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The effect of acquired microbial enzymes on assimilation efficiency in the common woodlouse, Tracheoniscus rathkei
(Springer-Verlag, 1986-06)
The digestive tract of the common woodlouse, Tracheoniscus rathkei Brandt (Isopoda: Oniscoidea), contains digestive enzymes active against α-1,4-glucans, which are the chief storage polysaccharides of vascular plants, ...
Cellulose digestion in Monochamus marmorator Kby. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): Role of acquired fungal enzymes
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1986-05)
Larvae of the balsam fir sawyer, Monochamus marmorator Kby. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), contain midgut digestive enzymes active against hemicellulose and cellulose. Cellulases from larvae fed on balsam fir wood infected ...
The terrestrial vegetation and flora of the mainland portion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Benzie and Leelanau counties, Michigan
(Douglas Lake [Mich.]: University of Michigan Biological Station, 1986-11-01)
Ostracism and indirect reciprocity: The reproductive significance of humor
(Elsevier, 1986)
Humor is hypothesized to be a social activity that alters the status of the humorist positively and that of the object or victim negatively. Of the two traditionally distinguished classes of humor, "ostracizing" humor ...
Biology and law
(Elsevier, 1986)
The terms "biology" and "biological" are widely used in ways that confuse and denigrate possible contributions of biologists to human self-understanding. As with social scientists, biologists deal with learning, developmental ...
The transformation of Saperda calcarata (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) into a cellulose digester through the inclusion of fungal enzymes in its diet
(Springer-Verlag, 1986-12)
The larvae of the aspen borer, Saperda calcarata , which feed on the inner bark and sapwood of living aspen stems, are unable to digest cellulose. However, they can be transformed into cellulose digesters by adding the ...