Animal Activities of the Key Herbivore Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Affect Grassland Microbial Networks and Ecosystem Functions [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) are high-altitude model animals and famous “ecosystem engineers” on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Pika activities may accelerate the degradation of alpine meadows.
Jiawei Yang +12 more
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Cell Reports, 2022 Summary: The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is native to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In this study, the gene that encodes a heme-binding protein in the pulmonary surfactant (PS) of the pika is identified. The protein is a homotetrameric hemoglobin (δ4)
Dengbang Wei, Lian Wei
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Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae) in the Qinghai Lake Basin, China [PDF]
Animals, 2019 The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is a keystone species in the alpine rangeland ecosystem of the Qinghai−Tibetan Plateau. Most previous studies of habitat selection by plateau pika have been conducted at a local microhabitat scale; however ...
Yi-Nan Wu +3 more
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Age-Specific Composition and Predicted Function of Gut Microbiota in Plateau Pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) [PDF]
BiologyGut microbes play a crucial role in regulating physiological processes such as host energy metabolism, nutrient absorption, and environmental adaptation.
Hui Han +4 more
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Letter for Qiu et al. (2021) regarding ‘The distribution and behavioral characteristics of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae)’ [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 While reading the paper ‘The distribution and behavioral characteristics of plateau pikas ( Ochotona curzoniae)’(Qiu et al. 2021), I found the authors of this paper appear to have a mistake of surface temperature.
Wen-Jing Li
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Functional evolution of leptin of Ochotona curzoniae in adaptive thermogenesis driven by cold environmental stress. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundEnvironmental stress can accelerate the directional selection and evolutionary rate of specific stress-response proteins to bring about new or altered functions, enhancing an organism's fitness to challenging environments.
Jie Yang +8 more
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Effectiveness of 10 polymorphic microsatellite markers for parentage and pedigree analysis in plateau pika
BMC Genetics, 2010 Background The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is an underground-dwelling mammal, native to the Tibetan plateau of China. A set of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci has been developed earlier.
Zhang Yanming +4 more
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Daily and Seasonal Activity Patterns of Plateau Pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China, and Their Relationship with Weather Condition [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Simple Summary Animals are subject to the daily and seasonal fluctuations of climatic factors that affect their thermoregulation. The purpose of the present study was to determine the activity patterns of wild plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae), with a ...
Rui Zhou +3 more
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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 ...
Xin-Hui Cai +6 more
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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, 2022 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.
Hong Zhu +4 more
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