A physiological perspective on nectar-feeding adaptation in phyllostomid bats

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 458-466

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ADAPTATION; BAT; BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SUCROSE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOLOGY; MEXICO; NECTAR; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT NECTAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE;

ANIMALIA; CHOERONYCTERIS MEXICANA; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; LEPTONYCTERIS YERBABUENAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 80052752620     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661541     Document Type: Article

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