Scavenging guilds often have several trophic levels with varying dominance and intra-guild predation, competition, interaction. Apex predators can control subordinate by limiting their numbers affecting behaviour but also supply a continuous food source abandoning carcasses. Camera traps monitored the scavenger guild in Alpe di Catenaia, Tuscan Apennine, for three years to determine intraguild ...

Richard J. S. Baerends,{, Grietje J. Sulter, Thomas W. Jeffries, James M. Cregg and Marten Veenhuis* 1 Eukaryotic Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands 2 Institute for Microbial and Biochemical Technology, Forest Products Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, ...

Ben Distel,* Ralf Erdmann, ¢ Stephen J. Gould, ~ Gtinter Blobel,I Denis I. Crane, I James M. Cregg,** Gabriele Dodt,* Yukio Fujiki, *~ Joel M. Goodman, ~ Wilhelm W. Just, D Jan A.K.W. Kiel, 11 Wolf-Hubert Kunau,* Paul B. Lazarow,*** Guy P. Mannaerts, ~*~ Hugo W. Moser, §~§ Takashi Osumi, Richard A. Rachubinski,11~l Adelbert Roscher,**** Suresh Subramani, **¢* Henk F. Tabak,* Toshiro Tsukamoto,l...

Willem van Zwet was supervisor of sixteen PhD students. All them pursued academic careers and most became full professor. Below are some stories students Wim Albers, Cees Diks, Ronald Does, Marta Fiocco, Sara de Geer, Mathisca Gunst, Chris Klaassen, Hein Putter, Aad der Vaart, Marten Wegkamp Martien Zuijlen with in addition a contribution by Nelly Litvak who guided after her PhD.

The dorsal lingual surfaces of two adult Japanese marten (Martes melampus) were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Filiform, fungiform, vallate and foliate papillae were observed. A small filiform papilla on the apical surface of the tongue had several pointed processes. A small filiform papilla contained the connective tissue core consisting of several small processes. A large fil...