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social thermoregulation

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

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Definition

Behavioral and physiological mechanisms whereby group-living animals share body heat to reduce thermoregulatory costs

Related Terms (4)

huddlingclusteringsocial thermoregulationgroup hibernation

Publications (4)

article

A cost of being amicable in a hibernating marmot.

2017Behavioral Ecologyreferenced
article

Phylogeny and patterns of energy conservation in marmots

2008Molecules to Migration: The Pressures of Lifetested
article

Yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>) hibernate socially

2004Journal of Mammalogycentral
article

Evolution of sociality in marmots

1999Journal of Mammalogyframework

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