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Ecological applications of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy – a tool for rapid, cost-effective prediction of the composition of plant and animal tissues and aspects of animal performance
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It is emphasized that care must be taken in the calibration stage to prevent propagation of poor analytical work through NIRS, but, used properly, NirS offers ecologists enormous analytical power.
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The genome of Eucalyptus grandis
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Of 36,376 predicted protein-coding genes, 34% occur in tandem duplications, the largest proportion thus far in plant genomes, which shows the highest diversity of genes for specialized metabolites such as terpenes that act as chemical defence and provide unique pharmaceutical oils.
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Assessing the evidence for latitudinal gradients in plant defence and herbivory
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The empirical data do not support the widespread view that herbivory is generally more intense at lower latitudes, or that plants from low latitudes are generally better defended than are plants from higher latitudes; these results are counter to the prevailing thought on this topic.
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Estimating foliage nitrogen concentration from HYMAP data using continuum, removal analysis
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Nutritional goals of wild primates
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The field of primate nutritional ecology needs to take greater advantage of the techniques developed by nutritional ecologists working in other fields, and is recommended to increase the application of the Geometric Framework for nutrition.
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Protein content of diets dictates the daily energy intake of a free-ranging primate
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It is shown that hypotheses traditionally used to explain vertebrate diet selection, such as energy or protein maximization, or avoidance of plant secondary metabolites, cannot explain the observed pattern of nutrient intake, and it is suggested that total energy intake may vary as a function of the composition of available food items.
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Role of plant secondary metobolites in the nutritional ecology of mammalian herbivores: how far have we come in 25 years?
Comparative SNP diversity among four Eucalyptus species for genes from secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways
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By using conservative statistical detection methods, the extensive characterisation of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes of four biosynthetic pathways leading to the formation of ecologically relevant secondary metabolites in Eucalyptus was achieved.
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Nutritional Ecology of Ateles chamek in lowland Bolivia: How Macronutrient Balancing Influences Food Choices
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It is demonstrated that spider monkeys consumed a diverse array of ripe fruits to overcome periods of fig scarcity rather than vice versa; they could obtain sufficient protein on a diet of pure fruit; and unripe figs constituted a nutritionally rewarding and reliable food resource.
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Explaining intraspecific diversity in plant secondary metabolites in an ecological context.
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How diversity can be inherently beneficial for plants is described and fruitful avenues for future research to untangle the causes and consequences of intraspecific variation are suggested.
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