Life in the Cold

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-2

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2. Evolution and Ecophysiology of Torpor

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. Hibernation by Echidnas in Mild Climates: Hints about the Evolution of Endothermy?

      • Gordon Grigg, Lyn Beard

      Pages 5-19

   3. Patterns of Hibernation of Echidnas in Tasmania

      • Stewart C. Nicol, Niels A. Andersen

      Pages 21-28

   4. Daily Heterothermy in Mammals: Coping with Unpredictable Environments

      • Barry G. Lovegrove

      Pages 29-40

   5. Body Temperature and Metabolic Rate of a Hibernating Primate in Madagascar: Preliminary Results from a Field Study

      • Kathrin H. Dausmann, Jörg U. Ganzhorn, Gerhard Heldmaier

      Pages 41-47

   6. Heterothermy in Mousebirds: Evidence of Avian Proto-torpor?

      • Andrew E. McKechnie, Barry G. Lovegrove

      Pages 49-56

   7. Spontaneous Arousal in Reptiles? Body Temperature Ecology of Rosenberg’s Goanna, Varanus rosenbergi

      • Peggy D. Rismiller, Mike W. McKelvey

      Pages 57-64

   8. Hibernation in the Extreme: Burrow and Body Temperatures, Metabolism, and Limits to Torpor Bout Length in Arctic Ground Squirrels

      • Brian M. Barnes, C. Loren Buck

      Pages 65-72

   9. Energetics of Hibernation in Woodchucks (Marmota monax)

      • Kenneth B. Armitage, Brett C. Woods, Carmen M. Salsbury

      Pages 73-80

   10. Mechanisms of Social Thermoregulation in Hibernating Alpine Marmots (Marmota marmota)

       • Thomas Ruf, Walter Arnold

       Pages 81-94

   11. Do Patterns of Torpor Differ between Free-ranging and Captive Mammals and Birds?

       • Fritz Geiser, Joanne C. Holloway, Gerhard Körtner, Tracy A. Maddocks, Christopher Turbill, R. Mark Brigham

       Pages 95-102

   12. Weather Patterns and Daily Torpor in Free-ranging Animals

       • Gerhard Körtner, Fritz Geiser

       Pages 103-109

   13. Role of Soil Temperature in Timing of Emergence from Hibernation in the Jumping Mouse, Zapus hudsonius

       • Alan R. French, S. Forand

       Pages 111-118

   14. Temperature Selection and Energy Expenditure in the Marsupial Hibernator Cercartetus nanus

       • Xiaowei Song, Gerhard Körtner, Fritz Geiser

       Pages 119-126

   15. Torpor in the Carnivorous Marsupial Sminthopsis macroura: Effects of Food Quality and Quantity

       • Kerry W. Withers, Debra H. White, John Billingsley

       Pages 127-137

   16. Parasite Adaptations to Hibernation in Alpine Marmots (Marmota marmota)

       • Marie-Pierre Callait, Dominique Gauthier

       Pages 139-146

3. Physiological Mechanisms of Torpor

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Perspectives on Metabolic Suppression during Mammalian Hibernation and Daily Torpor

      • Lawrence C. H. Wang, Tze-Fun Lee

      Pages 149-158

   3. Control of Cardiac and Ventilation Frequencies During Hibernation in Ground Squirrels

      • M. Beth Zimmer, Michael B. Harris, William K. Milsom

      Pages 159-167

This book contains the proceedings of the 11 'h international symposium dedicated to the understanding of animal "Life in the Cold", held at Jungholz (Austria), August 13-18, 2000. In 55 chapters contributed by researchers from 16 countries the current state of knowledge is reviewed, and the most recent developments and discussions in this field are highlighted. The first symposium on hibernation and life in the cold was held in 1959, and from then on they continued to occur every 3-5 years. The regular occurrence of these meetings became almost a tradition. A tradition which is entirely based on the enthusiasm of participants, and was nourished by scientific progress in this area during the past decades. The first symposium in 1959 was organised by Charles P. Lyman and Albert R. Dawe and was almost entirely dedicated to hibernation and torpor. This has been a backbone topic of the following symposia, although other aspects of animal energetics, thermal physiology and biochemistry were included in later meetings.

• Cold Adaptation
• Hibernation
• Kälteanpassung
• Metabolism
• Regulation
• Stoffwechsel
• Thermoregulation
• Winterschlaf
• molecular mechanisms
• physiology
• zoology

• Department of Biology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany

  Gerhard Heldmaier, Martin Klingenspor

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