heterothermy


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heterothermy

 [het´er-o-ther″me]
the exhibition of widely different body temperatures at different times or under different conditions, as in species that hibernate. adj., adj heterother´mic.

heterothermy

(hĕt′ĕr-ō-thĕr″mē) [″ + therme, heat]
Condition in which an animal's temperature varies considerably in different situations but is not poikilothermic.
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Heterothermy was proposed to be a key thermophysiological adaptation for some ungulate living in arid bioclimate, where body heat is stored during the hot diurnal time, with a consequent rise in body temperature, to reduce insensible evaporative heat loss.
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Scientists at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology (FIWI) at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna investigated whether elephants make use of heterothermy.
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