University of Michigan: Cold-Survival Strategies in Animals - A Spectrum, Not Either-Or
May 05, 2022
May 05, 2022
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 5 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Animals have three main strategies to survive the freezing temperatures of winter: migrating, remaining in place and resisting the cold, and reducing body temperature and metabolic rate in a state called torpor.
These cold-survival strategies are often studied in isolation by biologists and treated as mutually exclusive alternatives: An animal species is described as eit . . .
Animals have three main strategies to survive the freezing temperatures of winter: migrating, remaining in place and resisting the cold, and reducing body temperature and metabolic rate in a state called torpor.
These cold-survival strategies are often studied in isolation by biologists and treated as mutually exclusive alternatives: An animal species is described as eit . . .