The possible roles of ethanol in the relationship between plants and frugivores: First experiments with Egyptian fruit bats

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 290-294

  Sánchez, Francisco ^a   Korine, Carmi ^a   Pinshow, Berry ^a   Dudley, Robert ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIBEUS; FUNGI; ROUSETTUS; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4944258489     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/44.4.290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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