The old man had a great deal to say about "aestivation," as he called it, in opposition, as one might say, to hibernation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autocrat of the Breakfast Table] Reference

I suspect there may be other reasons for group aestivation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference

I may remark, that the aestivation of Kydia is scarcely valvate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference

Do they keep adding layers to their cocoons during the entire aestivation period?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference

I have written about the aestivation of land snails during the hot and dry Mediterranean summers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference

During aestivation in the lab, the oxygen consumption rate of Cyclorana cultripes fell significantly by 70%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference

My only criticism of the paper is that the aestivation conditions in the lab were not clearly described, especially the ambient humidity was not reported.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference

If all goes well (says he for whom something routinely goes wrong at least twice a week), I shall emerge from aestivation within a week, and then we shall see.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arrived!] Reference

They numbered about 100,000 Arkonides who had started out thousands of years ago but had fallen into a biological deepsleep or state of aestivation owing to an accident and certain unusual circumstances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mystery of the Anti]

For example, in the case of seasonal land migration of certain salamanders, if the length of the corridor is greater than the characteristic travel capability of the salamander, then the corridor is ineffective in providing additional aestivation opportunities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological corridor] Reference

The cocoons made by the 2 species of frogs that were the subjects of this study, Cyclorana australis and Cyclorana cultripes, during 46 and 51 days of aestivation in the laboratory, had 34 and 32-33 layers erroneously given as 51 in the abstract, see Table 1, respectively.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference

Oncomelania snails are amphibious, and therefore environmental risk factors for japonicum schistosomiasis differ markedly from those of the other parasite species, whose intermediate hosts are strictly aquatic, even though they survive periods of drought for periods up to twelve months, a phenomenon known as aestivation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

Winter sleep of animals is called hibernation and summer sleep is called aestivation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Whilst looking for notes on the variability of the divisions of the ovarium, position of the ovules, aestivation, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference

Intramural aestivation, or town-life in summer, he would say, is a peculiar form of suspended existence, or semi-asphyxia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autocrat of the Breakfast Table] Reference

Skeletal muscle atrophy occurs slowly and selectively during prolonged aestivation in Cyclorana alboguttata (Gunther 1867).    From Wordnik.com.  [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference

It is well known that within the tropics, the hybernation, or more properly aestivation, of animals is determined not by the temperature, but by the times of drought.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter V] Reference

Again in another work he says, the genera of the Connaraceae ` differ in having one or more ovaria, in the existence or absence of albumen, in the imbricate or valvular aestivation.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life] Reference

Noor International Holding is pleased to announce the launch of its first project in the aestivation area, Majdil Baana - "Sawfar Country Club" - positioning itself over a foothill that stretches over a vast area of magnificent green lands while overlooking Sham International Highway.    From Wordnik.com.  [AMEinfo.com Latest News] Reference

N. - sense perception, aesthesia. aestival adj. - of summer. aestivation, n.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Again in another work he says, the genera of the Connaraceae "differ in having one or more ovaria, in the existence or absence of albumen, in the imbricate or valvular aestivation.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the origin of species] Reference

Stylus aestivation deflexus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference