High activity enables life on a high-sugar diet: Blood glucose regulation in nectar-feeding bats

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1724, 2011, Pages 3490-3496

  Kelm, Detlev H ^a   Simon, Ralph ^b   Kuhlow, Doreen ^c   Voigt, Christian C ^a   Ristow, Michael ^c,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Glycated haemoglobin; HbA1c; Hyperglycaemia; Nectarivory; Plant pollinator coevolution

Indexed keywords

BAT; BLOOD; COEVOLUTION; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METABOLISM; NECTAR; NECTARIVORY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SUGAR;

GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80054890085     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0465     Document Type: Article

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