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There is a general correlation between success inaestivationand a high capacity for increase (r), enabling rapid repopulation of a habitat when water returns.
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The length of the main flight season was taken as the time between the peak of emergence from dormancy and the start ofaestivation.
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The pools represent more extreme conditions and snails colonising them require considerable powers ofaestivationto survive for many months when they dry out.
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Entry of adults intoaestivationfollowed the same pattern but began two months after diapause started.
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There is a distinction betweenaestivation(prolonged survival by dormant snails out of water) and diapause (spontaneous climbing out of water and entering a state of dormancy).
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Aestivationrarely lasts for more than six weeks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During thisaestivation, they produce a layer of mucus to seal in moisture, and slow their metabolism down greatly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hibernation occurs in some areas andaestivationin others.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The characteristicaestivationof this flower is vexillary imbricate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the cooler dry season the flat-backed spider tortoise enters a stage similar to hibernation known asaestivation, the species buries itself and lies dormant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aestivationis also sometimes referred to as praefoliation or prefoliation, but these terms may also mean vernation: the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is currently no evidence that supports the hypothesis ofaestivationin heterodontosaurids, but it can not be rejected, based on the skull scans.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They spend most of the time during the dry season buried in the ground inaestivation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The depression of metabolic rate duringaestivationcauses a reduction in macromolecule synthesis and degradation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A very long imaginalaestivationand hibernation period is a very uncommon overwintering strategy among agromyzid flies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This breeding season is accentuated in temperate regions, where prolongedaestivationor hibernation renders many amphibian species inactive for prolonged periods.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hibernation during the summer months is known asaestivation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It can survive periods of drought through a process calledaestivation- burrowing down and entering a state of dormancy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The terms used to describeaestivationare the same as those used to describe leaf vernation.
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