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Heterothermy as the Norm, Homeothermy as the Exception: Variable Torpor Patterns in the South American Marsupial Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides)

Hibernation (i.e., multiday torpor) is considered an adaptive strategy of mammals to face seasonal environmental challenges such as food, cold, and/or water shortage. It has been considered functionally different from daily torpor, a physiological strategy to cope with unpredictable environments. Ho...

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Autores principales: Nespolo, Roberto F., Mejías, Carlos, Espinoza, Angelo, Quintero-Galvis, Julián, Rezende, Enrico L., Fontúrbel, Francisco E., Bozinovic, Francisco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34322034
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.682394