Seasonal adiposity, correlative changes in metabolic factors and unique reproductive activity in a vespertilionid bat, Scotophilus heathi

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-110

  Srivastava, Raj Kamal ^a   Krishna, Amitabh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCOTOPHILUS HEATHI; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; PLASMA PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSECT; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; INSECTS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; THYROID HORMONES; UREA;

EID: 58149121192     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.440     Document Type: Article

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