The effects of reproductive state on digestive efficiency in three sympatric bat species of the same guild

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 386-390

  Becker, Nina I ^a,b   Encarnação, Jorge A ^b   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,c   Tschapka, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Alimentary tract; Apparent MEC; Bats; Calorimetry; Digestion; Energy demand; Food processing; Gleaner; Reproductive status; RMR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; CALORIMETRY; DIGESTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY RESOURCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LAURASIATHERIA; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI; MYOTIS NATTERERI; NONHUMAN; PLECOTUS AURITUS; REPRODUCTION; RESPIROMETRY; RESTING METABOLIC RATE;

ANIMALIA; MYOTIS NATTERERI; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

EID: 84861532100     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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