Melanie de Morney
Biotechnician, Garden Route & Frontier Research Unit
Education
BSc: Biodiversity & Conservation Biology 2010, University of the Western Cape
Research Focus and Interest
As a biotechnician, I assist the fauna ecologist with the implementation of terrestrial fauna-related monitoring and research, especially any invertebrate-related work. I am passionate about biodiversity conservation and outreach, and have a particular interest in Myrmecology.
Publications
Journal Articles
Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P., de Morney, M., Udovichenko, P. and Bezverkhov, Y.U., 2017. Fauna of Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Garden Route National Park, South Africa. Zootaxa, 4350(3), pp.574-582.
Moolman L., de Morney M.A., Ferreira S.M., Ganswindt A., Poole J.H. and Kerley G.I.H. 2019. And Then There Was One: a camera trap survey of the declining population of African Elephants in Knysna. African Journal of Wildlife Research 49: 16-26
Technical and Scientific Reports
de Morney M. and Moolman L (2015) Rare mammal monitoring in Garden Route National Park, 1992 – 2010. Scientific Services, South African National Parks. 14pp. Unpublished.
Moolman L. and de Morney M. (2018). Blue duiker pellet count and camera trap monitoring in the Garden Route National Parks’ afrotemperate forests: 2016-2018. Scientific report 14/2018. Scientific Services, South African National Parks, 8pp
Popular Articles
de Morney M. and Slingsby P. (2016) New alien ant found in the Cape Peninsula. SANParks Times
de Morney M. and Rikhotso D. Engaging the youth in conservation science. SANParks Research Report 2016, pg. 11
de Morney M. and Moolman L. (2017) The search for the African Crowned Eagle of the southern Cape. SANParks Times
de Morney M. and Moolman-Van der Vyver L. The search for the African crowned eagle of the southern Cape. SANParks Research Report 2017-2018, pg. 29-30
de Morney M. and Moolman-Van der Vyver L. New insect discoveries in the Garden Route Afrotemperate forests. SANParks Research Report 2017-2018, pg. 80
de Morney M. and Seymour D. Science outreach at Garden Route Scientific Services. SANParks Research Report 2018/19, pg. 32
de Morney M. and Edge D. Post-fire Brenton Blue monitoring. SANParks Research Report 2018/19, pg. 18
Freitag-Ronaldson S., Baard J., Hayes J., de Morney M., Russell I. and Vermeulen W. Reflections after the June 2017 Knysna-Plett fires (Fire and Fauna). SANParks Research Report 2017-2018, pg. 14
Moolman L. and de Morney M. Assessing mammal diversity in the Garden Route’s forests. SANParks Research Report 2016, pg. 18-19
Moolman-Van der Vyver L., de Morney M. and Freitag-Ronaldson S. Mapping the human-wildlife interface in Garden Route National Park. SANParks Research Report 2017-2018, pg. 28
Moolman L., de Morney M., Freitag-Ronaldson S. and Ferreira S. Only one wild elephant left in Knysna. SANParks Research Report 2018/19, pg. 70-71
Conference Presentations & Posters
de Morney M., Maphanga B., Mpapane N., Munyai N., Rikhotso D., Sass G. and Seymour D October 2018. Science Educational Outreach – Promoting conservation awareness. Poster presentation. Garden Route Interface Meeting, Sedgefield, South Africa
de Morney M. January 2019. Engaging the youth in conservation science. Presented at Marine & Coastal Education Network’s 19th National Conference. Storms River Mouth, Tsitsikamma, South Africa.
De Morney M. and Seymour D. October 2019. Improving conservation through education: Science engagement and Garden Route Scientific Services. Poster and video presentation. Garden Route Interface Meeting, Sedgefield, South Africa
de Morney M. November 2019. Ants and the Brenton Blue. Presented at Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa Conference, Knysna, South Africa.
Moolman L. and de Morney, M. September 2017. The Human-Wildlife interface – Garden Route National Park. Poster presentation, Garden Route Interface Meeting, Sedgefield, South Africa.