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Great gerbil burrowing-induced microbial diversity shapes the rhizosphere soil microenvironments of Haloxylon ammodendron in temperate deserts [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
In the Gurbantunggut Desert of northwest China, the main habitat of Rhombomys opimus (great gerbil) is under the thickets of Haloxylon ammodendron, the main construction species.
Hanli Dang, Wenqin Zhao, Wenqin Zhao, Tao Zhang, Yongxiang Cheng, Jianrui Dong, Li Zhuang   +6 more
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Predicting the Activity Level of the Great Gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) via Machine Learning [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) is a pest rodent that is widely distributed in Eurasia, and assessing its outbreak risk and instituting timely population control are very important for protecting vegetation and human health.
Fan Jiang, Peng Peng, Zhenting Xu, Yu Xu, Ding Yang, Shouquan Chai, Shuai Yuan, Limin Hua, Dawei Wang, Xuanye Wen   +9 more
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Ecological niche modeling of genetic lineages of the great gerbil, Rhombomys opimus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2021
Great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus Lichtenstein, 1823) is distributed in Central Asia and some parts of the Middle East. It is widely found in central and northeast parts of Iran with two distinct genetic lineages: R. o. sodalis in the northern slopes of the
Kordiyeh Hamidi, Saeed Mohammadi, Taghi Ghassemi-Khademi   +2 more
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Effects of Great Gerbil Disturbance on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Nutrient Status of Haloxylon ammodendron [PDF]

Plants
Rodents, such as those that feed on plants and nest in plant roots, can significantly affect the growth and development of desert plants. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Rhombomys opimus disturbance on the photosynthetic ...
Jinshun Shi, Xingming Hao, Zhongke Wang, Meng Jiang, Mengwen Peng, Jiaqi Bai, Li Zhuang   +6 more
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The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) as a host for tick species in Gurbantunggut Desert [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Rodents play an important role in the life cycle of ixodid and argasid ticks, particularly as hosts of larvae and nymphs. The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus), the preferred prey item of several carnivores (e.g. the red fox and marbled polecat),
Gang Liu, Wenbo Tan, Huiqian Wang, Xiaoshuang Han, Sándor Hornok, Shanshan Zhao, Ligu Mi, Suwen Wang, Meihua Yang, Yuanzhi Wang   +9 more
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Polygenic plague resistance in the great gerbil uncovered by population sequencing. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus, 2022
Pathogens can elicit high selective pressure on hosts, potentially altering genetic diversity over short evolutionary timescales. Intraspecific variation in immune response is observable as variable survivability from specific infections.
Nilsson P, Ravinet M, Cui Y, Berg PR, Zhang Y, Guo R, Luo T, Song Y, Trucchi E, Hoff SNK, Lv R, Schmid BV, Easterday WR, Jakobsen KS, Stenseth NC, Yang R, Jentoft S.   +16 more
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The Genome of the Great Gerbil Reveals Species-Specific Duplication of an MHCII Gene. [PDF]

Genome Biol Evol, 2020
The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) is a social rodent living in permanent, complex burrow systems distributed throughout Central Asia, where it serves as the main host of several important vector-borne infectious pathogens including the well-known ...
Nilsson P, Solbakken MH, Schmid BV, Orr RJS, Lv R, Cui Y, Song Y, Zhang Y, Baalsrud HT, Tørresen OK, Stenseth NC, Yang R, Jakobsen KS, Easterday WR, Jentoft S.   +14 more
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Study on the aggregation patterns of fleas parasitizing the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) in the Junggar Basin plague natural focus [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus), whose ectoparasitic fleas significantly influence the transmission and prevalence of plague, was the dominant rodent species in the Junggar Basin in Northwestern China.
Fang Li, Guoyu Zhao, Yu Wang, Shang Zhan, Xine Tang, Tao Luo, Abulimiti Moming, Huiqian Wang, Jianhui Chen, Qiguo Wang, Haiyan Wu, Yujiang Zhang   +11 more
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Detecting plague-host abundance from space: Using a spectral vegetation index to identify occupancy of great gerbil burrows. [PDF]

Int J Appl Earth Obs Geoinf, 2018
In Kazakhstan, plague outbreaks occur when its main host, the great gerbil, exceeds an abundance threshold. These live in family groups in burrows, which can be mapped using remote sensing. Occupancy (percentage of burrows occupied) is a good proxy for abundance and hence the possibility of an outbreak.
Wilschut LI, Heesterbeek JAP, Begon M, de Jong SM, Ageyev V, Laudisoit A, Addink EA.   +6 more
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Great Gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) in Central Asia Are Spreading to Higher Latitudes and Altitudes [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) is a gregarious rodent in Central Asia and is one of the major pests found in desert forest and grassland areas. The distribution changes and migration routes of R.
Xuan Liu, Li Xu, Jianghua Zheng, Jun Lin, Xuan Li, Liang Liu, Ruikang Tian, Chen Mu   +7 more
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