Fruit bats (pteropodidae) fuel their metabolism rapidly and directly with exogenous sugars

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2693-2699

  Amitai, O ^a   Holtze, S ^b   Barkan, S ^c   Amichai, E ^c   Korine, C ^a,d   Pinshow, B ^a   Voigt, C C ^e  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Flight; Metabolic rate; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXHALATION; FLYING; FRUIT; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXHALATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FRUIT; GLUCOSE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REST; SUCROSE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 77954846766     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043505     Document Type: Article

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