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Enterotypes of the Gut Microbial Community and Their Response to Plant Secondary Compounds in Plateau Pikas

Microorganisms, 2020
Animal gut microbiomes can be clustered into “enterotypes” characterized by an abundance of signature genera. The characteristic determinants, stability, and resilience of these community clusters remain poorly understood.
Chao Fan, Liangzhi Zhang, Haibo Fu, Chuanfa Liu, Wenjing Li, Qi Cheng, He Zhang, Shangang Jia, Yanming Zhang   +8 more
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Biogeography and Climate Drive Population Divergence and Genomic Vulnerability in High Altitude Endemic Bird

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 4, February 2026.
ABSTRACT High‐elevation systems support species adapted to extreme conditions, and their rugged terrain and variable microclimates strongly shape evolution and persistence. Yet few studies have evaluated how geography and climate jointly shape genetic diversity, local adaptation and vulnerability to environmental change.
Nan Wang, Prashant Ghimire, Pritam Chhetri, Nishma Dahal, Cheng Yi, Tong Zhang, Suonan Zhuoga, Zhaxi Jiangyong, Sangeet Lamichhaney   +8 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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Diet diversity is associated with beta but not alpha diversity of pika gut microbiota

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Wild mammals often consume different food sources as they become geographical available. This change in diet composition is likely to influence the gut microbial community, yet it remains unclear what the relationship looks like—particularly in small ...
Huan Li, Tongtong Li, DeAnna Beasley, Petr Heděnec, Zhishu Xiao, Shiheng Zhang, Jiabao Li, Qiang Lin, Xiangzhen Li   +8 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

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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Social complexity in plateau pikas, Ochotona curzoniae

Animal Behaviour, 2022
Andrew T. Smith, F. Stephen Dobson
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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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Effect of bioturbation by plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) on soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in alpine meadows

Global Ecology and Conservation
The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is a predominant small burrowing herbivore that plays a vital role within the alpine meadow ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Yang Yang, Ruting Hua, Huankun Leng, Jianmin Yao, Jian Yang, Kong Yang   +5 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
Zhou R, Hua R, Tang Z, Hua L.
europepmc   +1 more source