ApocaDocs: Hibernation Altered by Climate Change Takes a Toll On Rocky Mountain Animal Species

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Posted Thu Aug 9 2012: from University of Alberta :


	Hibernation Altered by Climate Change Takes a Toll On Rocky Mountain Animal Species http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1344526555 ... A University of Alberta-led international research team examined data on a population of Columbian ground squirrels and found a trend of late spring snow falls has delayed the animals' emergence from hibernation by 10 days over the last 20 years. "Losing just 10 days during their short active period reduces their opportunity to eat enough food so they can survive through the next hibernation period of eight to nine months," said [U of A Evolutionary Ecologist Jeff Lane]... The period of plant growth, their food supply, is only three to four months long on their home turf, skirting the Rocky Mountains.

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'Doc Jim says:

Sounds like they better binge.