Phoenix from the Ashes: Fire, Torpor, and the Evolution of Mammalian Endothermy

Front Physiol. 2017 Nov 2:8:842. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00842. eCollection 2017.

Fritz Geiser¹, Clare Stawski¹, Chris B Wacker¹, Julia Nowack^{1

2}

¹ Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
² Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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Keywords: K-Pg boundary; development of thermoregulation; evolution of endothermy; fire; torpor.