Seasonal sebaceous patch in the nectar-feeding bats Leptonycteris curasoae and L. yerbabuenae (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae): phenological, histological, and preliminary chemical characterization

Zoology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 363-376

  Nassar, Jafet M ^a   Salazar, M Víctor ^a   Quintero, Alberto ^a   Stoner, Kathryn E ^b   Gómez, Matilde ^a   Cabrera, Aivlé ^c   Jaffé, Klaus ^c  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chemical signal; Chiroptera; Odor; Olfactory communication; Sebaceous glands

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; GLOSSOPHAGINAE; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; LEPTONYCTERIS YERBABUENAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 46749112165     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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