Animal Demography Unit

Research unit of the University of Cape Town Animal Demography UnitMottoTo contribute to the understanding of animal populations, especially population dynamics, and thus provide input to their conservation.Established1991 (1991)DirectorEmeritus Professor Les UnderhillLocationCape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaWebsiteadu.org.za/about.php The Animal Demography Unit (ADU) is a formally recognized research unit of the University of Cape Town (UCT) located within the Department of Biological Sciences of UCT. (The Department of Biological Sciences was formed from the merger of the Department of Botany and the Department of Zoology at the start of the 2013 academic year). The Animal Demography Unit, popularly known as the ADU, was responsible for the management of the First and Second Southern African Bird Atlas Projects SABAP1 and SABAP2. The unit has submitted over eight million georeferenced biodiversity records to GBIF. History The Animal Demography Unit (formerly the Avian Demography Unit), or ADU as it is mostly known in the vernacular, is a research unit of the University of Cape Town. Initially it was built on the nucleus of the South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING) and the