Winter weather versus group thermoregulation: What determines survival in hibernating mammals?

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-149

  Patil, V P ^a,b   Morrison, S F ^a   Karels, T J ^a,c   Hik, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cooperative breeding; Hoary marmot; Mark recapture; Pacific decadal oscillation; Snowpack; Social structure; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HIBERNATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RODENT; SNOWPACK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

MAMMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA CALIGATA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIBERNATION; MARMOTA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIBERNATION; MARMOTA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84882908212     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2612-0     Document Type: Article

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