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3170823

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
Body temperature (Tb) of socially hibernating alpine marmots, a pair and two family groups, was monitored continuously from October to March with implanted temperature-sensitive radiotransmitters. At the same time, the animals' behaviour was observed. The recurrent entrances into and arousals from hibernation were highly synchronised within groups. Group members always lay huddled together when euthermic and also when torpid with a few exceptions at higher ambient temperatures (Ta). Body contact with euthermic nestmates warmed torpid marmots passively. The Tb of animals reentering hibernation did not fall to values close to Ta as long as euthermic group members were present. Although animals presumably save energy through social thermoregulation, especially when euthermic, these benefits are not necessarily mutual among group members. Differences in thermoregulatory behaviour of individuals described in this study could be responsible for differential weight losses during winter as found in the natural habitat (Arnold 1986).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0174-1578
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
158
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
151-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Social thermoregulation during hibernation in alpine marmots (Marmota marmota).
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Abteilung Wickler, Seewiesen, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't