aestivate

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sleep during summer

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They need to be a decent size before they first aestivate, otherwise they desiccate.
Moving on: relocating species in response to climate change: global warming is not just threatening biodiversity--it is challenging the way scientists think about conservation. How can a species be preserved in situ if its habitat may disappear under climate change? Managed relocation may preserve some species for the future, but its success will rely on good science and a sound risk assessment
During dry periods living specimens aestivate in caves and deep within slots in the tsingy, attached to the rock well above ground level.
Appears to aestivate sealed to limestone rocks or deep in tsingy slots.
New species of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from two isolated karst formations in central western Madagascar: Tsingy Beanka and Antsingimavo, with additional notes on other regional endemics
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