Anina Coetzee

 

Research interests: My research investigates species coexistence, visual ecology, fire ecology and conservation, often using bird-pollination systems in the Cape Floristic Region. I also study urban ecology, supplementary feeding and forest ecology.

 

Publications:

• McCarren, S, Midgley, J & Coetzee, A. Sending private messages: floral ultraviolet signals are correlated with pollination syndromes in Erica. Journal of Pollination Ecology 29: 289-298. IF= https://doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2021)648

• Du Plessis, M, Seymour, CL, Spottiswoode CN & Coetzee, A. 2021. Artificial nectar feeders reduce sunbird abundance and plant visitation in Cape Fynbos adjacent to suburban areas. Global Ecology and Conservation 28: e01706. 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01706

• Coetzee, A, Seymour, CL & Spottiswoode, CN. Facilitation and competition shape a geographical mosaic of flower colour polymorphisms. Functional Ecology 35(9): 1914-1924 http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13851.

• McCarren, S, Coetzee, A & Midgley, J. 2021. Corolla stickiness prevents nectar robbing in Erica. Journal of Plant Research 134: 963-970. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-021-01299-z

• Coetzee, A, Barnard, P & Pauw, A. 2021. Reliability and quality of artificial nectar feeders for birds in the Western Cape, South Africa. Ostrich 92 (1): 26-31. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2020.1836060

• Coetzee, A, Spottiswoode, CN & Seymour, CL. 2020. Post-pollination barriers enable coexistence of pollinator-sharing ornithophilous Erica species. Journal of Plant Research 133(6): 873-881. DOI: 10.1007/s10265-020-01226-8

• Geerts, S*, Coetzee, A*, Rebelo, AG & Pauw, A. 2020. Pollination structures plant and nectar-feeding bird communities in Cape fynbos, South Africa: implications for the conservation of plant-bird mutualisms. Ecological Research 53 (5): 838-856. DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12148

• Coetzee, A, Barnard, P & Pauw, A. 2018. Urban nectarivorous bird communities in Cape Town, South Africa, are structured by ecological generalisation and resource distribution. Journal of Avian Biology 49(6): e01526. DOI: 10.1111/jav.01526.

• Heystek, A, Geerts, S, Barnard, P & Pauw, A. 2014. Pink flower preference in sunbirds does not translate into plant fitness differences in a polymorphic Erica species. Evolutionary Ecology 28 (3): 457-470.

• Heystek, A & Pauw, A. 2014. Does competition for pollinators contribute to structuring Erica communities? Journal of Vegetation Science 25 (3): 648-656. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12127  

Current students:

• Rudi Swart – Postdoctoral fellow – Pollination of Afromontane forest trees

• Asekho Mantintsilili – PhD – Environmental change effects on Fynbos bird-pollination systems

• Samantha McCarren – PhD (University of Cape Town) – Floral adaptations for pollination in Erica

• Tabitha Coetzee – MSc – Pollination conservation in Renosterveld fragments

Past post-grad student:

• Monique du Plessis – MSc (University of Cape Town) - The effect of artificial nectar feeders on bird-plant mutualisms in the Cape Fynbos