Digestive enzymes in Rhinolophus euryale (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) are active also during hibernation

During the winter, bats use hibernation as a means of surviving the period of low prey offer. However, the Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale) arouses from torpor quite frequently. Based on the actual climatic conditions, it can profit from occasional foraging oportunities, when they o...

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Main Authors: Maxinová Edita, Šustr Vladimír, Uhrin Marcel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-11-01
Series:European Journal of Ecology
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/eje.2017.3.issue-1/eje-2017-0010/eje-2017-0010.xml?format=INT