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hibernaculum
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hibernaculum [‚hī·bər′nak·yə·ləm]
(biology)
A winter shelter for plants or dormant animals.
(botany)
A winter bud or other winter plant part.
(invertebrate zoology)
A winter resting bud produced by a few fresh-water bryozoans which grows into a new colony in the spring.


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These results provide evidence that snakes select hibernacula (the sites where the snakes spend the winter) or employ thermoregulatory behaviors to maintain relatively warm winter body temperatures and that different individuals experience different body temperatures during the winter.
Despite protection of multiple high priority hibernacula and intense study of the summer needs of this bat, the species continues to decline; and the reason(s) for this decline remains poorly understood (Clawson 2005) A typical primary maternity roost tree of this species consists of a fairly large tree (usually over 20 inches dbh) with sloughing bark that is open to the sun.
No mosquito hibernacula were located in the areas examined, and no mosquito activity was observed by field workers.
 
 
 
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