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and a considerably slower resting metabolism. Bradymetabolic animals can often undergo dramatic changes in metabolic speed, according to food availability and temperature. Many bradymetabolic creatures in
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and in areas that experience extreme winters are capable of "shutting down" their metabolisms to approach near-death states, until favorable conditions return (see
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The growth of biological thought: diversity, evolution, and inheritance (1st ed.)
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Bligh, J., and Johnson, K.G., 1973. Glossary for terms for thermal physiology.
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Fitness and adaptation - Natural selection in the wild
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Index

Thermoregulation

Ectotherm
Endotherm
Mesotherm
Poikilotherm
Homeothermy
Heterothermy
Stenotherm
Eurytherm
Thermolabile
Thermostability
Gigantothermy
Kleptothermy
Bradymetabolism
Tachymetabolism
Thermogenesis
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metabolism
deserts
hibernation
estivation
mammals
reptiles
Greek
ectotherm
homeotherm
bradyaerobic

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