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Together with Andy Bennett, in 2001 Prof Cherry was the first to investigate matching between avian brood parasites and their hosts using ultraviolet visible reflectance spectrophotometry (119 citations to date).
His subsequent work has challenged some aspects of the prevailing dogma in the theory of avian brood parasitism. Specifically, Prof Cherry and his co-workers hav challenged the prevailing theory which predicts that lower levels of intra-clutch variation in host eggs facilitate the detection of brood parasitism.
His 2002 paper with Monnet on the evolution of sexual size dimorphism in anurans is my most cited paper (124 citations to date). It emphasizes the importance of life history traits in the evolution of sexual size dimorphism in this group. He has 69 publications
Recognitions
1984-1988 Smartt Memorial Scholarship; Van Staveren Memorial Scholarship; Overseas Research Scholarship; Crossley Bursary
1994 - Special Merit Award for museum scientists (Foundation for Research Development)
2001 - Visiting fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Bristol University (funded by Royal Society)
2006; 2009 Oppenheimer Fellow, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Oxford University
2012 - Elected member, Academy of Science of SA.
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