Morné A. Du Plessis

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Morné A. Du Plessis

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M. A. DU PLESSIS, M. A. Du Plessis, M. A. du Plessis, M.A du Plessis, M.A. du Plessis, MORNE A. DU PLESSIS, MORNÉ A. DU PLESSIS, Mark A du Plessis, Morne A. Du Plessis, Morne A. du Plessis

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University of Cape Town University of Cambridge Stellenbosch University FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology University of Montana

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Morné A. Du Plessis is an author at University of Cape Town specializing in evolutionary biology, biology, and natural sciences.

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#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Natural Sciences	13	13	730
2	Engineering	6	6	305
3	Social Sciences	3	3	180
4	Education	1	1	48
5	Public Health	1	1	29

Morné A. Du Plessis

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	Year	Citations
Field Metabolism, Water Requirements, and Foraging Behavior of Wild Ostriches in the Namib Joseph B. Williams, W. R. Siegfried, Suzanne J. Milton, Ecology BiologyForagingBody MassWater InfluxFitness	1993	160
Helpers in colonial cooperatively breeding sociable weavers Philetairus socius contribute to buffer the effects of adverse breeding conditions Rita Covas, Morné A. Du Plessis, Claire Doutrelant Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology BiologyFitnessNatural SciencesEvolutionary BiologySociable Weavers Philetairus	2008	119
The Threat of Transformation: Quantifying the Vulnerability of Grasslands in South Africa Kirsten Sima Neke, Morné A. Du Plessis Conservation Biology EngineeringRangeland ProductivityLand UseAgricultural EconomicsLand Degradation	2004	111
Ecological and life-history correlates of cooperative breeding in South African birds Morné A. Du Plessis, W. R. Siegfried, Adrian J. Armstrong Oecologia BiologyBreeding BehaviorLife-history CorrelatesWildlife EcologyNatural Sciences	1995	100
Bill dimorphism and foraging niche partitioning in the green woodhoopoe Andrew N. Radford, Morné A. Du Plessis Journal of Animal Ecology BiologyBreeding BehaviorBiodiversityForagingNiche Partitioning	2003	84
Nest predation of grassland bird species increases with parental activity at the nest Muchane Muchai, Morné A. Du Plessis Journal of Avian Biology BiologyBreeding BehaviorForagingNest PredationFitness	2005	83
Avian Exocrine Secretions. I. Chemical Characterization of the Volatile Fraction of the Uropygial Secretion of the Green Woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus B. V. Burger, Birgit Reiter, Oliver Borzyk, Journal of Chemical Ecology BiologyUropygial SecretionPhysiologyAvian Exocrine SecretionsVolatile Fraction	2004	82
Monogamous dominant pairs monopolize reproduction in the cooperatively breeding pied babbler Martha J. Nelson‐Flower, Phil Hockey, Colleen O’Ryan, Behavioral Ecology	2011	81
Obligate cavity-roosting as a constraint on dispersal of green (red-billed) woodhoopoes: consequences for philopatry and the likelihood of inbreeding Morné A. Du Plessis Oecologia BiologyBreeding BehaviorWildlife EcologyNatural SciencesMammalogy	1992	77
Experimental evidence of a link between breeding conditions and the decision to breed or to help in a colonial cooperative bird Rita Covas, Claire Doutrelant, Morné A. Du Plessis Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences BiologyColonial Cooperative BirdBreeding BehaviorBehavioral SciencesReproduction Response	2004	70

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