Comparative analysis of the digestive efficiency and nitrogen and energy requirements of the phyllostomid fruit-bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) and the pteropodid fruit-bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Journal of Comparative Physiology □ B

• Publication date

  1999-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s003600050202PMID 10227185
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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