Title: Phoenix from the Ashes: Fire, Torpor, and the Evolution of Mammalian Endothermy.
Authors: Geiser, Fritz; Stawski, Clare; Wacker, Chris B.; Nowack, Julia
Abstract: The article offers information on the history and progress of endothermy in mammals. Topics discussed include whether ancestral endotherms were homeothermic or heterothermic, the metabolism of the ancestral endotherms, and the function of mammalian heterothermy at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary.
Subjects: WARM-blooded animals; MAMMALS; COLD-blooded animals; METABOLISM; CRETACEOUS-Paleogene boundary
Publication: Frontiers in Physiology, 2017, p1
ISSN: 1664-042X
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00842

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

Geiser, Fritz; Stawski, Clare; Wacker, Chris B.; Nowack, Julia