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Seasonal Metabolic Acclimatization Varies in Direction and Magnitude among Years in Two Arid-Zone Passerines.

Subjects: Seasons*; Acclimatization/Acclimatization/Acclimatization/*physiology ; Passeriformes/Passeriformes/Passeriformes/*metabolism

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2020 Mar/Apr; Vol. 93 (2), pp. 140-152.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model: Print Cited

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Life-History Traits Evolved Jointly with Climatic Niche and Disturbance Regime in the Genus Leucadendron (Proteaceae).

Subjects: Climate* ; Ecosystem* ; Life History Traits*

  • Source: The American naturalist [Am Nat] 2018 Feb; Vol. 191 (2), pp. 220-234. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 05.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984688R Publication Model:

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Extreme Climate-Induced Life-History Plasticity in an Amphibian.

Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological* ; Life History Traits* ; Rain*

  • Source: The American naturalist [Am Nat] 2018 Feb; Vol. 191 (2), pp. 250-258. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 19.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984688R Publication Model:

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Seasonal Metabolic Acclimatization Varies in Direction and Magnitude among Populations of an Afrotropical Passerine Bird.

Subjects: Acclimatization* ; Seasons*; Energy Metabolism/Energy Metabolism/Energy Metabolism/*physiology

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2017 Mar/Apr; Vol. 90 (2), pp. 178-189. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Nov 02.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model:

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Basal Metabolic Rate of the Black-Faced Sheathbill (Chionis minor): Intraspecific Variation in a Phylogenetically Distinct Island Endemic.

Subjects: Ecosystem*; Basal Metabolism/Basal Metabolism/Basal Metabolism/*physiology ; Charadriiformes/Charadriiformes/Charadriiformes/*physiology

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2016 Mar-Apr; Vol. 89 (2), pp. 141-50. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jan 29.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model:

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Energy Expenditure of Free-Ranging Chicks of the Cape Gannet Morus capensis.

  • Authors : Navarro RA; Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa; 2Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

Subjects: Birds/Birds/Birds/*growth & development ; Birds/Birds/Birds/*metabolism; Age Factors

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2015 Jul-Aug; Vol. 88 (4), pp. 406-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Apr 16.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model:

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Intersubjectivity and Embodiment: Exploring the Role of the Maternal in the Language of Forgiveness and Reconciliation.

Subjects: South Africa. Truth & Reconciliation Commission; Forgiveness; ReconciliationSouth Africa

  • Source: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society. Spring2011, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p541-550. 10p.

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Provenance and Geochemical Variations in Shales of the Mesoarchean Witwatersrand Supergroup.

Subjects: *Erosion; *Chemical weathering; Provenance (Geology)Witwatersrand Basin (South Africa)

  • Source: Journal of Geology. Jul2017, Vol. 125 Issue 4, p399-422. 24p. 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts, 10 Graphs, 1 Map.

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Functional Traits in Parallel Evolutionary Radiations and Trait-Environment Associations in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa.

  • Authors : Mitchell N; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U-3043 University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043.; Moore TE

Subjects: Biological Evolution*; Pelargonium/Pelargonium/Pelargonium/*genetics ; Proteaceae/Proteaceae/Proteaceae/*genetics

  • Source: The American naturalist [Am Nat] 2015 Apr; Vol. 185 (4), pp. 525-37. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Feb 05.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984688R Publication Model:

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Postnatal growth rates covary weakly with embryonic development rates and do not explain adult mortality probability among songbirds on four continents.

  • Authors : Martin TE; US Geological Survey, Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812.; Oteyza JC

Subjects: Mortality*; Songbirds/Songbirds/Songbirds/*embryology ; Songbirds/Songbirds/Songbirds/*growth & development

  • Source: The American naturalist [Am Nat] 2015 Mar; Vol. 185 (3), pp. 380-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jan 22.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984688R Publication Model:

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The impact of humidity on evaporative cooling in small desert birds exposed to high air temperatures.

  • Authors : Gerson AR; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131; 2Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa

Subjects: Humidity*; Body Temperature Regulation/Body Temperature Regulation/Body Temperature Regulation/*physiology ; Columbidae/Columbidae/Columbidae/*physiology

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2014 Nov-Dec; Vol. 87 (6), pp. 782-95. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 03.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model:

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Seasonal metabolic variation in two populations of an Afrotropical euplectid bird.

  • Authors : van de Ven TM; Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.; Mzilikazi N

Subjects: Energy Metabolism*; Songbirds/Songbirds/Songbirds/*metabolism; Animals

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2013 Jan-Feb; Vol. 86 (1), pp. 19-26. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Oct 23.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model:

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Innate immunity in free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer): associations with parasite infection and white blood cell counts.

  • Authors : Beechler BR; Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. ; Broughton H

Subjects: Immunity, Innate*; Blood Chemical Analysis/Blood Chemical Analysis/Blood Chemical Analysis/*methods ; Buffaloes/Buffaloes/Buffaloes/*immunology

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2012 May-Jun; Vol. 85 (3), pp. 255-64. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Apr 03.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model:

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Seasonal variation in the regulation of redox state and some biotransformation enzyme activities in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica L.).

  • Authors : Raja-aho S; Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland. ; Kanerva M

Subjects: Glutathione Transferase/Glutathione Transferase/Glutathione Transferase/*metabolism ; Oxidoreductases/Oxidoreductases/Oxidoreductases/*metabolism ; Swallows/Swallows/Swallows/*metabolism

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2012 Mar-Apr; Vol. 85 (2), pp. 148-58. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Mar 07.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model:

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Importance of behavior and morphological traits for controlling body temperature in littorinid snails.

  • Authors : Miller LP; Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California 93950, USA. ; Denny MW

Subjects: Snails/Snails/Snails/*anatomy & histology ; Snails/Snails/Snails/*physiology; Animals

  • Source: The Biological bulletin [Biol Bull] 2011 Jun; Vol. 220 (3), pp. 209-23.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984727R Publication Model: Print Cited

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The effects of above- and belowground mutualisms on orchid speciation and coexistence.

  • Authors : Waterman RJ; Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, United Kingdom.; Bidartondo MI

Subjects: Genetic Speciation*; Mycorrhizae/Mycorrhizae/Mycorrhizae/*physiology ; Orchidaceae/Orchidaceae/Orchidaceae/*microbiology

  • Source: The American naturalist [Am Nat] 2011 Feb; Vol. 177 (2), pp. E54-68.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984688R Publication Model: Print Cited

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Surgeon and Safari: producing valuable bodies in Johannesburg.

Subjects: Cosmetic Techniques*/Cosmetic Techniques*/Cosmetic Techniques*/economics ; Cosmetic Techniques*/Cosmetic Techniques*/Cosmetic Techniques*/history ; Cosmetic Techniques*/Cosmetic Techniques*/Cosmetic Techniques*/psychology

  • Source: Signs [Signs (Chic)] 2011; Vol. 36 (2), pp. 303-11.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9875007 Publication Model: Print Cited

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Do owls use torpor? Winter thermoregulation in free-ranging pearl-spotted owlets and African scops-owls.

  • Authors : Smit B; DST/NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa. ; McKechnie AE

Subjects: Ecosystem*; Body Temperature Regulation/Body Temperature Regulation/Body Temperature Regulation/*physiology ; Strigiformes/Strigiformes/Strigiformes/*physiology

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2010 Jan-Feb; Vol. 83 (1), pp. 149-56.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model: Print Cited

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Jettisoning ballast or fuel? Caudal autotomy and locomotory energetics of the Cape dwarf gecko Lygodactylus capensis (Gekkonidae).

  • Authors : Fleming PA; School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.; Verburgt L

Subjects: Energy Metabolism/Energy Metabolism/Energy Metabolism/*physiology ; Lizards/Lizards/Lizards/*physiology ; Locomotion/Locomotion/Locomotion/*physiology

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2009 Nov-Dec; Vol. 82 (6), pp. 756-65.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model: Print Cited

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Design and dissent: religion, authority, and the scientific spirit of Robert Broom.

  • Authors : Richmond J; Department of History and Science Studies Program, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.

Subjects: Biological Evolution*; Paleontology/Paleontology/Paleontology/*history ; Religion/Religion/Religion/*historyBroom R

  • Source: Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences [Isis] 2009 Sep; Vol. 100 (3), pp. 485-504.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2985182R Publication Model: Print Cited

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Is there coercion or undue inducement to participate in health research in developing countries? An example from Rakai, Uganda.

Subjects: Coercion* ; Developing Countries* ; Health Services Accessibility*

  • Source: The Journal of clinical ethics [J Clin Ethics] 2009 Summer; Vol. 20 (2), pp. 141-9.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9114645 Publication Model: Print Cited

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Nectar intake of white-bellied sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala): can meal size be inferred from feeding duration?

  • Authors : Köhler A; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. ; Verburgt L

Subjects: Eating/Eating/Eating/*physiology ; Feeding Behavior/Feeding Behavior/Feeding Behavior/*physiology ; Passeriformes/Passeriformes/Passeriformes/*physiology

  • Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2008 Sep-Oct; Vol. 81 (5), pp. 682-7.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model: Print Cited

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Genetic Afterlives: Black Jewish Indigeneity in South Africa.

Subjects: *LEMBA (South African people); *NONFICTIONGENETIC Afterlives: Black Jewish Indigeneity in South Africa (Book)TAMARKIN, Noah

  • Source: Isis: A Journal of the History of Science in Society. Jun2022, Vol. 113 Issue 2, p465-466. 2p.

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Winning by a neck: tall giraffes avoid competing with shorter browsers.

  • Authors : Cameron EZ; Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. ; du Toit JT

Subjects: Feeding Behavior/Feeding Behavior/Feeding Behavior/*physiology ; Neck/Neck/Neck/*anatomy & histology ; Ruminants/Ruminants/Ruminants/*anatomy & histology

  • Source: The American naturalist [Am Nat] 2007 Jan; Vol. 169 (1), pp. 130-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Dec 04.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984688R Publication Model:

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Phylogenetic relatedness limits co-occurrence at fine spatial scales: evidence from the schoenoid sedges (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae) of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa.

  • Authors : Slingsby JA; Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, 7701 Rondebosch, South Africa. ; Verboom GA

Subjects: Ecosystem* ; Phylogeny*; Cyperaceae/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceae/*genetics

  • Source: The American naturalist [Am Nat] 2006 Jul; Vol. 168 (1), pp. 14-27. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 May 19.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984688R Publication Model:

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