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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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...
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The aestivation hypothesis is a hypothesized solution to the Fermi paradox conceived in 2017 by Anders Sandberg, Stuart Armstrong and Milan M. Ćirković...
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Aestivation may refer to: Aestivation, a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation Aestivation (botany), the positional arrangement of the parts...
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Bogong moth (section Aestivation sites)
droughts, along with increased temperatures in caves used by the moths for aestivation, both primarily resulting from anthropogenic climate change. In December...
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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...
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Dormancy (section Aestivation)
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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(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...
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Part of a series on Animal dormancy Torpor Hibernation Hibernaculum HIT Aestivation Cryptobiosis Brumation Diapause Embryonic diapause Winter rest Critical...
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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...
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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...
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to likely death. This concept is particularly relevant in periods of aestivation or quiescence, in which circumstances an organism experiences limited...
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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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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...
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2740905. PMID 2740905. Fritz G (2010). "Aestivation in Mammals and Birds". In Navas CA, Carvalho JE (eds.). Aestivation: Molecular and Physiological Aspects...
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Archegonium Antheridium Androecium Pollen Stamen Staminode Tapetum Flower Aestivation Flower development Floral diagram Floral formula Floral symmetry Whorl...
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Austrothelphusa transversa (section Aestivation)
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...
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humans, is thought to produce the hormones involved in hibernation and aestivation in amphibians. Tadpoles retain the lateral line system of their ancestral...
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combining "contract" and "tort" Contort, a botanical term for a type of aestivation Contortion Spur, a glacier spur in Antarctica This disambiguation page...
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Canterbury mudfish (section Aestivation)
The Canterbury mudfish (Neochanna burrowsius), also known as the kowaro, is found only on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand. Like other Neochanna species...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Researchers at the University of Queensland have found that during aestivation, the metabolism of the frog is altered and the operational efficiency...
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leaflet pairs Leaves commonly bipinnate Inflorescences globose, spicate Aestivation valvate Anthers often with a stipitate or sessile apical gland Pollen...
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Keelbacks are oviparous. Mating is thought to take place during the aestivation period. Gravid females have been found from April to August and eggs...
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Part of a series on Animal dormancy Torpor Hibernation Hibernaculum HIT Aestivation Cryptobiosis Brumation Diapause Embryonic diapause Winter rest Critical...
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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...
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Kardashev scale Mediocrity principle Panspermia Fermi paradox solutions Aestivation hypothesis Berserker hypothesis Dark forest hypothesis Firstborn hypothesis...
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2740905. PMID 2740905. Fritz G (2010). "Aestivation in Mammals and Birds". In Navas CA, Carvalho JE (eds.). Aestivation: Molecular and Physiological Aspects...
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