Category: Allgemein

New publication out in Biology Letters, lead by MSc Iris Tarmann and myself.: The article can be found here: Nowack* J/ Tarmann* I, Hoelzl F, Smith S, Giroud S and T Ruf (2019) Always a price to pay: Hibernation at low temperatures comes with a trade-off between energy savings and telomere damage. Biology Letters https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0466 (* shared first …

Read more “Trade-off between energy expenditure and telomere shortening in hibernating dormice”

New paper student paper published in Ethology, written by Leonie Arnold and co-supervised by me: Arnold et al. (2019)Rapid establishment of teat order and allonursing in wild boar (Sus scrofa). Ethology https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12950

We are editing a Research Topic in Frontiers of Physiology – Coping with Environmental Fluctuations: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives. Submission deadline for abstracts: 01.August 2019

Check out the 5th International Course on Comparative Physiology of Respiration, taking place in Brazil from 08 – 12 July, 2019.

New research on wild boar piglets published supporting the idea that heat production in muscle (without shivering) may have played an important role in the evolution of endothermy. See: https://rdcu.be/byjeC Press article from the Vetmed Vienna can be found here.