Habitat utilization distribution of sika deer (Cervus nippon) [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Habitat-specific and movement-related behavioral studies are essential for the development of sustainable biodiversity management practices. Although the number of studies on sika deer is increasing, habitat utilization distribution (UD)-related studies ...
Thakur Dhakal +7 more
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Molecular Evidence Reveals the Sympatric Distribution of Cervus nippon yakushimae and Cervus nippon taiouanus on Jeju Island, South Korea [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Non-native species threaten native ecosystems and species, particularly on islands where rates of endemism and vulnerability to threats are high. Understanding species invasion will aid in providing insights into ecological and evolutionary processes. To
Maniram Banjade +8 more
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Uncovering the Fecal Bacterial Communities of Sympatric Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) and Wapiti (Cervus canadensis) [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Microbial symbiotic associations may be beneficial, neutral, or harmful to the host. Symbionts exploit the host space and nutrition or use hosts as carriers to spread to other environments.
Jiakuo Yan +4 more
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High-quality chromosome-scale genome assembly and annotation of Taohongling Sika deer (Cervus nippon kopschi) [PDF]
Scientific DataTaohongling Sika deer (Cervus nippon kopschi) is classified as a national first-class protected wild animal, and the absence of a high-quality chromosome-scale genome has hindered in-depth studies on its molecular mechanism of adaptive evolution ...
Qiang Yang +5 more
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iSCNT embryo culture system for restoration of Cervus nippon hortulorum, presumed to be sika deer in the Korean Peninsula. [PDF]
PLoS ONESika deer inhabiting South Korea became extinct when the last individual was captured on Jeju Island in Korea in 1920 owing to the Japanese seawater relief business, but it is believed that the same subspecies (Cervus nippon hortulorum) inhabits North ...
Yong-Su Park, Min-Gee Oh, Sang-Hwan Kim
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Diet, nutrient characteristics and gut microbiome between summer and winter drive adaptive strategies of East China sika deer (Cervus nippon kopschi) in the Yangtze River basin [PDF]
BMC MicrobiologyBackground Adaptation of species represents the outcome of interactions between organisms and their environment, as well as a product of natural selection and evolution.
Zhiming Cao +11 more
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) Inferred by mtDNA and Y-Chromosomal Genes [PDF]
AnimalsSika deer (Cervus nippon), a species mainly distributed in the northeast of Asia, hold significant economic value in China due to their contributions to traditional Chinese medicine.
Tianjiao Wang +5 more
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Seasonal infestation patterns of ticks on Hokkaido sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) [PDF]
ParasitologyTicks prefer specific feeding sites on a host that are influenced by host–tick and tick–tick interactions. This study focused on the spatiotemporal distribution of ticks in Hokkaido sika deer, an important tick host in Hokkaido, Japan.
Kotaro Shimizu +5 more
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Molecular authentication of sika deer (Cervus nippon) based on allele-specific PCR [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 Sika deer (Cervus nippon) is listed as a tonic in many ancient Chinese pharmaceutical. Many adulterants of sika deer products have been found in Chinese medicinal materials markets, which led to detrimental impacts in clinical treatment.
Feixia Hou, Jihai Gao
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages are recognized as important components of intra- and interspecific biodiversity, and allow to reveal colonization routes and phylogeographic structure of many taxa.
Paweł Mackiewicz +11 more
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