Comparative analysis of the digestive efficiency and nitrogen and energy requirements of the phyllostomid fruit-bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) and the pteropodid fruit-bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Delorme, M ^a   Thomas, D W ^b,c  

^a 4777 Ave Pierre De Coubertin ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Musee du Seminaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BAT; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CHIROPTERA; DIGESTION; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; MALE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033103318     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050202     Document Type: Article

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