosyst· June 2022

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Can I afford to publish? A dilemma for African scholars.
Addisu Mekonnen, Colleen Downs, Edu O Effiom, Mohamed Kibaja, Michael J Lawes

Ecol Lett· April 2022

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Correction to: Modification of the third phase in the framework for vertebrate species persistence in urban mosaic environments.
Colleen T Downs, Jarryd Alexander, Mark Brown, Moses Chibesa, Yvette C Ehlers Smith

Ambio· October 2021

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What costs half a year's pay for African scholars? Open access.
Addisu Mekonnen, Colleen Downs, Edu O Effiom, Onja Razafindratsima, Nils Chr Stenseth

Nature· August 2021

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Tropical deforestation induces thresholds of reproductive viability and habitat suitability in Earth's largest eagles.
Everton B P Miranda, Carlos A Peres, Vítor Carvalho-Rocha, Bruna V Miguel, Nickolas Lormand, Colleen T Downs

Sci Rep· June 2021

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