… g) arboreal marsupial, ingests large quantities of pollen at certain times of the year, and on
average two‐thirds of these grains are empty (van Tets … We thank CJ van Tets and SA Szarka …

… Acknowledgements - We thank Tony Hulbert for his advice dunng this project 1 G van Tets
… the Pieus Legaat of J H van den Ende and SA Noodt We thank Mrs CJ van Tets for her proof-…

Purpose: The American Dental Hygienists' Association recommends selective polishing
because of risk of enamel removal and lack of documented therapeutic value. The initial study …

Nectarivorous birds typically are small, often weighing less than 10 g, and have high basal
metabolic rates. To meet their high energy needs, many nectarivorous species spend a large …

Dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) is a nondestructive technique that can potentially
measure specific components of whole‐body composition in free‐living and lab‐raised …

In numerous studies, body condition of animals trapped in the wild has been expressed either
as a function of body mass or as a ratio of body mass to some linear body measurement, …

The sugar preferences of 10 Namaqua rock mice, Aethomys namaquensis, were assessed
using pairwise combinations of 30% (w/w) solutions of sucrose, glucose, fructose, xylose, …

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Immobilization in many animals mimics the effects of space flight on bone mineral density. …

Uricotely (uric acid >50% of urinary nitrogen) in birds was once considered ubiquitous. However,
Anna’s hummingbirds (Calypte anna) have been shown to be an exception to this rule; …

The diets of frugivorous and nectarivorous vertebrates contain much water and generally
have high energy but low protein contents. Therefore, we tested the prediction that to save …