Preliminary observations on the Renal adaptations of bats roosting in hot caves in Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 272-274

  Rivera Marchand, B ^a   Rodriguez Duran, A ^a  

^a Interamerican University   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; OSMOREGULATION;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0035652033     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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11. Skull morphology and diet of Antillean bat species
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