Seasonal intake responses in the nectar-feeding bat Glossophaga soricina

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

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 553-562

  Ayala Berdon, Jorge ^a   Schondube, Jorge E ^a   Stoner, Kathryn E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Digestive capacity; Energy intake; Metabolic demands; Nectar feeding bats; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BAT; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA;

EID: 67849100900     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0335-z     Document Type: Article

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