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Name: Matthew Bird
Location: D3 Lab 220 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 2930
Email:听mbird@uj.ac.za
About Matthew Bird
My main interests focus on the community ecology of shallow aquatic environments, including wetlands, rivers and estuaries, predominantly using field investigations. The bulk of my work focusses on using aquatic macroinvertebrate communities as indicators of human impacts on freshwater environments.
- NRF rating: C
Recent publications (since 2018):
Epele LB, Williams鈥怱ubiza EA,听Bird MS, Boissezon A, Boix D, Demierre E, Fair CG, Garc铆a PE, Gasc贸n S, Grech MG, Greig HS, Jeffries M, Kneitel JM, Loskutova O, Maltchik L, Manzo LM, Mataloni G, McLean K, Mlambo MC, Oertli B, Pires MM, Sala J, Scheibler EE, Stenert C, Wu H, Wissinger SA, Batzer DP (2024) A global assessment of environmental and climate influences on wetland macroinvertebrate community structure and function.听Global Change Biology听30: e17173.
Bird MS, Bilton DT, Mlambo MC, Perissinotto R (2023) Water beetles (Coleoptera) associated with Afrotemperate Forest patches in the Garden Route National Park, South Africa.听ZooKeys听1182: 237-258
Bilton DT,听Bird MS听(2023)听Eupotemus tuberculatus听sp. nov., the first hooded shore beetle confirmed from southern Africa (Coleoptera, Epimetopidae).听Zootaxa听5339 (2): 196-200.
Odountan OH, Sidi OI Massara N, Janssens de Bisthoven L,听Bird MS, Abou Y (2022) Comparison of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities of Lake Ah茅m茅 (Benin, West Africa) across the short and long wet seasons.听African Journal of Ecology听60: 591-606.
Epele LB, Grech MG, Williams-Subiza EA, Stenert C, McLean K, Greig HS, Maltchik L, Pires MM,听Bird MS, Boissezon A (2022) Perils of life on the edge: Climatic threats to global diversity patterns of wetland macroinvertebrates.听Science of the Total Environment听820: 153052.
Roussouw N,听Bird MS, Perissinotto R (2021) Effects of aquatic vegetation cover (Schoenoplectus decipiens) on microalgal biomass and assemblage structure in temporary wetlands of a semi-arid region (Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa).听South African Journal of Botany听137: 183-196.
Rishworth GM, Adams JB,听Bird MS, Carrasco NK, D盲nhardt A, Dannheim J, Lemley DA, Pistorius PA, Scheiffarth G, Hillebrand H (2020) Cross-continental analysis of coastal biodiversity change.听Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B听375: 20190452.
Mabidi A,听Bird MS,听Perissinotto R (2020) Relationships between vegetation cover (Schoenoplectus decipiens) and wetland macroinvertebrate assemblages in a semi-arid landscape (Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa).听Hydrobiologia听847: 2049鈥�2064.
Bird MS, Mlambo MC, Wasserman RJ, Dalu T, Holland AJ, Day JA, Villet MH, Bilton DT, Barber-James HM, Brendonck L (2019) Deeper knowledge of shallow waters: reviewing the invertebrate fauna of southern African temporary wetlands.听Hydrobiologia听827: 89-121.
Rishworth GM, Perissinotto R,听Bird MS, Pelletier N听(2018) Grazer responses to variable macroalgal resource conditions facilitate habitat structuring.听Royal Society Open Science听5: 171428.
Mabidi A,听Bird MS, Perissinotto R (2018) Increasing salinity drastically reduces hatching success of crustaceans from depression wetlands of the semi-arid Eastern Cape Karoo region, South Africa.听Scientific Reports听8: 5983.
Roussouw N,听Bird MS, Perissinotto R (2018) Microalgal biomass and composition of surface waterbodies in a semi-arid region earmarked for shale gas exploration (Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa).听Limnologica听72: 44-56.
Shelton JM,听Bird MS, Marr SM (2018) Evidence for diet partitioning among three coexisting native freshwater fishes in South Africa’s Cape Fold Ecoregion.听African Journal of Aquatic Science听43: 89-100.