Publications: McWhorter, Todd
2013
Purchase, C., Napier, K.R., Nicolson, S.W., McWhorter, T.J. and Fleming, P.A. (2013) Gastrointestinal and renal responses to variable water intake in whitebellied sunbirds and New Holland honeyeaters. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216 (9). pp. 1537-1545.
2012
Napier, K.R., McWhorter, T.J. and Fleming, P.A. (2012) A comparison of pharmacokinetic methods for in vivo studies of nonmediated glucose absorption. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 85 (2). pp. 200-208.
2011
Köhler, A., Verburgt, L., Fleming, P.A., McWhorter, T.J. and Nicolson, S.W. (2011) Interruptions in nectar availability: responses of White-bellied Sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala) and Brown Honeyeaters (Lichmera indistincta). Emu, 111 (3). pp. 252-258.
2009
Iglesias, S., Tracy, C.R., Bedford, G.S., McWhorter, T.J. and Christian, K.A. (2009) Seasonal effects on intestinal enzyme activity in the Australian agamid lizard, Lophognathus temporalis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 153 (1). pp. 89-94.
McWhorter, T.J., Caviedes-Vidal, E. and Karasov, W.H. (2009) The integration of digestion and osmoregulation in the avian gut. Biological Reviews, 84 (4). pp. 533-565.
von Dietze, E., Napier, K.R., McWhorter, T.J. and Fleming, P.A. (2009) A welfare approach for captive wild birds. In: Australian & New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research & Teaching (ANZCCART) (2009), 28 - 30 July, Port Douglas, Queensland.
2008
Napier, K.R., McWhorter, T.J. and Fleming, P.A. (2008) Mechanism and rate of glucose absorption differ between an Australian honeyeater (Meliphagidae) and a lorikeet (Loriidae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 211 (22). pp. 3544-3553.
Fleming, P.A., Xie, S., Napier, K., McWhorter, T.J. and Nicolson, S.W. (2008) Nectar concentration affects sugar preferences in two Australian honeyeaters and a lorikeet. Functional Ecology, 22 (4). pp. 599-605.
Napier, K.R., Purchase, C., McWhorter, T.J., Nicolson, S.W. and Fleming, P.A. (2008) The sweet life: diet sugar concentration influences paracellular glucose absorption. Biology Letters, 4 (5). pp. 530-533.
2007
McWhorter, T.J. and Karasov, W.H. (2007) Paracellular nutrient absorption in a gum-feeding new world primate, the common marmoset Callithrix jacchus. American Journal of Primatology, 69 (12). pp. 1399-1411.
Caviedes-Vidal, E., McWhorter, T.J., Lavin, S.R., Chediack, J.G., Tracy, C.R. and Karasov, W.H. (2007) The digestive adaptation of flying vertebrates: High intestinal paracellular absorption compensates for smaller guts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (48). pp. 19132-19137.
Tracy, C.R., McWhorter, T.J., Korine, C., Wojciechowski, M.S., Pinshow, B. and Karasov, W.H. (2007) Absorption of sugars in the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus): a paradox explained. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210 (10). pp. 1726-1734.
Lavin, S.R., McWhorter, T.J. and Karasov, W.H. (2007) Mechanistic bases for differences in passive absorption. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210 (15). pp. 2754-2764.
