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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

the air; growing or borne above the surface of the ground or water. aestivation Arrangement of sepals and petals or their lobes in an unexpanded flower...

dehydration during aestivation, and the lesser siren can withstand long periods of food deprivation without ill effects. During aestivation, respiration slows...

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

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

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

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...

take refuge in tunnels and engage in aestivation. Pooley found in Royal Natal National Park that during aestivation, young crocodiles of 60 to 90 cm (24...

a small "crown" rising from the center which holds the stamens. The aestivation found in calotropis is valvate i.e. sepals or petals in a whorl just...

supine posture, or the expectancy of a nap is the most important factor. Aestivation Lambert, Craig (July–August 2005). "Deep into Sleep. While researchers...

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...

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

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