The intake responses of three species of leaf-nosed Neotropical bats

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-485

  Ayala Berdon, Jorge ^a   Schondube, Jorge E ^a   Stoner, Kathryn E ^a   Rodriguez Peña, Nelly ^a   Del Río, Carlos Martínez ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Digestive modeling; Intake response; Nectar; Sucrose hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE;

EID: 42249085254     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0240-x     Document Type: Article

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