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Energy Reserves in Urban vs. Preserved Bats by Érica Munhoz is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) The study investigated the effects of human disturbance on the storage of body energy reserves in fruit-eating bats (Artibeus lituratus) collected from two areas in Minas Gerais, Brazil with different degrees of conservation. 2) The results showed that fat reserves were significantly lower in most tissues tested (muscle, adipose tissue, carcass) in bats from the more disturbed urban area compared to the preserved forest area. 3) Other parameters like glucose, glycogen, protein levels showed no differen
- Author
- Érica Munhoz
- Language
- EN