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Small nutrient molecules in fruit fuel efficient digestion and mutualism with plants in frugivorous bats
Frugivorous bats often possess short intestines, and digest rapidly. These characters are thought to be weight-saving adaptations for flight. The hypothesis that they limit digestive efficiency was tested by assaying glucose and protein in fecal samples of a free-ranging bat, and in fruit of its mai...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6920426/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31852966 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55915-z |