The vast number of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) produced by higher plants has
generated many efforts to exploit their potential for pest control. We performed a systematic …

Rodents from arid and semi-arid habitats live under conditions where the spatial and
temporal availability of free water is limited, or scarce, thus forcing these rodents to deal with …

Ingestion of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) presents a physiological and behavioral
challenge for mammalian herbivores. Herbivores must not only detoxify PSMs, but they may …

Introduction: Degus are commonly used as laboratory animals; however, over the past few
years, they have become increasingly popular as pets. Objectives: The aim of this article …

The environmental modification of an organism's physiology in the field is often
hypothesized to be responsible for allowing an organism to adjust to changing biotic and …

This study examined the effects of photoperiod (long day [16 Light: 8 Dark] and short day [8
Light: 16 Dark]), temperature (cold [5° C] and warm [23° C]), and diet quality (high-fiber diet …

Food quality and availability play an important role in an animal's life history. The aim of this
study was to examine the effect of diet quality [high-fiber diet (HF) or low-fiber diet (LF)] on …

摘要为了研究光周期和高脂食物对小型哺乳动物能量代谢和产热的影响, 将成年雌性布氏田鼠(
Lasiopodomys brandtii) 分别驯化于长光照低脂, 高脂食物和短光照低脂, 高脂食物, 7 …

Animals must match their foraging and digestion to seasonal changes in availability and
quality of food. When these parameters decline, the animal's performance limits for …

The aim of this study was to determine feeding habitats of capybaras in the ESEC-Taim (RS,
Brazil), using microhistological analyses of feces. Data were analyzed seasonally. In 172 …