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Aestivation (Latin:
aestas (summer); also
spelled estivation in
American English) is a
state of
animal dormancy,
similar to hibernation,
although taking...
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hepatopancreas in land
snail Otala lactea by
comparing the
active and
estivating states. They
concluded that
reversible phosphorylation can
control the...
- Symonds, B.; Franklin, C. E.; Harper, G. S. (2005). "Lessons from an
estivating frog:
sparing muscle protein despite starvation and disuse". AJP: Regulatory...
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surviving seasonal drying out of
their habitats by
burrowing into mud and
estivating throughout the dry season.
Changes in
physiology allow it to slow its...
- estimate,
inestimable aestas aest-
summer aestival, aestivate, aestivation,
estivate,
estivator aestus aestu- estuarial, estuarine,
estuary aetās aet- age coetaneity...
- 2307/1447391. JSTOR 1447391. Etheridge, Kay (1990). "The
Energetics of
Estivating Sirenid Salamanders (Siren
lacertina and
pseudobranchus striatus)". Herpetologica...
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areas that have no rain for
portions of the year due to
their ability to
estivate or
burrow in the
ground to form an air
bubble and
breathe out of a hole...
- (typically
October through April in the
Northern Hemisphere). They may also
estivate in the
summer in
drought conditions. To stay
moist during hibernation,...
- move
until more
favorable conditions occur. When the
African lungfish estivates, it
burrows itself 12-18
inches deep into mud and as the mud dries, the...
- and late
afternoons when the
weather is warm; when very hot, they may
estivate. They are social, and live in
colonies with
several females and one dominant...
