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Bat flies: source of supplement nutrients for an endemic Malagasy fruit bat

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  • 1. Association Vahatra, Antananarivo, Madagascar; & Université de La Réunion, UMR Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT), Saint Denis, La Réunion, France;
  • 2. Universität Hamburg, Germany;
  • 3. Association Vahatra, Antananarivo, Madagascar; & Université d'Antsiranana, Madagascar;
  • 4. Université de La Réunion, UMR Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT), Saint Denis, La Réunion, France; & Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA

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Ramanantsalama, Riana V., Ganzhorn, Jörg U., Vololona, Judith, Goodman, Steven M. (2022): Bat flies: source of supplement nutrients for an endemic Malagasy fruit bat. Tropical Zoology 35 (1-2): 1-12, DOI: 10.4081/tz.2022.107, URL: https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2022.107

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