Livestock grazing impacts on plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) vary by species identity [PDF]
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 +7 more
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Gut region influences the diversity and interactions of bacterial communities in pikas (Ochotona curzoniae and Ochotona daurica) [PDF]
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2017 The mammalian microbial communities in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) play important roles in host nutrition and health. However, we still lack an understanding of how these communities are organized across GIT in natural environments. Here, using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, we analyzed the bacterial community diversity, network interactions and ...
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A Comparative Study on the Distribution Pattern of Endocrine Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Two Small Alpine Mammals, Plateau Zokor (Eospalax baileyi) and Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae). [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Simple Summary The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is the largest and most complex endocrine organ; there are numerous endocrine cells in the mucosal layer of gastrointestinal tissue, which can secrete a variety of gastrointestinal hormones that regulate ...
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Stochastic Processes Derive Gut Fungi Community Assembly of Plateau Pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) along Altitudinal Gradients across Warm and Cold Seasons. [PDF]
J Fungi (Basel), 2023 Although fungi occupy only a small proportion of the microbial community in the intestinal tract of mammals, they play important roles in host fat accumulation, nutrition metabolism, metabolic health, and immune development.
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Differential Expression of Metabolism-Related Genes in Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae) at Different Altitudes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. [PDF]
Front Genet, 2021 According to life history theory, animals living in extreme environments have evolved specific behavioral and physiological strategies for survival. However, the genetic mechanisms underpinning these strategies are unclear.
Zhu H, Zhong L, Li J, Wang S, Qu J.
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, 2016 Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Ochotonidae, pp. 28-43 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
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, 1982 Ochotona curzoniae (Hodgson, 1858). J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 26:207. TYPE LOCALITY: China, Tibet, Chumbi Valley. DISTRIBUTION: Tibetan Plateau; adjacent Kansu, Tsinghai, Szechwan (China), Sikkim and E. Nepal. Perhaps Iran. COMMENT: Includes melanostoma and may include seiana from Iran; see Corbet, 1978:69.
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Cardiac adaptation to high altitude in the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae). [PDF]
Physiol Rep, 2013 The aim of this study was to assess maximal heart rate (HR) and heart morphological changes in high altitude living "plateau pikas" and rats bred at 2260 m. Rats and pikas were catheterized to measure HR (2260 m). After baseline measurements, 1 mg/kg of atropine (AT) and increasing doses of isoproterenol (IsoP) (0.1, 1, 10, and 100 μg kg) were injected
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, 1993 Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 807-827 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 808, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
Robert S. Hoffmann
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Infections and genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in small wild mammals on the Eastern Tibetan plateau: public health implications [PDF]
BMC MicrobiologyBackground Cryptosporidium and Giardia are protozoan parasites that cause significant diarrheal diseases. Small mammals are potential reservoirs for their zoonotic transmission. The Tibetan Plateau alpine ecosystem harbors diverse and abundant small wild
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