Gut morphology and morphometry in the epauletted wahlberg's fruit bat (Epomophorus Wahlbergi, Sundevall, 1846)

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-89

  Makanya, A N ^a,c   Self, T J ^b   Warui, C N ^c   Mwangi, D K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Epithelium; Fruit bat; Gut; Landmarks; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY WEIGHT; COLON; DIGESTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; COLON; DIGESTION; FEMALE; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

ANIMALIA; EPOMOPHORUS WAHLBERGI;

EID: 0035013811     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.52.2001.1.8     Document Type: Article

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