Hibernation is associated with increased survival and the evolution of slow life histories among mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1723, 2011, Pages 3355-3363

  Turbill, Christopher ^a   Bieber, Claudia ^a   Ruf, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hibernation; Life history; Life span; Longevity; Mammal

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COEVOLUTION; DORMANCY; HIBERNATION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; OVERWINTERING; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATION; PROBABILITY; SMALL MAMMAL; SURVIVAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80053963353     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0190     Document Type: Article

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