Sticking Together: Energetic Consequences of Huddling Behavior in Hibernating Juvenile Garden Dormice
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DOI: 10.1086/721184
Abstract: Hibernation, or multiday torpor, allows individuals to save energy via substantial reductions of metabolism and body temperature but is regularly interrupted by euthermic phases called arousals. Social thermoregulation, or “huddling,” can act in synergy with… read more here.
Keywords: torpor; juvenile garden; garden dormice; huddling behavior ... See more keywords