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Food availability positively affects the survival and somatic maintenance of hibernating garden dormice (Eliomys quercinus)

BACKGROUND: Torpor is an energy saving strategy achieved by substantial reductions of metabolic rate and body temperature that enables animals to survive periods of low resource availability. During hibernation (multiday torpor), the frequency of periodic rewarming—characterised by high levels of ox...

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Autores principales: Giroud, Sylvain, Ragger, Marie-Therese, Baille, Amélie, Hoelzl, Franz, Smith, Steve, Nowack, Julia, Ruf, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10207780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37226260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-023-00498-9