The influence of ambient temperature and the energy and protein content of food on nitrogenous excretion in the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 957-964

  Korine, Carmi ^a   Vatnick, Itzick ^b   Van Tets, Ian G ^a,c   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SUCROSE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; AMMONIA; BAT; DIET; ENERGY BUDGET; EXCRETION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EGYPT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHIROPTERA; DIETARY PROTEINS; EGYPT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; NITROGEN; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE;

GLYCINE MAX; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748780093     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506004     Document Type: Article

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