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Impact of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) on soil properties and nitrous oxide fluxes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
This paper demonstrates the impact of an endemic fossorial animal, plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae), on soil properties and N2O flux at the Zoige Wetland.
Yan Zhou, Shengwu Jiao, Nana Li, John Grace, Meng Yang, Cai Lu, Xuemeng Geng, Xinwei Zhu, Li Zhang, Guangchun Lei   +9 more
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Microhabitat use by plateau pikas: living on the edge [PDF]

Journal of Mammalogy, 2019
AbstractMammals rely on habitat resources for survival and reproduction. We studied microhabitats used by plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Microhabitat features used by pikas include sedge meadows that provide forage, burrows that provide safety from predators and cover for nests, degraded open-dirt patches, and edges ...
F Stephen Dobson, Zhaofei Fan, Andrew T Smith, Spurthi Paruchuri   +3 more
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A highland-adaptation mutation of the Epas1 protein increases its stability and disrupts the circadian clock in the plateau pika

Cell Reports, 2022
Summary: The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) harbors hundreds of species well adapted to its extreme conditions, including its low-oxygen (hypoxic) atmosphere.
Na Liu, Hongni Tian, Ziqing Yu, Haijiao Zhao, Wenjing Li, Di Sang, Keteng Lin, Yilin Cui, Meimei Liao, Zhancong Xu, Chen Chen, Ying Guo, Yibing Wang, Huan-wei Huang, Jiawen Wang, He Zhang, Wei Wu, He Huang, Shengqing Lv, Zhenqian Guo, Wei Wang, Sanduo Zheng, Fengchao Wang, Yanming Zhang, Tao Cai, Eric Erquan Zhang   +25 more
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Agromyces badenianii sp. nov., isolated from plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2020
Two aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, catalase-positive, non-motile and rod-shaped bacterial strains, designated MF30-AT and MF845, were isolated from the intestinal contents of plateau pika collected from the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Optimal growth of these two strains was observed under aerobic conditions at pH 7.0 and 28 °C. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of
Junqin Li, Shan Lu, Dong Jin, Jing Yang, Xin-He Lai, Fei Mi, Dezhu Zhang, Gui Zhang, Zhi Tian, Kui Dong, Sihui Zhang, Wenjing Lei, Ji Pu, Xiaomin Wu, Ying Huang, Zhihong Ren, Suping Wang, Jianguo Xu   +17 more
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PRNP Sequences of Tibetan Antelope, Blue Sheep, and Plateau Pika from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Reactivity of PrP Proteins to Rodent-Adapted Scrapie Strains in RT-QuIC and PMCA

Zoonoses, 2023
Tibetan antelope ( Rhinopithecus ), blue sheep ( Pseudois nayauris ), and plateau pika ( Ochotona curzoniae ) are wild animals living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Yue-Zhang Wu, Jing-Xing Wu, Xue-Hua Yang, Shan Lu, Kang Xiao, Dong-Dong Chen, Li-Ping Gao, Qi Shi, Jian-Guo Xu, Xiao-Ping Dong   +9 more
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Comparative phylogeography of the plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi) and its host-associated flea (Neopsylla paranoma) in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Specific host-parasite systems often embody a particular co-distribution phenomenon, in which the parasite’s phylogeographic pattern is dependent on its host.
Fang Zhao, Gonghua Lin, Hongjian Chen, Jianping Su, Tongzuo Zhang, Xiaogong Deng   +5 more
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Rearing of Plateau Pika(Ochotona daurica) Captured in Mongolia.

Experimental Animals, 1998
We attempted to rear and breed Plateau pikas (Ochotona daurica) captured in Mongolia in 1994 and 1995. In rearing indoors, though coitus was observed, none of the females became pregnant. In rearing outdoors, males began to make high-pitched, continuous cries and the first offspring (3 newborns) were obtained in June, 1997. The body weight averaged 8.4
T, Matsuzaki, M, Saito, A, Sakai, T, Matsumoto, S, Ganzorig, Y, Maeda   +5 more
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Cardiac adaptation to high altitude in the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) [PDF]

Physiological Reports, 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
Pichon, Aurélien, Zhenzhong, Bai, Marchant, Dominique, Jin, Guoen, Voituron, Nicolas, Haixia, Yun, Favret, Fabrice, Richalet, Jean-Paul, Ge, Ri-Li   +8 more
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Vegetation response to extreme climate events on the Mongolian Plateau from 2000 to 2010 [PDF]

, 2013
Climate change has led to more frequent extreme winters (aka, dzud) and summer droughts on the Mongolian Plateau during the last decade. Among these events, the 2000–2002 combined summer drought–dzud and 2010 dzud were the most severe on vegetation.
Batkhishig, Ochirbat, Becker, Richard, Chen, Jiquan, Ganguly, Sangram, John, Ranjeet, Ou-Yang, Zu-Tao, Samanta, Arindam, Xiao, Jingfeng, Yuan, Wenping   +8 more
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Testis‐specific lactate dehydrogenase is expressed in somatic tissues of plateau pikas [PDF]

FEBS Open Bio, 2013
LDH‐C4 is a lactate dehydrogenase that catalyzes the interconversion of pyruvate with lactate. In mammals the, Ldh‐c gene was originally thought to be expressed only in testis and spermatozoa. Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae), belonging to the genus Ochotona of the Ochotonidea family, is a hypoxia tolerant mammal living at 3000–5000 m above sea ...
Wang, Duowei, Wei, Lian, Wei, Dengbang, Rao, Xinfeng, Qi, Xinzhang, Wang, Xiaojun, Ma, Benyuan   +6 more
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