Changes in milk composition of the Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus (Pteropodidae), during lactation

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-59

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

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Fruit bat; Lactation; Milk composition; Rousettus aegyptiacus

Indexed keywords

PTEROPODIDAE; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS;

EID: 0002634679     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383207     Document Type: Article

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