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Late lactation in small mammals is a critically sensitive window of vulnerability to elevated ambien...

Late lactation in small mammals is a critically sensitive window of vulnerability to elevated ambien...

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Late lactation in small mammals is a critically sensitive window of vulnerability to elevated ambient temperature

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Late lactation in small mammals is a critically sensitive window of vulnerability to elevated ambient temperature

Publisher

United States: National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2020-09, Vol.117 (39), p.24352-24358

Language

English

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

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Contents

Predicted increases in global average temperature are physiologically trivial for most endotherms. However, heat waves will also increase in both frequency and severity, and these will be physiologically more important. Lactating small mammals are hypothesized to be limited by heat dissipation capacity, suggesting high temperatures may adversely im...

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Late lactation in small mammals is a critically sensitive window of vulnerability to elevated ambient temperature

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7533837

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7533837

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.2008974117

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