Scientific Papers

Melanie Schären, Kerstin Kiri, Susanne Riede, Mark Gardener, Ulrich Meyer, Jürgen Hummel, Tim Urich, Gerhard Breves and Sven Dänicke. 2017. Alterations in the Rumen Liquid-, Particle- and Epithelium-Associated Microbiota of Dairy Cows during the Transition from a Silage- and Concentrate-Based Ration to Pasture in Spring. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8 | Article 744.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00744.

M. Schären, C. Drong, K. Kiri, S. Riede, M. Gardener, U. Meyer, J. Hummel, T. Urich, G. Breves, and S. Dänicke 2017. Differential effects of monensin and a blend of essential oils on rumen microbiota composition of transition dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 100, 2765-2783. [pdf 1200k]

Elnagdy S., Majerus M.E.N., Gardener M., and Lawson Handley L-J. 2013. The direct effects of male killer infection on fitness of ladybird hosts (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, 1816-1825. [pdf 300k]

Mark C. Gardener and Curtis C. Daehler, 2006. Documenting floral visitors to rare Hawaiian plants using automated video recordings. Pacific Conservation Biology 12, 189 – 194.

Kaczorowski R.L., Gardener M.C., and Holtsford T.P. 2005. Nectar traits in Nicotiana section Alatae (Solanaceae) in relation to floral traits, pollinators, and mating system. American Journal of Botany, 92, 1270-1283. [pdf 800k]

Rudgers, J. A. & Gardener, M. C. 2004. Extrafloral nectar as a resource mediating multispecies interactions. Ecology, 85, 1495-1502. [pdf 90k]

Gardener, M. C., Rowe, R. J. & Gillman, M. P. 2003. Tropical bees (Trigona hockingsi) show no preference for nectar with amino acids. Biotropica, 35, 119-125. [pdf 275k]

Gardener, M. C. & Gillman, M. P. 2002. The taste of nectar – a neglected area of pollination ecology. Oikos, 98, 552-557. [pdf 150k]

Gardener, M. C. & Gillman, M. P. 2001. Analyzing variability in nectar amino acids: composition is significantly less variable than concentration. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 27, 2545-2558. [pdf 245k]

Gardener, M. C. & Gillman, M. P. 2001. The effects of soil fertilizer on amino acids in the floral nectar of corncockle, Agrostemma githago L. (Caryophyllaceae). Oikos, 92, 101-106. [pdf 200k]

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