… SJ Simpson, Department of Zoology and University Museum of Natural History, University
of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK. E-mail: [email protected]; D Raubenheimer…

Publisher Summary This chapter updates former reviews on locust polyphenism and also
discusses recent findings. Over 200 articles were published in scientific journals on various …

In terms of their nutritional composition, phytophagous insects are clearly not what they eat.
Despite having evolved the morphological, physiological, and behavioral means to ensure …

Recent models from theoretical physics have predicted that mass-migrating animal groups
may share group-level properties, irrespective of the type of animals in the group. One key …

… Stephen Simpson and David Raubenheimer provide a comprehensive theoretical approach
… Simpson and Raubenheimer explain how these effects translate into the collective behavior …

Modest dietary restriction (DR) prolongs life in a wide range of organisms, spanning single-celled
yeast to mammals. Here, we report the use of recent techniques in nutrition research to …

The fundamental questions of what represents a macronutritionally balanced diet and how
this maintains health and longevity remain unanswered. Here, the Geometric Framework, a …

… impact on ecological communities, particularly through dialogue with other foci of integration
within population, community and ecosystems ecology (SJ Simpson et al., under review). …

There is growing evidence that, rather than maximizing energy intake subject to constraints,
many animals attempt to regulate intake of multiple nutrients independently. In the complex …

… SJ SIMPSON and … amino acids and sugars, by those same nutrients in the blood (Simpson
al. 1991; Simpson & Simpson 1992). The taste receptors act as differential detectors, their …