Salivary pH and buffering capacity in frugivorous and insectivorous bats

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1210-1219

  Dumont, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffering; Chiroptera; Dietary habits; pH; Saliva

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MOLOSSIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PTEROPODIDAE; RHINOLOPHIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0343748132     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383064     Document Type: Article

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