Sugars are complementary resources to ethanol in foods consumed by Egyptian fruit bats

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1475-1481

  Sánchez, Francisco ^a,b   Kotler, Burt P ^a   Korine, Carmi ^a   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS APLICADAS Y AMBIENTALES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Fructose; Frugivory; Glucose; Marginal value of food; Sucrose; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BAT; BREATH ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRUIT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BREATH TESTS; CHIROPTERA; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHANOL; FRUIT;

EID: 46849116884     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.013268     Document Type: Article

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