Efficiency of food utilization by fruit
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Douglas W. Morrison
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Article
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1980
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Neotropical fruit bats consume figs (Ficus spp.) and other fruit in small bites which they suck dry and drop as pellets. The swallowed juice transits the short digestive system in 0.5 h or less. The efficiency of this unusual mode of feeding was determined by comparing the nutritional content of pel