Efficiency of facultative frugivory in the nectar-feeding bat Glossophaga commissarisi: The quality of fruits as an alternative food source

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

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 985-996

  Kelm, Detlev H ^a   Schaer, Juliane ^b   Ortmann, Sylvia ^a   Wibbelt, Gudrun ^a   Speakman, John R ^c   Voigt, Christian C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digestive efficiency; Frugivory; Glossophaga; Nectarivory; Nutrient analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BAT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; INTESTINES;

GLOSSOPHAGA; GLOSSOPHAGA COMMISSARISI; GLOSSOPHAGINAE; MAMMALIA; PIPER HISPIDUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 54949146798     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0287-3     Document Type: Article

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