Winter diets? The secret is to chill the extremities
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
Large mammals living in temperate climates frequently have difficulty finding food during winter. It is well known that they lower their metabolism at this time but does this represent a mechanism for coping with less food or is it merely a consequence of having less to eat? The puzzle has now been solved – at least for the red deer.