Environmental and physiological determinants of huddling behavior of molting female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)
International audience While endotherms can rely on their insulation to reduce heat loss to adapt to cold environments, renewing of fur during molt impairs insulation while they have to perfuse the periphery to support epidermal tissues. The southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina undertakes an annu...
Published in: | Physiology & Behavior |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2019
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Online Access: | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02889417 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02889417/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02889417/file/Chaise%20et%20al_determinants%20of%20huddling%20behabior_Physiol%20Behav%202018.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.10.016 |