... Nectarivory Phyllostomidae When foraging, animals are often confronted with a choice between simultaneously present food sources of unequal energetic quality. To make a beneficial decision, the available options must be sensed, memorized and then compared ( Cnaani et al., 2006 ; Nachev et al., 2013b...

... environments. Temperature effects Muscle physiology Flight Phyllostomidae Thermal ecology Regional heterothermy Temperature has major effects on muscle performance ( Bennett, 1984 ; James, 2013 ). These effects are clearly ecologically important in ectotherms that experience substantial...

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