Daily torpor in the edible dormouse Glis glis

Bialowieza Primeval Ormanı'nda (kuzey-doğu Polonya) bulunan kutuyuvaların periyodik kontrolleri sırasında uyuşuk durumda rastlanan beş yediuyurla ilgili gözlemler rapor edildi. Gözlemler Haziran 1994 ile Haziran ve Temmuz 1997' de yapıldı. 1997' de uyuşuk durumda bulunan dört Yediuyurdaki rektal sıcaklıklar (16,5 °C - 19,4 °C) sabah hava sıcaklığından daha düşüktür.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

ormanlar, Glis glis, uyuşukluk, Polonya, vücut sıcaklığı

Yediuyur Glis glis'lerde günlük uyuşukluk

Daily torpor was regularly observed in captive Edible Dormice Glis glis, but there is a lack of such records under natural conditions. I report observations of five Edible Dormice in torpor encountered during regular controls of c. 190 nestboxes in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest (north-eastern Poland). The observations came from June 1994 and from June and July 1997. Rectal temperature of four individuals in torpor (16.5°C to 19.4°C) found in 1997 was lower than the morning air temperature.

Keywords:

forests, Glis glis, torpor, Poland, body temperature,

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