Diet and the evolution of digestion and renal function in phyllostomid bats

Zoology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-73

  Schondube, Jorge E ^a   Herrera M, L Gerardo ^b   Martínez Del Rio, Carlos ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bats; Comparative method; Diet; Digestive and renal function; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044527999     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00007     Document Type: Article

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