Nectar-feeding bats fuel their high metabolism directly with exogenous carbohydrates

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 913-921

  Voigt, C C ^a   Speakman, J R ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breath; Exhaled CO2; Glossophaga soricina; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BAT; CARBOHYDRATE; DIET; METABOLISM; NECTAR; NECTARIVORY;

ANIMALIA; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548384453     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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