Metagenomic Comparisons between Soft and Hard Feces of Plateau Pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) [PDF]
Animals, 2022 The division of hard and soft feces is an effective digestion strategy in the order Lagomorpha. Although previous studies have reported that hard and soft feces differ in morphology and component, the discrepancy in the microbiome remains unclear.
Haibo Fu, Wenjing Li
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Life‐history traits and fitness of plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) in alpine meadow ecosystem [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is an endemic mammal living in the alpine meadow ecosystem in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. We studied life history of plateau pika by mark–recapturing method.
Haiyan Nie, Jike Liu, Baoyang Chen
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Among-population divergence in personality is linked to altitude in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae ) [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2019 Background Animals inhabiting high altitudes consistently show slow life-histories. The pace-of-life syndrome (POLS) hypothesis posits behavioural, physiological and/or morphological traits that mediate the trade-off between current and future ...
Jiapeng Qu +3 more
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The Utilization of Artificial Burrows by Plateau Pikas Under Rapid Vegetation Restoration [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionVegetation changes often elicit adaptive responses in herbivores. However, how burrow‐dwelling animals utilize the potential underground spatial resource in response to rapid aboveground vegetation changes remains poorly understood. In 2016, we conducted
Rui Zhang, Wei Liu
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The plant secondary compound swainsonine reshapes gut microbiota in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae). [PDF]
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 2021 Abstract Plants produce various plant secondary compounds (PSCs) to deter the foraging of herbivorous mammals. However, little is known about whether PSCs can reshape gut microbiota and promote gut homeostasis of hosts.
Ren S +7 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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A homotetrameric hemoglobin expressed in alveolar epithelial cells increases blood oxygenation in high-altitude plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) [PDF]
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)
Zhifang An +10 more
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The distribution and behavioral characteristics of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) are regarded as one of the main causes of the degradation of alpine meadows in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). The population density of plateau pikas is directly related to the degree of grassland damage.
Jun Qiu +5 more
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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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Effect of chronic traffic noise on behavior and physiology of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 During the last two decades, numerous studies have shown the effects of traffic noise on animal vocal communication. However, studies on the influences of traffic noise on wildlife behavior and physiology are scarce.
Jiapeng Qu +10 more
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