During winter hibernation, small mammals fall into long periods of deep cold torpor where
metabolic rate is suppressed by> 90% and core body temperature can fall to near 0 C …

Mammalian heterotherms, species that employ short or long periods of torpor, are found in
many different climatic regions. Although the underlying physiological mechanisms of …

Mammals are often considered to be masters of homeostasis, with the ability to maintain a
constant internal milieu, despite marked changes in the environment; however, many …

Mammals maintain a constant warm body temperature, facilitating a wide variety of
metabolic reactions. Mammals that hibernate have the ability to slow their metabolism, which …

There is some urgency in the necessity to incorporate physiological data into mechanistic,
trait-based, demographic climate change models. Physiological responses at the individual …

Torpor and reproduction in mammals and birds are widely viewed as mutually exclusive
processes because of opposing energetic and hormonal demands. However, the reported …

Living nonhuman primates generally inhabit tropical forests, and torpor is regarded as a
strategy employed by cold‐adapted organisms. Yet, some primates employ daily torpor or …

Flexibility in physiological processes is essential to adequately respond to changes in
environmental conditions. Madagascar is a particularly challenging environment because …

Longitudinal sampling for intestinal microbiota in wild animals is difficult, leading to a lack of
information on bacterial dynamics occurring in nature. We studied how the composition of …

Heterothermy is an energy‐saving strategy usually employed in response to environmental
bottlenecks, which is common in almost all mammalian orders. Within the order primates …