.... We conclude that some, but not all, sugars act on both peripheral and central elements of the gustatory system to mask the taste of noxious compounds. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 26 12 2011 © 2012. 2012 taste mixture suppression herbivore...

...Adam J. Munn; Terence J. Dawson SUMMARY Using red kangaroos Macropus rufus Desmarest, a large (>20 kg)marsupial herbivore, we compared the digestive capabilities of juveniles with those of mature, non-lactating females on high-quality forage (chopped lucerne Medicago sativa hay) of 43±1% neutral...

...Monika Hilker; Carsten Kobs; Martti Varama; Kai Schrank SUMMARY Plant volatiles released in response to feeding insects are known to attract enemies of the feeding herbivores. In this study, egg deposition by a herbivorous insect was shown to induce a gymnosperm plant to emit volatiles that attract...

...E. Titus; G. A. Ahearn ABSTRACT Purified basolateral membrane vesicles were prepared from the intestinal epithelium of the tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus , a herbivorous teleost. Characteristics of volatile fatty acid (VFA) transport were investigated using [ 3 H]acetate as a representative anion...