ArticleScientific reports2018
Effects of aging on timing of hibernation and reproduction.
Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Evolutionary trade-offs in dormancy phenology.eLife · 2024Article
- Why hibernate? Predator avoidance in the edible dormouse.Mammal research · 2023Review
- Flexible energy-saving strategies in female temperate-zone bats.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2022Article
- Hibernation slows epigenetic ageing in yellow-bellied marmots.Nature ecology & evolution · 2022Article
- Flickering body temperature anticipates criticality in hibernation dynamics.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
- Physiological, Behavioral, and Life-History Adaptations to Environmental Fluctuations in the Edible Dormouse.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Review
- The Torpid State: Recent Advances in Metabolic Adaptations and Protective MechanismsFrontiers in physiology · 2020Review
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Small hibernators are long-lived for their size because seasonal dormancy greatly reduces predation risk. Thus, within a year, hibernators switch between states of contrasting mortality risk (active season versus hibernation), making them interesting species for testing the predictions of life-history theory. Accordingly, we hypothesized that, with advancing age and hence diminishing reproductive potential, hibernators should increasingly accept the higher predation risk associated with activity to increase the likelihood of current reproductive success. For edible dormice (Glis glis) we show that age strongly affects hibernation/activity patterns, and that this occurs via two pathways: (i) with increasing age, dormice are more likely to reproduce, which delays the onset of hibernation, and (ii) age directly advances emergence from hibernation in spring. We conclude that hibernation has to be viewed not merely as an energy saving strategy under harsh climatic conditions, but as an age-affected life-history trait that is flexibly used to maximize fitness.
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