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:
Johnson SD, Nicolson SW: 2008. Evolutionary associations between nectar properties and specificity in bird pollination systems. Biology Letters, 4, pp 49-52.
Napier KR, Purchase C, McWhorter TJ, Nicolson SW, Fleming PA: 2008. The sweet life: diet sugar concentration influences paracellular glucose absorption. Biology Letters, 4, pp 530-533.
Nicolson SW, Human SW: 2008. Bees get a head start on honey production. Biology Letters, 4, pp 299-301, Full Text
Fleming PA, Xie S, Napier KR, McWhorter TJ, Nicolson SW: 2008. Nectar concentration affects sugar preferences in two Australian honeyeaters and a lorikeet. Functional Ecology, 22, pp 599-605, Full Text
Human SW, Nicolson SW: 2008. Flower structure and nectar availability in Aloe greatheadii var. davyana: an evaluation of a winter nectar source for honeybees. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 169 (2), pp 263-269, Full Text
Köhler A, Verburgt L, Fleming PA, Nicolson SW: 2008. Changes in nectar concentration: how quickly do whitebellied sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala) adjust feeding patterns and food intake?. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 178, pp 785-793.
Ellis M, Nicolson SW, Crewe RM, Dietemann V: 2008. Hygropreference and brood care in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Journal of Insect Physiology, 54, pp 1516-1521, Full Text
Symes CT, Nicolson SW, McKechnie AE: 2008. Response of avian nectarivores to the flowering of Aloe marlothii: a nectar oasis during dry South African winters. Journal of Ornithology , 149, pp 13-22, Full Text
Köhler A, Verburgt L, Nicolson SW: 2008. Nectar intake of white-bellied sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala): can meal size be inferred from feeding duration?. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 81 (5), pp 682-687, Full Text
Roxburgh L, Roxburgh L, Nicolson SW: 2008. Differential dispersal and survival of an African mistletoe: does host size matter?. Plant Ecology, 195, pp 21-31.
Symes CT, Nicolson SW: 2008. Production of copious dilute nectar in the bird-pollinated African succulent Aloe marlothii (Asphodelaceae). South African Journal of Botany, 74, pp 598-605.
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