Aestivation (Latin: aestas (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking...

Aestivation or estivation is the positional arrangement of the parts of a flower within a flower bud before it has opened. Aestivation is also sometimes...

Aestivation may refer to: Aestivation, a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation Aestivation (botany), the positional arrangement of the parts...

The aestivation hypothesis is a hypothesized solution to the Fermi paradox conceived in 2017 by Anders Sandberg, Stuart Armstrong and Milan M. Ćirković...

droughts, along with increased temperatures in caves used by the moths for aestivation, both primarily resulting from anthropogenic climate change. In December...

of torpor. This is known as hibernation if it occurs during winter or aestivation if it occurs during the summer. Daily torpor, on the other hand, is not...

that offspring are born in spring, when conditions are most favorable. Aestivation, also spelled estivation, is an example of consequential dormancy in...

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utilise similar mechanisms. The equivalent during the summer months is aestivation. Hibernation functions to conserve energy when sufficient food is not...

caimans may dig a burrow and go into a form of summer hibernation called aestivation. Female caimans build a large nest in which to lay their eggs. The nests...

to likely death. This concept is particularly relevant in periods of aestivation or quiescence, in which circumstances an organism experiences limited...

Diadophis punctatus arnyi, also known commonly as the prairie ringneck snake, is a subspecies of small, thin snake in the family Dipsadidae. The subspecies...

other members of this subfamily as it is a ground dweller and undertakes aestivation.[citation needed] The water-holding frog is characterised as having a...

2740905. PMID 2740905. Fritz G (2010). "Aestivation in Mammals and Birds". In Navas CA, Carvalho JE (eds.). Aestivation: Molecular and Physiological Aspects...

(12–20 in) down, leaving a few holes to the surface for air. During this aestivation, they produce a layer of mucus to seal in moisture, and slow their metabolism...

humans, is thought to produce the hormones involved in hibernation and aestivation in amphibians. Tadpoles retain the lateral line system of their ancestral...

combining "contract" and "tort" Contort, a botanical term for a type of aestivation Contortion Spur, a glacier spur in Antarctica This disambiguation page...

The Canterbury mudfish (Neochanna burrowsius), also known as the kowaro, is found only on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand. Like other Neochanna species...

hold onto her young during the æstivation period in the burrows, releasing the young crabs when she exits æstivation. This means that the young are protected...

could only have been possible within phases of aestivation, when the animal did not feed. Aestivation also complies with the supposed habitat of the animals...

respiration by chemical buffering and they can lie dormant for months, in aestivation or brumation. The heart has two atria but only one ventricle. The ventricle...

Researchers at the University of Queensland have found that during aestivation, the metabolism of the frog is altered and the operational efficiency...

leaflet pairs Leaves commonly bipinnate Inflorescences globose, spicate Aestivation valvate Anthers often with a stipitate or sessile apical gland Pollen...

Keelbacks are oviparous. Mating is thought to take place during the aestivation period. Gravid females have been found from April to August and eggs...

Part of a series on Animal dormancy Torpor Hibernation Hibernaculum HIT Aestivation Cryptobiosis Brumation Diapause Embryonic diapause Winter rest Critical...

spends the hottest part of the day in these burrows. This is known as aestivation. In the wild, they may burrow very deep, up to 15 m deep and 30 m long...

in diameter with five petals. Like other roses it has a quintuscial aestivation (see sketch A in diagram). Unusually though, of its five sepals, when...

Kardashev scale Mediocrity principle Panspermia Fermi paradox solutions Aestivation hypothesis Berserker hypothesis Dark forest hypothesis Firstborn hypothesis...

Archegonium Antheridium Androecium Pollen Stamen Staminode Tapetum Flower Aestivation Flower development Floral diagram Floral formula Floral symmetry Whorl...

2740905. PMID 2740905. Fritz G (2010). "Aestivation in Mammals and Birds". In Navas CA, Carvalho JE (eds.). Aestivation: Molecular and Physiological Aspects...