Freeze Avoidance in a Mammal: Body Temperatures Below 0°C in an Arctic Hibernator
Hibernating arctic ground squirrels, Spermophilus parryii , were able to adopt and spontaneously arouse from core body temperatures as low as -2.9°C without freezing. Abdominal body temperatures of ground squirrels hibernating in outdoor burrows were recorded with temperature-sensitive radiotransmit...
| Published in: | Science |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1989
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.2740905 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.2740905 |