Effect of diet quality on carbon and nitrogen turnover and isotopic discrimination in blood of a New World nectarivorous bat

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 541-548

  Mirón M , L Leticia ^a   Herrera M , L Gerardo ^a   Ramírez P , Nicte ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood; Carbon 13; Fractionation; Glossophaga soricina; Nectarivorous bat; Nitrogen 15; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; DIET; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; MALE; METABOLISM; MILK; PLANT SEED;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHIROPTERA; DIET; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; MALE; MILK; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEEDS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; CHOERONYCTERIS; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33644624793     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02016     Document Type: Article

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