| The role of avian frugivores in germination of seeds of fleshy-fruited invasive alien plants LA Jordaan, SD Johnson, CT Downs Biological Invasions 13, 1917-1930, 2011 | 78 | 2011 |
| Species composition, distribution and habitat types of Odonata in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and the associated conservation implications LA Hart, MB Bowker, W Tarboton, CT Downs Plos one 9 (3), e92588, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| Introduction C Tardy, L Renaud Études de communication, 7-16, 2016 | 45 | 2016 |
| Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi) as a potential dispersal agent for fleshy-fruited invasive alien plants: effects of handling behaviour on … LA Jordaan, SD Johnson, CT Downs Biological Invasions 14, 959-968, 2012 | 40 | 2012 |
| Ingestion by an invasive parakeet species reduces germination success of invasive alien plants relative to ingestion by indigenous turaco species in South Africa V Thabethe, AL Wilson, LA Hart, CT Downs Biological invasions 17, 3029-3039, 2015 | 34 | 2015 |
| Fifteen years of annual Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus censuses: current population trends and conservation contributions CT Downs, M Pfeiffer, LA Hart Ostrich 85 (3), 273-280, 2014 | 30 | 2014 |
| Seasonal effects on the thermoregulation of invasive rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri) V Thabethe, LJ Thompson, LA Hart, M Brown, CT Downs Journal of Thermal Biology 38 (8), 553-559, 2013 | 29 | 2013 |
| Fruiting phenology and implications of fruit availability in the fragmented Ngele Forest Complex, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa LA Hart, GRH Grieve, CT Downs South African Journal of Botany 88, 296-305, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
| Comparison of germination rates and fruit traits of indigenous Solanum giganteum and invasive Solanum mauritianum in South Africa LA Jordaan, CT Downs South African Journal of Botany 80, 13-20, 2012 | 26 | 2012 |
| Nutritional and morphological traits of invasive and exotic fleshy‐fruits in South Africa LA Jordaan, CT Downs Biotropica 44 (6), 738-743, 2012 | 25 | 2012 |
| Digestion of fruit of invasive alien plants by three southern African avian frugivores LA Jordaan, SD Johnson, CT Downs Ibis 153 (4), 863-867, 2011 | 25 | 2011 |
| Too hot to sleep? Sleep behaviour and surface body temperature of Wahlberg’s Epauletted Fruit Bat CT Downs, A Awuah, M Jordaan, L Magagula, T Mkhize, C Paine, ... PloS one 10 (3), e0119419, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Public surveys of rose-ringed parakeets, Psittacula krameri, in the Durban Metropolitan area, South Africa LA Hart, CT Downs African Zoology 49 (2), 283-289, 2014 | 24 | 2014 |
| Modification of the third phase in the framework for vertebrate species persistence in urban mosaic environments CT Downs, J Alexander, M Brown, M Chibesa, YC Ehlers Smith, ... Ambio 50, 1866-1878, 2021 | 23 | 2021 |
| Sitting in the sun: Nest microhabitat affects incubation temperatures in seabirds LA Hart, CT Downs, M Brown Journal of Thermal Biology 60, 149-154, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| Invasive Birds: Global Trends and Impacts CT Downs, LA Hart CABI, 2020 | 14 | 2020 |
| Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus breeding behaviour and reproductive success in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa EP Wreford, LA Hart, M Brown, CT Downs Ostrich 88 (3), 287-290, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Review of documented beak and feather disease virus cases in wild Cape parrots in South Africa during the last 20 years CT Downs, M Brown, L Hart, CT Symes Journal of ornithology 156, 867-875, 2015 | 9 | 2015 |
| Hunting flight speeds of five southern African raptors LA Hart, EP Wreford, M Brown, CT Downs Ostrich 89 (3), 251-258, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
| Hot footing eggs: thermal imaging reveals foot mediated incubation in White-tailed Tropicbirds, Phaethon lepturus L Hart, C Downs, M Brown Journal of Ornithology 157, 635-640, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
Colleen DownsProfessor, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-NatalVerified email at ukzn.ac.za
