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. 2017 Mar 21;187(5):725–734. doi: 10.1007/s00360-017-1072-y

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Fig. 4 — Characteristics of initiation of torpor. a The number of days before initiation of the first torpor bout in all hamsters (n = 60) expressed as the percentage of all animals, b the number of days before initiation of the first torpor bout in the subgroup (n = 36) of hamsters that survived hibernation, c body weight just prior to switching to ‘winter’ conditions (L:D = 0:24, 5 °C) in animals with and without occurrence of torpor, d absence of correlation between the time to first torpor and body weight just prior to switching to ‘winter’ conditions (L:D = 0:24, 5 ^°C)