Aestivation (Latin: aestas (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking...

Aestivation or estivation is the positional arrangement of the parts of a flower within a flower bud before it has opened. Aestivation is also sometimes...

The aestivation hypothesis is a hypothesized solution to the Fermi paradox conceived in 2017 by Anders Sandberg, Stuart Armstrong and Milan M. Ćirković...

Aestivation may refer to: Aestivation, a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation Aestivation (botany), the positional arrangement of the parts...

droughts, along with increased temperatures in caves used by the moths for aestivation, both primarily resulting from anthropogenic climate change. In December...

of torpor. This is known as hibernation if it occurs during winter or aestivation if it occurs during the summer. Daily torpor, on the other hand, is not...

that offspring are born in spring, when conditions are most favorable. Aestivation, also spelled estivation, is an example of consequential dormancy in...

utilise similar mechanisms. The equivalent during the summer months is aestivation. Hibernation functions to conserve energy when sufficient food is not...

to likely death. This concept is particularly relevant in periods of aestivation or quiescence, in which circumstances an organism experiences limited...

caimans may dig a burrow and go into a form of summer hibernation called aestivation. Female caimans build a large nest in which to lay their eggs. The nests...