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 [PDF]
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 +9 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 [PDF]
Emerging Microbes and InfectionsThe 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 +11 more
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Alpine steppe vegetation communities are more sensitive to plateau pika disturbance than alpine meadows [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionSmall herbivores are important biological factors affecting plant productivity and species richness in the grassland ecosystem of the Tibetan Plateau.
Rui Hua +5 more
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Parasite Species Associated With Wild Plateau Pika (Ochotona Curzoniae) In Southeastern Qinghai Province, China [PDF]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2009 A survey was conducted to determine the prevalence and seasonal abundance of egg, larval, and adult stages of helminths; oocyts of protozoans; and ectoparasites of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) in seven areas of southeastern Qinghai Province, China,
Wang, Chengmin +6 more
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VEGF189 expression is highly related to adaptation of the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) inhabiting high altitudes. [PDF]
High Alt Med Biol, 2013 Li H +7 more
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Effect of plateau pika disturbance and patchiness on ecosystem carbon emissions in alpine meadow in the northeastern part of Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2019 Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) disturbance and patchiness intensify the spatial heterogeneous distribution of vegetation productivity and soil physicochemical properties, which may alter the ecosystem carbon emission process.
Y. Qin +12 more
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The plant secondary compound swainsonine reshapes gut microbiota in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) [PDF]
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 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.
Shien Ren +7 more
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Species Composition of a Small Mammal Community and Prevalence of Echinococcus spp. in the Alpine Pastoral Area of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
PathogensWe aimed to investigate the species composition of a small mammal community and the prevalence of Echinococcus spp. in a typical endemic area of the Tibetan Plateau.
Jia-Xin Zheng +13 more
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Livestock grazing impacts on plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) vary by species identity [PDF]
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2019 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 +7 more
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The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is a keystone species for biodiversity on the Tibetan plateau [PDF]
Animal Conservation, 1999 AbstractIt is necessary to look at the big picture when managing biological resources on the Qinghai—Xizang (Tibetan) plateau. Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) are poisoned widely across the plateau. Putative reasons for these control measures are that pika populations may reach high densities and correspondingly reduce forage for domestic livestock (
Andrew T. Smith, J. Marc Foggin
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