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Science 5 February 1982:
Vol. 215. no. 4533, pp. 697 - 698
DOI: 10.1126/science.7058335
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Science, Vol 215, Issue 4533, 697-698
Copyright © 1982 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Survival of frogs in low temperature

WD Schmid

Anurans that hibernate at or near the ground surface can survive prolonged exposure to low winter temperatures of northern latitudes by tolerance to freezing. An accumulation of glycerol during winter was correlated with frost tolerance, indicating that this compound is associated with natural tolerance to freezing in a vertebrate.


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