Dietary sugar as a direct fuel for flight in the nectarivorous bat Glossophaga soricina

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-316

  Welch Jr , Kenneth C ^a,c   Herrera M , L Gerardo ^b   Suarez, Raul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Carbohydrate; Energetics; Fatty acid; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; EXHALATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SUGAR INTAKE;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHIROPTERA; DIETARY SUCROSE; EXHALATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ISOTOPE LABELING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ANNA; CALYPTE ANNA; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; MAMMALIA; SELASPHORUS RUFUS; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40449124786     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.012252     Document Type: Article

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