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aestivation: a standalone construct

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Comparative physiology

dormancy with depressed metabolism that lets animals survive hot or dry periods.

In comparative physiology, aestivation refers to dormancy with depressed metabolism that lets animals survive hot or dry periods. This meaning comes from Storey (2002) in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology.[1]

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References

Storey, K. B. (2002). Life in the slow lane: molecular mechanisms of estivation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 133(3), 733-754. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1095-6433(02)00206-4

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