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Communal nesting is the optimal strategy for heat conservation in a social marsupial: lessons from biophysical models
Endothermy, understood as the maintenance of continuous and high body temperatures owing to the combination of metabolic heat production and an insulative cover, is severely challenged in small endotherms inhabiting cold environments. As a response, social clustering combined with nest use (=communa...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Company of Biologists Ltd
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9720746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36420835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244606 |