Relationships between renal morphology and diet in 26 species of new world bats (suborder microchiroptera)

Zoology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-207

  Casotti, Giovanni ^a   Gerardo Herrera M , L ^b   Flores M , José J ^b   Mancina, Carlos A ^c   Braun, Eldon J ^d  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y SISTEMÁTICA   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Kidney; Medulla; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EMBALLONURIDAE; INSECTA; MICROCHIROPTERA; MORMOOPIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33746016656     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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