Hibernation and daily torpor minimize mammalian extinctions

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1235-1240

  Geiser, Fritz ^a   Turbill, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Foraging requirements; Global warming; Survival rates; Unpredictable climate

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION; FOOD INTAKE; HIBERNATION; SMALL MAMMAL; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FLUID INTAKE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HIBERNATION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HIBERNATION; MAMMALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349603040     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0583-0     Document Type: Article

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