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Examples of aestivate
aestivate
This could explain why large whites only aestivate in southern Spain.
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The wasps can use other hosts, but they themselves cannot aestivate and their population falls sharply.
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Non-mammalian animals that aestivate include North American desert tortoises, crocodiles, salamander.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The California red-legged frog may aestivate to conserve energy when its food and water supply is low.
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- Estivate: sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate"
- (aestivation) estivation: (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
- (aestivation) estivation: (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
- Alternative spelling of estivate
- (AESTIVATION) Dormancy during hot, dry periods. Especially prevalent in very hot dry regions.
- (aestivation) a period of inactivity caused by extreme heat or drought.
- (Aestivation) A state of environmentally-induced dormancy in many animals, in which animals enter dormancy in response to high temperatures, low humidity and, frequently, lack of prey. ...
- (Aestivation) An animal that becomes inactive in order to survive long periods of drought as in some reptiles and amphibians.
- (Aestivation) Synonym of warm stratification
