Effects of ethanol on food consumption and skin temperature in the egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 432-440

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

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS APLICADAS Y AMBIENTALES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL; BAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ISRAEL; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; ETHANOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ISRAEL; MALE; SEASONS; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

MAMMALIA; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS;

EID: 80051768891     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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