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Livestock grazing impacts on plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) vary by species identity [PDF]

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 ...
De, Kejia, Li, Jie, Pan, Duofeng, Wang, Deli, Li, Xincheng, Seastedt, Timothy R, Wang, Zhongnan, Wang, Ling   +7 more
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Actinomyces gaoshouyii sp. nov., isolated from plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2017
Two strains (pika_113T and pika_114) of a previously undescribed Actinomyces-like bacterium were recovered from the intestinal contents of plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau, China. Results from biochemical characterization indicated that the two strains were phenotypically homogeneous and distinct from other previously ...
Xiangli, Meng, Yiting, Wang, Shan, Lu, Xin-He, Lai, Dong, Jin, Jing, Yang, Jianguo, Xu   +6 more
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Bacterial composition of Polygenis (Polygenis) bohlsi bohlsi (Wagner, 1901) (Siphonaptera: Rhopalopsyllidae) associated with Thrichomys fosteri (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
This study characterizes the bacteriome of Polygenis (Polygenis) bohlsi bohlsi fleas collected from free‐living Thrichomys fosteri in the Pantanal region of Brazil. The bacterial microbiota associated with male fleas exhibited greater phylogenetic diversity, and the overall community structure differed between the flea sexes.
Michelli Inácio Gonçalves Funnicelli, Renan Bressianini do Amaral, Victória Valente Califre de Mello, Ricardo Bassini‐Silva, Lizeth Fernanda Banguero Micolta, Marie Buysse, William Oliveira de Assis, Alanderson Rodrigues da Silva, Heitor Miraglia Herrera, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Darci Moraes Barros‐Battesti, Daniel Guariz Pinheiro, Olivier Duron, Marcos Rogério André   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant Functional Groups Mediated the Effects of Plateau Pika Disturbance and Mowing on the Community Stability of Alpine Meadow Plants

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.
The response mechanisms of plant community composition, functional group biomass, vegetation‐soil properties, and community stability to plateau pika and mowing disturbance intensity exhibited distinct differences. Gramineae and Sedge aboveground biomass and soil nutrient content demonstrated more pronounced responses to both disturbances and their ...
Yu Chai, Chengyi Li, Xinru Du, Xilai Li
wiley   +1 more source

Pika gut may select for rare but diverse environmental bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
The composition of the mammalian gut bacterial communities can be influenced by the introduction of environmental bacteria in their respective habitats.
Huan Li, Tongtong Li, Minjie Yao, Jiabao Li, Shiheng Zhang, Stephan Wirth, Weidong Cao, Qiang Lin, Xiangzhen Li   +8 more
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Habitat Utilization Preference by Small Mammals Is Associated With Geomorphic and Soil Properties: A Case Study of the Plateau Pika From the Eastern Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
This study, through a large‐scale survey, reveals a close relationship between plateau pika habitat use preferences and geomorphic and soil characteristics. The findings indicate that pikas prefer flat, sun‐facing terrain near water sources, as well as specific ranges of soil depth, organic matter, and moisture.
Faming Qin, Yingyuan Chen, Zhongmin Tang, Maria K. Oosthuizen, Shenghui An, Wanrong Wei   +5 more
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Ochotona ladacensis

, 1993
Ochotona ladacensis (Günther, 1875). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 16:231. TYPE LOCALITY: "Chagra, 14000 feet above the sea" [Changra, Ladak, Kashmir, India]. DISTRIBUTION: SW Xinjiang, Qinghai, E Tibet (China); Kashmir (India); Pakistan.
Robert S. Hoffmann
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A Comparison of the Gut Microbiome of Two Sympatric Macropods Along an Urbanisation Gradient in Tasmania

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 3, June 2026.
Our study is the first to explore how macropod gut flora vary across levels of urbanisation, exploring the faecal microbiomes of the red‐bellied pademelon (Thylogale billardierii) and the red‐necked wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). There is some evidence of urbanisation's impacts on the macropod microbiome, although there appear to be ...
Hanh K. D. Nguyen, Penelope J. Jones, Dave Kendal, Shane M. Powell, Kelsie Raspin, Jo Dickinson, Emily J. Flies   +6 more
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Five-year longitudinal surveillance reveals the continual circulation of both alpha- and beta-coronaviruses in Plateau and Gansu pikas (Ochotona spp.) at Qinghai Lake, China1

Emerging Microbes and Infections
The discovery of alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) expanded the host range of mammalian coronavirus (CoV) to a new order – Lagomorpha.
Lin Xu, Meiqing Song, Xianzhi Tian, Ju Sun, Yanjun Wang, Mengyu Bie, Yuhai Bi, Edward C. Holmes, Yi Guan, Jianjun Chen, Juan Li, Weifeng Shi   +11 more
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Social and ecological influences on dispersal and philopatry in the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) [PDF]

Behavioral Ecology, 1998
Benefits and costs of dispersal and philopatry of the social plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) were studied on the Tibetan plateau for 3 years. Although short-lived, plateau pikas live in cohesive family groups that occupy burrow systems in sedge meadow habitat Most (57.8%) plateau pikas were philopatric, and dispersal movements were extremely ...
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