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Changes in the Suitable Habitats of Three Endemic Fishes to Climate Change in Tibet
Biology, 2022 As one of the most sensitive regions to global climate change, Tibet is subject to remarkable changes in biota over the past decades, including endemic fish species.
Tong Mu +4 more
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Behavioural variability among captive African elephants in the use of the trunk while feeding [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The Proboscideans, an order of mammals including elephants, are the largest of the Earth lands animals. One probable consequence of the rapid increase of their body size is the development of the trunk, a multitask highly sensitive organ used in a large ...
Maëlle Lefeuvre +4 more
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The relationship between distal trunk morphology and object grasping in the African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background During reach-to-grasp movements, the human hand is preshaped depending on the properties of the object. Preshaping may result from learning, morphology, or motor control variability and can confer a selective advantage on that individual or ...
Julie Soppelsa +5 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Understanding different facets of biodiversity patterns and their ecological drivers are essential for freshwater conservation. This is especially true for fish fauna in the Mekong River, one of the largest rivers in the world, which faces large-scale ...
Chao Zhang +4 more
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TRPV3: Structure, Diseases and Modulators
Molecules, 2023 Transient receptor potential vanillin 3 (TRPV3) is a member of the transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily. As a Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channel, TRPV3 can recognize thermal stimulation (31–39 °C), and it plays an important regulatory ...
Wuyue Su +5 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Understanding the mechanisms by which the environment shapes the life history of fishes is critical for our ability to predict the responses of species or ecosystems under global environmental change.
Yintao Jia +3 more
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Ecological use of vertebrate surrogate species in ecosystem conservation
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Surrogate species approaches are widely employed by conservation biologists to help address biodiversity conservation issues when distribution and abundance data for most species of conservation concern are not available or are limited due to ...
Chao Zhang +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 An important objective of evolutionary biology has always been to grasp the evolutionary and genetic processes that contribute to speciation. The present work provides the first detailed account of the genetic and physiological adaptation to changing ...
Yue Ren +6 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Intestinal microorganisms assist the host in digesting complex and difficultly decomposed foods; expand the host’s dietary ecological niche. In order to investigate the effect of high-fiber food on intestinal microorganisms of Eothenomys miletus at ...
Wei Zhang +5 more
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Roles of leptin on energy balance and thermoregulation in Eothenomys miletus
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 Leptin is a hormone mainly synthesized and secreted by white adipose tissue (WAT), which regulates various physiological processes. To investigate the role of leptin in energy balance and thermoregulation in Eothenomys miletus, voles were randomly ...
Huibao Chen +6 more
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