Publications: McWhorter, Todd

Journal Article

Napier, K.R., Mather, S.H., McWhorter, T.J. and Fleming, P.A.ORCID: 0000-0002-0626-3851 (2014) Do bird species richness and community structure vary with mistletoe flowering and fruiting in Western Australia? Emu, 114 (1). pp. 13-22.

Napier, K.R., Fleming, P.A.ORCID: 0000-0002-0626-3851 and McWhorter, T.J. (2014) Mistletoebirds and xylose: Australian frugivores differ in their handling of dietary sugars. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 87 (3). pp. 445-455.

Purchase, C., Napier, K.R., Nicolson, S.W., McWhorter, T.J. and Fleming, P.A.ORCID: 0000-0002-0626-3851 (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.

Napier, K.R., McWhorter, T.J., Nicolson, S.W. and Fleming, P.A.ORCID: 0000-0002-0626-3851 (2013) Sugar preferences of avian nectarivores are correlated with intestinal sucrase activity. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 86 (5). pp. 499-514.

Napier, K.R., McWhorter, T.J. and Fleming, P.A.ORCID: 0000-0002-0626-3851 (2012) A comparison of pharmacokinetic methods for in vivo studies of nonmediated glucose absorption. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 85 (2). pp. 200-208.

Köhler, A., Verburgt, L., Fleming, P.A.ORCID: 0000-0002-0626-3851, 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.

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.

Napier, K.R., McWhorter, T.J. and Fleming, P.A.ORCID: 0000-0002-0626-3851 (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.ORCID: 0000-0002-0626-3851, 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.ORCID: 0000-0002-0626-3851 (2008) The sweet life: diet sugar concentration influences paracellular glucose absorption. Biology Letters, 4 (5). pp. 530-533.

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.

Conference Paper

von Dietze, E., Napier, K.R., McWhorter, T.J. and Fleming, P.A.ORCID: 0000-0002-0626-3851 (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