Nitrogen and energy balance of the fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus on natural fruit diets

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 618-634

  Korine, Carmi ^a   Arad, Zeev ^a   Arieli, Amichai ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0000717874     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.3.30164219     Document Type: Article

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