Sucrose hydrolysis does not limit food intake by Pallas's long-tongued bats

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-124

  Herrera M, L Gerardo ^a   Mancina G, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y SISTEMÁTICA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD LIMITATION; HYDROLYSIS; NECTAR; SUCROSE;

CHOERONYCTERIS; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA;

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROLYSIS; SUCROSE;

EID: 38749151596     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522904     Document Type: Article

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