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    Aestivation (Latin: aestas (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking...
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    Aestivation or estivation is the positional arrangement of the parts of a flower within a flower bud before it has opened. Aestivation is also sometimes...
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  • The aestivation hypothesis is a hypothesized solution to the Fermi paradox conceived in 2017 by Anders Sandberg, Stuart Armstrong and Milan M. Ćirković...
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  • Aestivation may refer to: Aestivation, a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation Aestivation (botany), the positional arrangement of the parts...
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    droughts, along with increased temperatures in caves used by the moths for aestivation, both primarily resulting from anthropogenic climate change. In December...
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    that offspring are born in spring, when conditions are most favorable. Aestivation, also spelled estivation, is an example of consequential dormancy in...
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    of torpor. This is known as hibernation if it occurs during winter or aestivation if it occurs during the summer. Daily torpor, on the other hand, is not...
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    utilise similar mechanisms. The equivalent during the summer months is aestivation. Hibernation functions to conserve energy when sufficient food is not...
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    could only have been possible within phases of aestivation, when the animal did not feed. Aestivation also complies with the supposed habitat of the animals...
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    2740905. PMID 2740905. Fritz G (2010). "Aestivation in Mammals and Birds". In Navas CA, Carvalho JE (eds.). Aestivation: Molecular and Physiological Aspects...
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