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social thermoregulation — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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social thermoregulation

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

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Knowledge graph centered on social thermoregulation with 53 nodes and 161 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Spruce, mark-recapture (Sciuridae), elevational gradients, small mammals.

Definition

Behavioral and physiological mechanisms whereby group-living animals share body heat to reduce thermoregulatory costs

Related Terms (4)

huddlingclusteringsocial thermoregulationgroup hibernation

Publications (4)

A cost of being amicable in a hibernating marmot.

2017Behavioral Ecologyreferenced

Phylogeny and patterns of energy conservation in marmots

2008Molecules to Migration: The Pressures of Lifetested

Yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>) hibernate socially

2004Journal of Mammalogycentral

Evolution of sociality in marmots

1999Journal of Mammalogyframework

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winter survival

process2 shared papers

maternal care

process2 shared papers

climate change effects on species interactions

theory1 shared paper

dispersal

process1 shared paper

elevational gradients

framework1 shared paper

summer survival

measurement1 shared paper

affiliative social relationships

process1 shared paper

reproductive suppression

process1 shared paper

energy conservation

process1 shared paper

phylogenetically independent contrasts

measurement1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota monax

Sciuridae4 papers

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae4 papers

goats

Lontra canadensis

Mustelidae1 paper

coho salmon

river otter

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Salmonidae1 paper

Alces alces

Cervidae1 paper

Atlantic salmon

Cervus elaphus

Cervidae1 paper