Multi-omics insights into key microorganisms and metabolites in Tibetan sheep’s high-altitude adaptation [PDF]
Tibetan sheep gastrointestinal microbial communities and metabolites showed adaptive differences with altitude, but we do not know which flora or metabolites may play an important role in acclimatization to the altitude environment.
Chao Yuan +13 more
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Effects of age of Awassi ewes crossed with Hamdani rams on reproductive and wool characteristics [PDF]
This study was conducted in Al-Taji District, north of Baghdad, Iraq, on a privately managed sheep farm specializing in animal breeding. The objective was to evaluate the impact of ewe age on wool characteristics and reproductive performance in hybrid ...
Dalaf Ali Hussein
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Peopled Landscapes (Terra Australis 34) [PDF]
, 2020 This impressive collection celebrates the work of Peter Kershaw, a key figure in the field of Australian palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Over almost half a century his research helped reconceptualize ecology in Australia, creating a detailed ...
David, Bruno, G. Haberle, Simon
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Past, present and future challenges in mountain transhumance [PDF]
This book, through historical and forward-looking analysis carried out across various study sites by around fifty researchers and stakeholders involved in Mountain Transhumance, aims to anticipate the major changes and challenges facing this pastoral ...
Chedid, Mabelle +4 more
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Genome-wide identification of selection signals in fat-tailed and thin-tailed sheep populations [PDF]
IntroductionIn the evolutionary context of sheep, the development of fat tails represents an adaptive survival mechanism in response to varying food availability.
Bin Zhang +10 more
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Economic Aspects of Raw Wool Production and Marketing in China [PDF]
Livestock Production/Industries,
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Studies on fatty acids and microbiota characterization of the gastrointestinal tract of Tianzhu white yaks [PDF]
IntroductionThe gut microbiota significantly influences the host’s production performance and health status, with different gastrointestinal tissues exhibiting functional diversity reflected in their microbial diversity.MethodsIn this study, five adult ...
Chen Shaopeng +15 more
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Dietary and environmental factors affecting the dynamics of the gut bacteria in Tibetan Awang sheep (Ovis aries) across divergent breeding models [PDF]
IntroductionTibetan Awang sheep (Ovis aries), indigenous to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, are highly adapted to high-altitude environment. However, knowledge regarding their gut bacterial composition remains limited.MethodsA comprehensive 16S rRNA ...
Jiangcuo Silang +9 more
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From “Retire Livestock, Restore Rangeland” to the Compensation for Ecological Services: State Interventions into Rangeland Ecosystems and Pastoralism in Tibet [PDF]
, 2012 This dissertation investigates China’s tuimu huancao and destocking policy under a Compensation for Ecosystem Services program as a case study of how “received wisdom” environmental degradation narratives are used to justify state interventions into the ...
Yundannima,
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Range management manual for Asia and the Pacific [PDF]
, 1994 Prepared by the ESCAP Regional Network of National Research and Training Centres on Desertification Control in Asia and the Pacific (DESCONAP)This publication was prepared with the valuable assistance of Dr.
UN.ESCAP
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