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Water, Wildlife and the World: A Global Synthesis of Trends in Wildlife Ecohydrology Research

Ecohydrology, Volume 18, Issue 7, October‐November 2025.
ABSTRACT Ecohydrology and hydroecology are interdisciplinary fields that examine the interactions between ecology and hydrology to address critical issues pertaining to both disciplines. However, the study of ‘ecology’ in ecohydrology research has largely focused on vegetation, leading to a gap in knowledge regarding direct relationships between ...
Mackenzie A. Jones, Victoria Steblaj, Kyle Schang, Mackenzie Ross, Chantel E. Markle   +4 more
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Evidence of Intraspecific Adaptive Variation in the American Pika (Ochotona princeps) on a Continental Scale Using a Target Enrichment and Mitochondrial Genome Skimming Approach

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 20, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Montane landscapes present an array of abiotic challenges that drive adaptive evolution amongst organisms. These adaptations can promote habitat specialisation, which may heighten the risk of extirpation from environmental change. For example, higher metabolic rates in an endothermic species may contribute to heightened cold tolerance, whilst ...
Zachery M. Farrand, Kurt E. Galbreath, Katherine C. Teeter   +2 more
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Alpine steppe vegetation communities are more sensitive to plateau pika disturbance than alpine meadows

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionSmall herbivores are important biological factors affecting plant productivity and species richness in the grassland ecosystem of the Tibetan Plateau.
Rui Hua, Peng Zhang, Liqing Wang, Miaomiao Huang, Limin Hua, Jianwei Zhou   +5 more
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Herbivorous mammals adjust their feeding patterns according to the abundance of available diet to adapt to the effects of grassland degradation

Global Ecology and Conservation
The degradation of grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau has severely impacted the region’s ecology and productivity, subsequently affecting the dietary niche of the region’s herbivores.
Xin He, Yutong Liu, Siwei Yang, Guiwen He, Gang Liu, Junsong Zhao   +5 more
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Livestock grazing impacts on plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) vary by species identity

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2019
Livestock and small burrowing mammals are potential ecosystem engineers and major drivers of ecosystem processes. Small mammals, often considered competitors with livestock, have been reported to increase in recent years and have been identified for ...
Xincheng Li, Zhongnan Wang, Deli Wang, Ling Wang, Duofeng Pan, Jie Li, K. De, T. Seastedt   +7 more
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高原鼠兔对极端低氧环境的生理、行为和分子生物学适应研究进展

野生动物学报, 2022
从生理学、行为学及分子生物学等方面对高原鼠兔（Ochotona curzoniae）的低氧适应机制进行阐述，发现高原鼠兔血液与血红蛋白的结合、释放氧的能力较高，这对低氧时体内氧的传递是有利的；肺小动脉壁变薄，这有利于在低氧条件下进行气体交换，使更多的氧进入肺部，同时高原鼠兔的右心室重量低于常氧环境中的大鼠。这就最大限度防止了高原鼠兔在低氧环境中出现右心室衰竭。行为学研究主要集中在其繁殖行为方面，分子生物学研究主要集中在其血管生成、能量代谢和携氧蛋白的携氧能力方面。
齐丽红邹登朗祁得胜刘忠浩马建滨都玉蓉
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Preference for ground cover when selecting burrow entrances in plateau pikas

Ecology and Evolution
Burrow‐dwelling animals such as the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) often seek sturdy entrances for their burrows, which can reduce the need for frequent maintenance.
Rui Zhang, Wei Liu
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Vitamin D₃ Metabolic Enzymes in Plateau Zokor (Myospalax baileyi) and Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae): Expression and Response to Hypoxia. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2022
Chen X, An Z, Wei L, Zhang J, Li J, Wang Z, Gao C, Wei D.   +7 more
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Dual detection and novel genotypes of Giardia and Leishmania in Ochotona curzoniae from Zoige County, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionGiardia and Leishmania are important zoonotic parasites, yet their transmission dynamics in wildlife hosts on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau remain unclear. As a keystone species on the Plateau, Ochotona curzoniaes overlap spatially with livestock
Lu Deng, Nian-Chun Yin, Zhun Yi, Ri-hong Jike, Hong-Xi Chen, Tian-Cai Tang, Li-Li Hao   +6 more
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Dietary Differentiation Mitigates Interspecific Interference Competition Between Sympatric Pallas’s Cats (Otocolobus manul) and Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Animals
The comparative analysis of the feeding ecology among sympatric small carnivores reveals both differentiation and overlap in resource utilization patterns, which serves as a critical pathway for understanding interspecific interactions and maintaining ...
Dong Wang, Quanbang Li, Jingyu Gao, Luyi Hou, Yanjun Zou, Xinming Lian   +5 more
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