Birds represent a diverse and evolutionarily successful lineage, occupying a wide range of
niches throughout the world. Like all vertebrates, avians harbor diverse communities of …

Nectar contains water, sugars and amino acids to attract pollinators and defenders and is
protected from nectar robbers and microorganisms by secondary compounds and …

To understand modern principles of sustainable management and the conservation of
wildlife species requires intimate knowledge about demography, animal behavior, and …

This book is useful for anyone interested in the basic structural and functional characteristics
of the digestive system and how these vary among vertebrate groups and species. It …

In vertebrates and invertebrates, morphological and functional features of gastrointestinal
(GI) tracts generally reflect food chemistry, such as content of carbohydrates, proteins, fats …

Dental Functional Morphology offers an alternative to the received wisdom that teeth merely
crush, cut, shear or grind food and shows how teeth adapt to diet. Providing an analysis of …

Current knowledge of frugivory and seed dispersal by vertebrates in the Oriental Region is
summarized. Some degree of frugivory has been reported for many fish and reptile species …

The morphological and functional design of gastrointestinal tracts of many vertebrates and
invertebrates can be explained largely by the interaction between diet chemical constituents …

Flying animals may experience a selective constraint on gut volume because the energetic
cost of flight increases and maneuverability decreases with greater digesta load. The small …

1. Feeding preferences of nectarivorous ants for sugars and amino acids were studied in an
Australian tropical rain forest using artificial nectar solutions. Fifty-one ant species were …