Publications

field energetics and the estimation of pollen and nectar intake in the marsupial honey possum, tarsipes rostratus, in heathland habitats of south-western australia.	a method is described, based on the simultaneous turnover of both stable (18o) and radioactive isotopes (3h and 22na), whereby the daily nectar and pollen intake of free-ranging marsupial honey possums (tarsipes rostratus) may be estimated. the field metabolic rate is measured using doubly labelled water and nectar intake is estimated independently from the measured water and sodium fluxes. the method assumes that free-water intake is negligible (but may be accounted for if not the case), that v ...	1999	10633562
measurement of the rate of protein turnover and synthesis in the marsupial honey possum (tarsipes rostratus).	rates of protein turnover and synthesis were measured in wild-caught honey possums (tarsipes rostratus) in the southwest of western australia and compared between males and females with and without pouch young. possums were injected with 50 microg of (15)n-glycine and ammonia collected within 24 h was used as the nitrogen end-product in a single-injection protocol. the overall mean rate of protein synthesis measured was 7.7+/-0.5 g kg(-0.75) day(-1), which falls within the range of values report ...	2009	18797879