Sleeping through danger: the dormouse approach to survival
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 11:04
in Health & Medicine
Amid the general rejoicing over the first signs of spring, spare a thought for the humble dormouse, which is about to embark on the most dangerous period of its life. This is the surprising finding of a long-term study of dormouse survival rates in five different countries in Europe, coordinated by the group of Thomas Ruf at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. The results have recently been published online by the journal Ecography.