Advances in fruit bat nutrition. Dempsey, Janet L., Fowler, Murray E. & Miller, R. Eric, Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine: Current Therapy. 4th ed. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. 1999, i-xxiii, p. 1-747. Chapter pagination: 354-360. ill. ISBN: 0721686648.
NAL call no: SF996 Z66
Descriptors: diet in captivity, dietary formulation, dietary requirements.
Bat salivary proteins segregate according to diet. Dumont, E.R.; Etzel, K.; Hempel, D. Mammalia, 1999, v. 63 (2), p. 159-166. ill. ISSN: 0025-1461.
NAL call no: 410 M31
Descriptors: diet, salivary glands, diet relationships, proteins.
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). Delorme, M.; Thomas, D.W. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic and Environmental Physiology, Mar. 1999, v. 169 (2), p. 123-132. ill. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL call no: QP33 J681
Descriptors: biochemistry, energy intake, energy requirements, dietary requirements.
The diets of bats from southeastern Brazil: The relation to echolocation and foraging behavior. Brock, Fenton M.; Whitaker, J.O. Jr.; Vonhof, M.J.; Waterman, J.M.; Pedro, W.A.; Aguiar, L.M.S.; Baumgarten, J.E.; Bouchard, S.; Faris, D.M.; Portfors, C. V.; Rautenbach, N.I.L.; Scully, W.; Zortea, M. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 1999, v. 16 (4), p. 1081-1085. ref.
NAL call no: QL242 R48
Descriptors: foraging, faeces, prey, diet, feeding behavior.
The effect of food hardness on feeding behavior in frugivorous bats (Phyllostomidae): An experimental study. Dumont, Elizabeth R., Jun.1999, Journal of Zoology, London. v. 248 (2), p. 219-229. ill. ISSN: 0952-8369.
NAL call no: QL1 J68
Descriptors: food hardness effects on feeding behavior, captive study.
Field metabolic rates and water uptake in the blossom bat, Syconycteris austratlis (Megachiroptera). Geiser, F.; Coburn, D.K. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic and Environmental Physiology, Mar. 1999, v. 169 (2), p. 133-138. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL call no: QP33 J681
Descriptors: ambient temperatures, water uptake, field metabolic rate.
Diets of juvenile, yearling, and adult big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in southeastern Alberta. Hamilton, Ian M.; Barclay, Robert M.R., Journal of Mammalogy, Aug. 1998, v. 79 (3), p. 764-771. ill. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: diets, insects, juvenile, yearling, adult.
Diet selection and resource use by flying foxes (genus Pteropus). Banack, A. Ecology, 1998, v. 79 (6), p. 1949-1967. ref.
NAL call no: 410 EC7
Descriptors: fruits, pollinators, seed dispersal, feeding behavior.
Dietary strategies of Old World Fruit Bats (Megachioptera, Pteropodidae): How do they obtain sufficient protein? Courts, S.E. Mammal Review, 1998, v. 28 (4), p. 185-194. ISSN: 0305-1838.
NAL call no: QL700.M24
Descriptors: diets, proteins, foraging behavior.
Food and feeding habits of the fruit-eating bat Carollia perspicillata. Quesnel, Victor C. Living World, 1997-1998, 1998, p. 28-30. ill. ISSN: 1029-3299.
Descriptors: food plants, food handling, nocturnal activity, fruit, light.
The hunting techniques of bats. Garrido- Garcia, Jose Antonio. Quercus, Aug. 1998, v. 150, p. 41-45, ill. ISSN: 0212-0054.
Descriptors: Chiroptera, habitat management, food capture, diet, foraging.
Pollen digestion by New World bats: Effects of processing time and feeding habits. Gerardo, Herrera M.L.; Martinez Del Rio, Carlos. Ecology, (Washington DC), Dec. 1998, v. 79 (8), p. 2828-1838. ill. ISSN: 0012-9658.
NAL call no: 410.EC7
Descriptors: food plants, Chiroptera, enzymes, digestion.
Methods for diet study in insectivorous bats. Kervyn, Thierry. Arvicola Actes “Amiens 97", 1998, p. 53-56. ill. ISSN: 0758-5721.
Language: French.
Descriptors: Chiroptera, literature review, feding analysis techniques, diet analysis methods.
The diets of British bats (Chiroptera). Vaughan, N. Mammal Review, 1997, v. 27 (2), p. 77-94. ISSN: 0305-1838.
NAL call no: QL700.M24
Descriptors: diets, foraging behavior, Chiroptera.
The diets of two high-flying bats from Africa. Rydell, J.; Yalden, D.W. Journal of Zoology, 1997, v. 242 (1), p. 69-76. ISSN: 0952-8369.
NAL call no: QL1 J68
Descriptors: food organisms, morphology, food selection.
The diets of two phonic types pf the bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus in Britain. Barlow, Kate E. Journal of Zoology, London, Nov. 1997, v. 243 (3), p. 597-609. ISSN: 0952-8369.
NAL call no: QL1 J68
Descriptors: dietary difference, habitat use, prey composition.
Temperature regulation and metabolism of an Australian bat, Chalinolobus gouldii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) when euthermic and torpid. Hosken, D.J.; Withers, P.C. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 1997, v. 167 (1), p. 71-80. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL call no: QP33 J681
Descriptors: endothermy, metabolic rate, metabolism, temperature regulation.
Multicentric hyperostosis consistent with fluorosis captive fruit bats (Pteropus giganteus), P. poliocephalus, and Rousettus aegyptiacus). Duncan, Mary; Crawshaw, Graham J.; Mehren, Kay G.; Pritzker, Kenneth P.H.; Mendes, Maria; Smith, Dale A., Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 1996, v. 27 (3), p. 325-338. ISSN: 1042-7260.
NAL call no: SF601 J6
Descriptors: metabolism, nutrition, veterinary medicine, skeletal system.
Bioaccumulation of selected organochlorines in bats and tits: Influence of chemistry and biology. Streit, B.; Winter, S.; Nagel, A. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 1995, v. 2 (4), p. 194-199. ref.
Descriptors: nontarget effects, insecticides, residues.
Feeding habits of grey bats in Kentucky. Lacki, M.J.; Buford, L.S.; Whitaker, J.O. Jr. Journal of Mammalogy, 1995, v. 76 (4), p. 1256-1259. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: food consumption, food organisms, food selection.
Nectarivorous feeding mechanisms in bats. Freeman, P.W. Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 1995, v. 56 (3), p. 439-463. ISSN: 0024-4066.
NAL call no: QH301.B56
Descriptors: Chiroptera, nectivory, feeding behavior, functional morphology.
Prey selection by insectivorous bats: Are essential fatty acids important? Schalk, G.; Brigham, R.M. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1995, v. 73 (10), p. 1855-1859. ref. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: essential fatty acids, prey, body fat, diets, feeding behavior.
Diet, prey selection and foraging behavior of the orange horseshoe-bat (Rhinonycteris auranrius). Churchill, S.K. Wildlife Research, 1994, v. 21 (2), p. 115-130. ref. ISSN: 1035-3712.
NAL call no: S960 W5
Descriptors: diets, feeding behavior, prey, predation.
Differences in the diets of juvenile and adult hoary bats, Lasiurus cinereus. Rolseth, S.L.; Koehler, C.E.; Barclay, R.M.R Journal of Mammalogy, 1994, v. 75 (2), p. 394-398. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: diets, age.
Energetic constraints of folivory: Leaf fractionation by frugivorous bats. Dudley, R.; Vermeij, G.J. Functional Ecology, 1994, v. 8 (5), p. 668. ISSN: 0269-8463.
NAL call no: QH540.F85
Descriptors: food selection, foliage, energetics, fractionation.
Lead concentrations in tissues of fruit bats (Pteropus sp.) In urban and non-urban locations. Hariono, B; Ng, J.; Sutton, R.H., Wildlife Research, 1993, v. 20 (3), p. 315-320. ISSN: 1035-3712.
NAL call no: S960 W5
Descriptors: digestive system, pollution, toxicology, lead.
Feeding behavior of the vampire bats Diaemus youngi and Diphylla ecaudata on smaller birds in captivity. Uieda, W.; Buck, S.; Sazima, I. Cienc. Cult., 1992, v. 44 (6), p. 410-412.
NAL call no: Q33 C5
Descriptors: feeding-behavior, Diaemus youngi, Diphyalla ecaudata.
Nutrition in pregnant big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) feeding on June beetles. Keeler, J.O.; Studier, E.H. Journal of Mammalogy, 1992, v. 73 (2), p. 426-430. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: diets, pregnancy, nutritive value.
The digestive efficiency of insectivorous bats. Barclay, R.M.R.; Dolan, M.A.; Dyck, A. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1991, v. 69 (7), p. 1853-1856. ref.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: nutrition, predation, prey, digestion, biology.
Methylmalonic acid metabolism and nervous-system fatty acids in cobalamin-deficient fruit bats receiving supplements of methionine, valine and isoleucine. Vieira Makings, E.; Chetty, N.; Reavis, S.C.; Metz, J. The Biochemical Journal. Rep. South Africa. 1991, v. 275 (2), p. 585-590. ISSN:0264-6021.
NAL cal no: QP501.B64
Descriptors: fatty acids, cobalamin, metabolism, neuropathy, deficiency.
Both valine and isoleucine supplementation delay the development of neurological impairment in vitamin B12 deficient bats. Vieira, Makings E.; van der Westhuyzen, J.; Metz, J. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 1990, v. 60 (1), p. 41-46. ISSN: 0300-9831.
NAL call no: 389.8 Z33
Descriptors: vitamin B12, diet therapy, blood, metabolism, complications.
Demyelinisation in the spinal cord of vitamin B12 deficient fruit bats. Duffield, M.S.; Phillips, J.I.; Vieira, Makings E.; Van der Westhuyzen, J.; Metz, J. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C: Comparative Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1990, v. 96 (2), p. 291-297. ISSN: 0742-8413.
NAL call no: QP901 C6
Descriptors: physiology, demyelinating diseases, spinal cord diseases.
The diet of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in relation to insect availability in southern Alberta, Canada. Brigham, R.M.; Saunders, M.B. Northwest Science, 1990, v. 64 (1), p. 7-10. ISSN: 0029-344X.
NAL call no: 470.N81
Descriptors: diets, food availability, food selection.
The foraging behavior and ecology of animal eating bats. Fenton, M Brock. Canadian Journal of Zoology, Mar. 1990, v. 68 (3), p. 411. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: foraging behavior, ecology, animal eating bats.
Prey selection by big brown bats, Eptesicus fuscus, and common nighthawks, Chordeiles minor. Brigham, R.Mark. American Midland Naturalist, Jul. 1990, v. 124 (1), p. 73. ISSN: 0003-0031.
NAL call no: 410.M58
Descriptors: prey selection, big grown bats.
Analysis of the diet of the lesser horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros, in the west of Ireland. McAney, C.M.; Fairley, J.S. Journal of Zoology, 1989, v. 217 (3), p. 491-498.
NAL call no: QL1 J68
Descriptors: diets, food organisms, seasonal variation.
The effect of reproductive condition on the foraging behavior of female hoary bats, Lasiurus cinereus. Barclay, R.M.R. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1989, v. 24 (1), p. 31. ISSN: 0304-5443.
NAL call no: QL751.B4
Descriptors: reproductive condition, foraging behavior, female, effect.
Feeding ecology of Tasmanian bat assemblages. O’Neil, M.G.; Taylor, R.J. Australian Journal of Ecology, Mar. 1989, v. 14 (1), p. 19. ISSN: 0307-692X.
NAL call no: QH540.A8
Descriptors: feeding ecology, Tasmanian bat.
Foraging behavior and echolocation of wild horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and R. hipposideros (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae). Jones, G; Rayner, J.M.V. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1989, v. 25 (3), p. 183.
NAL call no: QL751.B4
Descriptors: behavior, sociobiology.
Foraging ecology and audition in echolocating bats. Neuweiler, Gerhard. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Jun. 1989, v. 4 (6), p. 160.
NAL call no: QH540 T74
Descriptors: foraging ecology, audition, echolocating.
Green-leaf fractination by fruit bats: Is this feeding behavior a unique nutritional strategy for herbivores? Lowry, J.B. Australian Wildlife Research, 1989, v. 16 (2), p. 203-206. ref.
NAL call no: S960 W5
Descriptors: feeding behavior.
Head size and the foraging behavior of animal eating bats. Fenton, M. Brock. Canadian Journal of Zoology, Aug. 1989, v. 67 (8), p. 2029. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: head size, foraging behavior, animal eating bats.
Analysis of diets of plant-visiting bats. Thomas, D.W. Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats. Kunz, T.H. (ed.) 1988, p. 211-220. ISBN: 0874745969.
NAL call no: QL737.C5E3
Descriptors: diets, frugivores, food selection, analysis, nectarivores, Chiroptera.
Food habits analysis of insectivorous bats. Whitaker, J.O. Jr.; Kunz, T.H. Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats. 1988, p. 171-189. ref.
NAL call no: QL737.C5E3
Descriptors: techniques, predators, prey, biology, ecology, research.
Methods of nutritional ecology of plant-visiting bats. Herbst, L.H. Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats. Kunz, T.H. (ed.) 1988, p. 233-246. ISBN: 0874745969.
NAL call no: QL737.C5E3
Descriptors: analysis, nectarivores, frugivores, nutrition, Chiroptera.
Feeding behavior and foraging strategies of captive phyllostomid fruit bats, an experimental study. Bonaccorso, F.J.; Gush, T.J. Journal of Animal Ecology, 1987, v. 56 (3), p. 907-920.
NAL call no: 410 J826
Descriptors: feeding behavior, foraging, captive fruit bats.
Foraging behavior and echolocation in the rufous horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus rouxi, of Sri Lanka. Neuweiler, G.; Metzner, W.; Heilmann, U.; Rubsamen, R.; Eckrich, M.; Costa, H.H. Eckrich and H.H. Costa. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Jan. 1987, v. 20 (1), p. 53. ISSN: 0304-5443.
NAL call no: QL751.B4
Descriptors: foraging behavior, echolocation, horseshoe bat.
The fruit bat as an experimental model of the neuropathy of cobalamin deficiency. Metz, J.; van der Westhuyzen, J. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Comparative Physiology, 1987, v. 88 (2), p. 171-177. ISSN: 0300-9629.
NAL call no: QP1.C6
Descriptors: metabolism, disease models, nervous system.
Habitat use by foraging insectivorous bats. Furlonger, C.L.; Dewar, H.J.; Fenton, M.R. Canadian Journal of Zoology, Feb. 1987, v. 65 (2), p. 204. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: foraging, habitat use, insectivorous bats.
A comparison of roosting and foraging behavior of three species of African insectivorous bats, Rhinolophidae, Vespertilionidae, and Molossidae. Fenton, M. Brock; Rautenbach, I.L. Canadian Journal of Zoology, Dec. 1986, v. 64 (12), p. 2860. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: roosting and foraging behavior, comparison.
Dissociation of methionine synthetase (EC 2.1.1.13) activity and impairment of DNA synthesis in fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) with nitrous oxide-induced vitamin B-12 deficiency. Tonder, S.V. van; Ruck, A.; Westhuyzen, J. van der; Fernandes, Costa F.; Metz, J. British Journal of Nutrition, 1986, v. 55 (1), p. 187-192. ref. ISSN: 0007-1145.
NAL call no: 389.8 B773
Descriptors: vitamin B-12 deficiency, DNA, synthesis.
Feeding captive insectivorous bats: Maintenance of food colonies. Barnard, S.M. Animal Keepers Forum, 1986, v. 13 (3), p. 81-87.
NAL call no: QL77.5 A54
Descriptors: captive insectivorous bats, feeding, food colonies.
Fruit intake and energy budgets of frugivorous bats. Thomas, D.W. Physiological Zoology, 1984, v. 57 (4), p. 457-467.
NAL call no: 410 P56
Descriptors: Pteropodidae, energetics, food intake, diets, fruits.
Lipid composition of the brain in the cobalamin inactivated fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiscus. van der Westhuyzen, J.; Gibson, J.E. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 1984, v. 54 (2-3), p. 205-210. ISSN: 0300-9831.
NAL call no: 389.8 Z33
Descriptors: fatty acid metabolism, vitamin B12 deficiency, brain chemistry.
The palatability of reconstituted freeze-dried blood when used as a food supply for vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus). Breidenstein, C.P. Bat Research News, 1984, v. 25 (1), p. 3-5. ISSN: 0005-6227.
NAL call no: QL737.C5 B328
Descriptors: diet in captivity, reconstituted freeze-dried blood, palatability.
Effect of a vitamin B-12 deficient diet on lipid and fatty acid composition of spinal cord myelin in the fruit bat. Westhuyzen, J. van der; Cantrill, R.C.; Fernandes, Costa F.; Metz, J. Journal of Nutrition, 1983, v. 113 (3), p. 531-537. ref. ISSN; 0022-3166.
NAL call no: 389.8.J82
Descriptors: fatty acids, myelin, spinal cord, vitamin B-12 deficiency.
Feeding behavior of the bats Nycteris grandis and Nycteris thebaica (Nycteridae) in captivity. Fenton, M.B.; Gaudet, C.L.; Leonard, M.L. Journal of Zoology, 1983, v. 200 (3), p. 347-354.
NAL call no: QL1 J68
Descriptors: echolocation, predatory behavior, feeding behavior, foraging.
Cobalamin (vitamin B12) analogs are absent in plasma of fruit bats exposed to nitrous oxide. van der Westhuyzen, J.; Fernandez, Costa F.; Metz, J.; Kanazawa, S.; Drivas, G.; Herbert, V., Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1982, v. 171 (1), p. 88-91. ill. ISSN: 0037-9727.
NAL call no: 442.9.S01
Descriptors: cobalamin analogs in plasma, nervous system, liver, gases, neurological changes, nitrous oxide.
Cobalamin inactivation by nitrous oxide produces severe neurological impairment in fruit bats: Protection by methionine and aggravation folates. Westhuyzen, J van der; Fernandes, Costa F.; Metz, J. Life Sciences, UK, 1982, v. 31 (18), p. 2001-2010. ref.
NAL call no: 442.8 L62
Descriptors: vitamin B-12, inactivation, nitrous oxide, methionine, Chiroptera.
Dietary observations on the red, fig-eating bat, Stenoderma pafum, in Puerto Rico. Scogin, R. Aliso, 1982, v. 10 (2), p. 259-261.
NAL call no: 450 AL4
Descriptors: diets, food sources.
Iron balance in the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus. Morton, D; Janning, J.Y. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 1982, v. 73 (3), p. 421-425. ISSN: 0300-9629.
NAL call no: QP1.C6
Descriptors: iron balance, vampire bat.
Survival of captive microchiroptera feeding on prey attracted to artificial lights. 165-171. Illustr. Humphery-Smith, I. in Evans, D.D. (ed.) The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity, Zoological Board of Victoria, Melbourne, 1982, p. 1-188.
Descriptors: techniques, care in captivity, feeding on prey.
Amino acid transmitter receptor binding in synaptic membranes from normal vitamin B12 deficient fruit bats. Brennan, M.J.W.; Cantrill, R.C.; Warner, S.J.C.; van der Westhuyzen, J.; Fernandes, Costa F.; Kramer, S.; Metz, J. Brain Research, 1981, v. 219 (1), p. 186-189. ill. ISSN: 0006-8993.
NAL call no: Film S-1779
Descriptors: nerve regeneration, nerve degeneration, synapses, organic chemicals.
Lipid composition of the brain in the vitamin B-12-deficient fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) with neurological impairment. Westhuyzen, J. van der; Cantrill, R.C.; Fernandes, Costa F.; Metz, J. Journal of Neurochemistry, 1981, v. 37 (3), p. 543-549. ref.
NAL call no: QP351 J6
Descriptors: lipids, brain, vitamin B-12.
Amino acid transmitter transport in nerve endings from normal and vitamin B12 deficient fruit bats. Brennan, M.J.; Cantrill, R.C.; Warner, S.J.; van der Westhuyzen, J.; Fernandes, Costa F.; Kramer, S.; Metz, J. Brain Research, Oct. 27,1980, v. 200 (1), p. 213-215. ISSN: 0006-8993.
NAL call no: Film S-1779
Descriptors: nerves, endings, Amino acids, neurotransmitters, dietary deficiency.
Echolocation and feeding behavior of Taphozous mauritianus (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae). Fenton, M. B.; Bell, G.P.; Thomas, D.W. Canadian Journal of Zoology, Oct. 1980, v. 58 (10), p.1774. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: feeding behavior, echolocation.
Synthesis of DNA as shown by the deoxyuridine suppression test is normal in the vitamin B12 deficient fruit bat (Rosettus Aegyptiacus). Miller, H.; Fernandes, Costa F.; Metz, J. British Journal of Nutrition, 1980, v. 44 (3), p. 229-235. ref. ISSN: 0007-1145.
NAL call no: 398.8.B773
Descriptors: DNA, vitamin B-12.
Utilization of [2-14C] tetrahydroglutamic acid as substrates for folate polyglutamate synthesis in fruit bats. Effect of vitamin B-12-deficiency. Perry, J.; Lumb, M.; Westhuyzen, J. van der; Fernandes, Costa F.; Metz, J.; Chanarin, I. Biochemica-et-Biophysica- Acta, 1980, v. 629 (3), p. 566-576. ref.
Descriptors: folic acid, vitamin B-12.
Echolocation and feeding behavior of four species of Myotis (Chiroptera). Fenton, M. Brock; Bell, Gary P. Canadian Journal of Zoology, Jun. 1979, v. 57 (6), p. 1271. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: feeding behavior, echolocation, four species, Myotis.
Transcobalamins during induction of nutritional cobalamin deficiency in the fruit bat. Green, R.; Myers, P.; Jacobsen, D.; Zagalak, B. (ed.); Friedrich, W. (ed.). Vitamin B-12, 1979, p. 867-872. ref. Walter de Gruyter & Co. Berlin, Germany.
Descriptors: transcobalamins, cobalamins.
Diets for Chiroptera. Rasweiler, J.J. IV. Pp. 493-533 in CRC Handbook Series in Nutrition and Food, Section G: Diets, Culture, Media and Food Supplements. M. Rechcigl, Jr. (ed.) New York, Academic Press, 1977.
Descriptors: diets, Chiroptera.
An experimental analysis of the food location behavior of frugivorous bats. Sawyer, William B.; Fleming, Theodore H.; Heithaus, E. Raymond. Ecology, 1977, v. 58 (3), p. 619. ISSN: 0012-9658.
NAL call no: 410.EC7
Descriptors: food location, analysis, behavior,
The feeding pattern of the fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, in captivity. van der Westhuyzen, J. South African Journal of Medical Science, v. 41 (4), p. 271-278. 1976.
Descriptors: feeding pattern, fruit bat, captivity.
Neurological changes in fruit bats deficient in Vitamin B12. Green, R.; van Tonder, S.V.; Oettle, J.G.; Cole, G.; Metz, J. Nature, 1975, v. 254. p. 148-150. ISSN: 0028-0836.
NAL call no: 472.N21
Descriptors: neurological changes, vitamin B12. deficiency.
Nutrition in bats. Okon, E.E. Proceedings of the International Bat Research Conference 4, 1975, p. 299-308. ill.
Descriptors: Chiroptera, digestive enzymes, diet, feeding behavior, digestive system.
Dietary deficiency in bats. Buckland-Wright, J.C.; Pye, J.D. International Zoo Yearbook, 1973, v.13, p. 271-277.
NAL call no: QL76.I5
Descriptors: bats, dietary deficiency.
Food intake by captive Myotis lucifugus and Epitesicus fuscus (Chiroptera: Vesperitilonidae). Coutts, R.A.; Fenton, M.B.; Glen, E. Journal of Mammalogy, 1973, v. 54 (4), p. 985-990. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: food intake, captive, bats.
Preliminary studies of the interactions between feeding vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus, under natural and laboratory conditions. Schmidt, U.; Greenhall, A.M. Mammalia, v. 36, p. 241-246. 1972.
NAL call no: 410 M31
Descriptors: feeding, natural conditions, laboratory conditions, interactions.
Transit time of food through the digestive tract of the bat, Eptesicus fuscus. Lickens, M.M.J.; Eps, J. van; Davis, W.H. Experimental Medical Surgery, 1972, v. 29, p. 25-28.
Descriptors: food transit time, digestive tract.
Preliminary studies of the interaction between feeding vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus, under natural and laboratory conditions. Schmidt, U. Extrait De Mammalia, v. 36 (2), p. 241-246, 1971.
Descriptors: feeding, interaction, vampire bats, studies.
Observations on the feeding capacities and excretory functions of captive vampire bats. Wimsatt, W.A.; Gurriere, A. Journal of Mammalogy, v. 43, p. 17-21. 1961. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823.
Descriptors: feeding capacities, excretory functions, vampire bats.
Seasonal changes in food consumption of little brown bats held in captivity at a “neutral” temperature of 92 degrees F. Stones, R.C.; Wiebers, J.E. Journal of Mammalogy, v. 46, (1), p. 18-22. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823.
Descriptors: seasonal food changes, captivity, bat, temperature.
Attempted “cannibalism” among captive vampire bats. Wimsatt, W.A. Journal of Mammalogy, v. 40 (3), p. 439-440. 1959. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823.
Descriptors: vampire bats, cannibalism, captivity.
Raising the young of red bats on artificial diet. Gates, W.H. Journal of Mammalogy, 1938, v. 19, p. 461-464.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: young red bats, artificial diet.
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