The cost of digestion in the fish-eating myotis (Myotis vivesi)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1180-1187

  Welch, Kenneth C ^a   Otalora Ardila, Aida ^b   Gerardo Herrera M , L ^b   Flores Martinez, Jose Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bat; Metabolic cost; Oxygen consumption; Specific dynamic action

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BAT; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 84946041485     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.115964     Document Type: Article

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