Nutrition or Detoxification: Why Bats Visit Mineral Licks of the Amazonian Rainforest

Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt or mineral licks to consume clay or drink clay-saturated water. Whether this behavior is used to supplement diets with locally limited nutrients or to buffer the effects of toxic secondary plant compounds re...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Voigt, Christian C., Capps, Krista A., Dechmann, Dina K. N., Michener, Robert H., Kunz, Thomas H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18431492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002011

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18431492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002011

Ejemplares similares