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Food shortage can drive body temperature regulation in wild heterothermic vertebrates
Food availability is expected to trigger hibernation and torpor (ie heterothermy) use. Yet, laboratory experiments under controlled conditions dominate, and this hypothesis remains largely untested under natural conditions. Further experimental manipulations of food availability must therefore be co...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27226987 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/23328940.2014.952210 |
| Sumario: | Food availability is expected to trigger hibernation and torpor (ie heterothermy) use. Yet, laboratory experiments under controlled conditions dominate, and this hypothesis remains largely untested under natural conditions. Further experimental manipulations of food availability must therefore be conducted in the wild, accounting for other covarying environmental stressors. |
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