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- Publications
- Influence
Available and refractory nitrogen in detritus of coastal vascular plants and macroalgae
- R. Buchsbaum, I. Valiela, T. Swain, M. Dzierzeski, S. Allen
- Chemistry
- 1991
The chemical nature of nitrogenous compounds in detritus both reflects decay processes and influences rates of detrital decomposition. We followed changes in total, available and refractory nitrogen… Expand
SECONDARY COMPOUNDS AS PROTECTIVE AGENTS
- T. Swain
- Biology
- 18 March 1977
INTRODUCTION ........ ...... ...... ....... ... ....... ......... 479 THE NATURE OF SECONDARY COMPOUNDS .. ... ..... 480 Introduction 480 Distribution of Secondary Compounds in Space and Time 481… Expand
The role of phenolic compounds and other plant constituents in feeding by Canada geese in a coastal marsh
- R. Buchsbaum, I. Valiela, T. Swain
- Biology, Medicine
- Oecologia
- 1 August 1984
SummaryWe have assessed the relative importance of phenolic compounds, other secondary metabolites, and gross nutrient levels as feeding cues to Canada geese. Phenolic content was the most… Expand
Changes in tannins in ripening fruits
- J. Goldstein, T. Swain
- Biology
- 1 October 1963
Abstract Simple methods for separating tannins (flavolans) of different molecular size, and determining the degree of polymerization have been used in a study of the changes in these compounds in… Expand
A World That Was: The Yaraldi of the Murray River and the Lakes, South Australia@@@A Place for Strangers: Towards a History of Australian Aboriginal Being
- A. Yengoyan, R. M. Berndt, C. Berndt, J. Stanton, T. Swain
- History
- 21 January 1996
A Place for Strangers: Towards a History of Australian Aboriginal Being
- J. Finlayson, T. Swain
- History, Sociology
- 1993
Introduction 1. Worlds to endure 2. Songs of a wayfarer 3. A new sky hero from a conquered land 4. Our mother from northern shores 5. From the mother to the millennium Conclusion.
Decomposition in salt marsh ecosystems: phenolic dynamics during decay of litter of Spartina alterniflora
- J. O. Wilson, R. Buchsbaum, I. Valiela, T. Swain
- Biology
- 1986
Loss of weight and change in concentration of soluble phenolics, bound phenolics, lignins, and cell wall material were followed over 2 yr of decay in 4 types of litter of Spartina alterniflora. The… Expand
Secondary compounds and food selection by colobus monkeys
- J. F. Oates, T. Swain, Jana Zantovska
- Biology
- 1977
Abstract The feeding behaviour of black-and-white colobus monkeys, Colobus guereza , has been studied in the rain forest of Uganda. These animals, which are mainly leaf-eaters, are very selective in… Expand
Evolution of Flavonoid Compounds
- T. Swain
- Biology
- 1975
The world around us has been shaped by evolution. In social terms, evolutionary processes seem fast. The changes which have taken place in the organization of human societies over the last 1000 or… Expand