Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Nicolson, SW
BSc(Hons), PhD - Professor and Head
NRF Rating: B3
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:
Fleming PA, Nicolson SW: 2003. Arthropod fauna of mammal-pollinated Protea humiflora: Ants as an attractant for insectivore pollinators?. African Entomology, 11 (1), pp 9-14.
Nicolson SW, Fleming PA: 2003. Energy balance in the White-bellied sunbird, Nectarinia talatala: Constraints on compensatory feeding, and consumption of supplementary water. Functional Ecology, 17, pp 3-9.
Lotz CN, Martinez del Rio C, Nicolson SW: 2003. Hummingbirds pay a high cost for a warm drink. Journal of Comparative Physiology, 173, pp 455-462.
Fleming PA, Nicolson SW: 2003. Osmoregulation in an avian nectarivore, the whitebellied sunbird Nectarinia talatala: Response to extremes of diet concentration. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, pp 1845-1854.
Wiehart UIM, Nicolson SW, Van Kerkhove E: 2003. K+ transport in Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor L.: A study of electrochemical gradients and basal K+ uptake mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, pp 949-957.
Wiehart UIM, Klein G, Steels P, Nicolson SW, Van Kerkhove E: 2003. K+ transport in Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor L.: Is a KATP channel involved?. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, pp 959-965.
Human H, Nicolson SW: 2003. Digestion of maize and sunflower pollen by the spotted maize beetle Astylus atromaculatus (Melyridae): Is there a role for osmotic shock?. Journal of Insect Physiology, 49, pp 633-643.
Wiehart UIM, Nicolson SW, Van Kerkhove E: 2003. The effects of endogenous diuretic and antidiuretic peptides and their second messengers in the malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor: An electrophysiological study. Journal of Insect Physiology, 49, pp 955-965.
Eigenheer RA, Wiehart UIM, Nicolson SW, Schoofs L, Schegg KM, Hull JJ, Schooley DA: 2003. Isolation, identification and localization of a second beetle antidiuretic peptide. Peptides, 24, pp 27-34.
Fleming PA, Nicolson SW: 2003. Nectar as food for birds: The physiological consequences of drinking dilute sugar solutions. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 238, pp 139-153.
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