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Autor:
Janice G. Mather, O. M. Christensen
Publikováno v:
Pedobiologia. 49:455-465
Summary This study of the terrestrial flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus at Benmore in Scotland focuses upon egg capsule weight and the number/weight of juveniles within the capsule in relation to food resources available at an earthworm-poor site (
Autor:
Janice G. Mather, O. M. Christensen
Publikováno v:
Pedobiologia. 47:371-378
Summary Body weight and egg capsule weight of the terrestrial flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus were examined in Benmore Botanic Garden and adjacent pastureland, these respective areas being poor and rich in earthworm species. Flatworms and egg cap
Autor:
O. M. Christensen, Janice G. Mather
Publikováno v:
Pedobiologia. 45:535-549
Summary In a 1-year laboratory study of the New Zealand flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus, individual growth, degrowth and regrowth were manipulated via the feeding regime, with the compost worm Eisenia fetida as prey. A mean growth rate of 25 mg l
Autor:
Janice G. Mather, O. M. Christensen
Publikováno v:
Annals of Applied Biology. 129:171-179
Summary. Morphometric data and general observations of habitat conditions, feeding behaviour and reproductive biology are presented for the land planarian Australoplana sanguinea var. alba, based upon a population established at a garden centre in Al
Autor:
O. M. Christensen, Janice G. Mather
Publikováno v:
Annals of Applied Biology. 126:563-570
SUMMARY Movement rates for the surface activity of the New Zealand flatworm Artioposthia triangulata (Dendy) (Tricladida: Terricola) were estimated under semi-field conditions in the Faroe Islands. The distance travelled during 10 consecutive 1-minut
THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF THREE SYMPATRIC MUSSEL SPECIES (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) IN BUDWORTH MERE, CHESHIRE
Publikováno v:
Journal of Molluscan Studies. 48:266-274
Autor:
Janice G. Mather, R. Robin Baker
Publikováno v:
Animal Behaviour. 30:543-548
Many animals are now known to have a magnetic sense which they use when moving from one place to another. Among insects, this sense has only been studied in any detail in the honey bee. A role for a magnetic compass sense in cross-country migration h
Autor:
R. Robin Baker, Janice G. Mather
Publikováno v:
Nature. 291:152-155
Orientation to the Earth's magnetic field has been shown for bacteria, planarians, molluscs, insects, elasmobranch fish, salamanders and birds1,2. Recent work indicates that humans may also have a magnetic sense of direction3,4. We present here the f
Autor:
Janice G. Mather
Publikováno v:
Mammal Review. 11:41-51
The wheel-running activity of caged mammals has been misinterpreted for many years as a measure of ‘general activity’. A review of the literature and recent experimental evidence suggests that this behaviour has a far more specific function for t
Autor:
Janice G. Mather, Ole Christensen
Publikováno v:
Pedobiologia. 32:399-406