Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Nicolson, SW
BSc(Hons),(Auck), PhD(Camb) - Professor and Head
NRF Rating: B2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3233
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: swnicolson@zoology.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
The ecology, ethology, physiology and evolution of African animals; Behavioural, physiological and evolutionary ecology; and Antarctic biology
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Nicolson SW: 2006. Water management in nectar-feeding birds. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory integrative and Comparative Physiology, 291, pp 828-829.
Johnson SA, Abratt VR, Jackson S, Wolfaardt GM, Cordero-Otero R, Nicolson SW: 2006. Xylose utilization and short-chain fatty acid production by selected components of the intestinal microflora of a rodent pollinator (Aethomys namaquensis). Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 176, pp 631-641.
Köhler A, Verburgt L, Nicolson SW: 2006. Short-term energy regulation of whitebellied sunbirds (Nectarinia talatala): effects of food concentration on feeding frequency and duration. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209, pp 2880-2887.
Fleming PA, Hofmeyr S, Nicolson SW, du Toit JT: 2006. Are giraffes pollinators or flower predators of Acacia nigrescens in Kruger National Park, South Africa?. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22, pp 247-253.
Human H, Nicolson SW, Dietemann V: 2006. Do honeybees, Apis mellifera scutellata, regulate humidity in their nest?. Naturwissenschaften, 93, pp 397-401.
Warren M, McGeoch MA, Nicolson SW, Chown SL: 2006. Body size patterns in Drosophila inhabiting a mesocosm: interactive effects of spatial variation in temperature and abundance. Oecologia, 149, pp 245-255.
Johnson SA, Johnson SA, Nicolson SW, Jackson S: 2006. Nectar xylose metabolism in a rodent pollinator (Aethomys namaquensis): defining the role of gastrointestinal microflora using 14C-labeled xylose. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 79 (1), pp 159-168.
Human H, Nicolson SW: 2006. Nutritional content of fresh, bee-collected and stored pollen ofAloe greatheadii var.davyana (Asphodelaceae). Phytochemistry, 67, pp 1486-1492.
Nepi M, Human H, Nicolson SW, Cresti L, Pacini E: 2006. Nectary structure and nectar presentation in Aloe castanea and A. greatheadii var. davyana (Asphodelaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 257, pp 45-55.
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