Variable Climates Lead to Varying Phenotypes: “Weird” Mammalian Torpor and Lessons From Non-Holarctic Species

Variable Climates Lead to Varying Phenotypes: “Weird” Mammalian Torpor and Lessons From Non-Holarctic Species

Mammalian heterotherms, species that employ short or long periods of torpor, are found in many different climatic regions. Although the underlying physiological mechanisms of heterothermy in species from lower latitudes (i.e., the tropics and southern hemisphere) appear analogous to those of tempera...

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Main Authors: Julia Nowack, Danielle L. Levesque, Stephanie Reher, Kathrin H. Dausmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
hibernation
heterothermy
southern hemisphere
tropics
torpor
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00060/full

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