A stereological comparison of villous and microvillous surfaces in small intestines of frugivorous and entomophagous bats: Species, inter-individual and craniocaudal differences

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2415-2423

  Makanya, A N ^a,b   Maina, J N ^b   Mayhew, T M ^c   Tschanz, S A ^a   Burri, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bats; Craniocaudal variations; Entomophagous; Epomophorus wahlbergi; Frugivorous; Intestine; Lisonycteris angolensis; Microvilli; Miniopterus inflatus; Villi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; SMALL INTESTINE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; DIET; FRUIT; INSECTS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; EPOMOPHORUS WAHLBERGI; INSECTA; MINIOPTERUS INFLATUS;

EID: 0031239550     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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