Reproductive energetics of the nectar-feeding bat Glossophaga soricina (Phyllostomidae)

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

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-85

  Voigt, C C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy intake; Gestation; Glossophaga; Lactation Maximal metabolism

Indexed keywords

GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA;

EID: 0038209787     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-002-0316-6     Document Type: Article

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