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Transcriptome analysis of pika heart tissue reveals mechanisms underlying the adaptation of a keystone species on the roof of the world

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
High-altitude environments impose intense stresses on living organisms and drive striking phenotypic and genetic adaptations, such as hypoxia resistance, cold tolerance, and increases in metabolic capacity and body mass. As one of the most successful and
Danping Mu, Danping Mu, Xinlai Wu, Xinlai Wu, Anderson Feijó, Wei Wu, Zhixin Wen, Jilong Cheng, Lin Xia, Qisen Yang, Wenjuan Shan, Deyan Ge   +11 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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Group-living decrease predation risk of individual: Evidence from behavior, hormones and reproduction of plateau pika

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Extensive research confirms that abiotic stressors like predation risk can profoundly affect animal condition. However, there is a lack of experimental research assessing the suite of physiological responses to risk.
Rui Zhou, Rui Zhou, Rui Hua, Zhuangsheng Tang, Limin Hua   +4 more
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From Habitat to Hormones: Year-around territorial behavior in rock-dwelling but not in forest and grassland lagomorphs and the role of DHEA [PDF]

, 2022
Year-around defense of extremely patchy habitat may require hormones that drive territorial behavior, but have no other costly physiological effects.
Boonstra, Rudy, Galbreath, Kurt, Gandhi, Nisha, Kraushaar, Alec   +3 more
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Soil microbial communities and the associated effect on soil organic carbon in response to plateau pika bioturbation in alpine grasslands

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Alpine grasslands are vital in regulating carbon balance on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) because of the large soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, while persistent disturbance from the endemic small semifossorial herbivore, plateau pika (Ochotona ...
Yu Qin, Xinyu Liu, Bo Huang, Hongyan Yu, Shuhua Yi   +4 more
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Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus shiquicus in a small mammal community on the eastern Tibetan Plateau : host species composition, molecular prevalence, and epidemiological implications [PDF]

, 2018
Background The eastern part of the Tibetan Plateau is now recognized as an endemic region with the highest reported human infection rates in the world of human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by Echinococcus multilocularis.
AT Smith, B Boufana, B Boufana, B Ma, Belgees Boufana, D Trachsel, DL He, F Raoul, F Ronquist, Francis Raoul, H Wang, H Wang, HL Zhao, J Knapp, JG He, Jiayu Liu, JM Qiu, Junyao Wang, JX Zhang, KP Burnhan, L Zhao, L Zhao, LM Wang, M Nakao, M Nakao, M Nakao, MA Larkin, MH LePesteur, N Xiao, N Xiao, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China, NJD Nagelkerke, P Burlet, P Burlet, P Delattre, P Giraudoux, P Giraudoux, P Giraudoux, P Giraudoux, P Librado, P Morris, Patrick Giraudoux, Philip S. Craig, PR Torgerson, PS Craig, Q Wang, QC Hu, Qingqiu Zuo, QX Liu, RCA Thompson, RCA Thompson, RZ Zhang, S Gandon, T Hall, T Qi, TY Li, TY Li, U Saarma, WB Jiang, XH Xia, Xiaodong Weng, Xiaohui Sun, XM Han, Xu Wang, YZ Wang, ZG Jiang, ZH Wang, ZH Wang, Zhenghuan Wang, Zhiqiang Mu, ZX Luo   +70 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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Small Semi-Fossorial Herbivores Affect the Allocation of Above- and Below-Ground Plant Biomass in Alpine Meadows

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Small semi-fossorial herbivores can affect plant aboveground biomass (AGB) in grasslands and possibly alter the allocation of AGB and belowground biomass (BGB).
Qian Wang, Xiao Pan Pang, Zheng Gang Guo
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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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Spatiotemporal Coupling Relationship Between Plateau Pika Disturbance and Alpine Meadow Degradation

Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2023
[Objective] Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is a key species in the alpine meadow ecosystem of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. The coupling relationship between pika activity and meadow degradation was analyzed in order to further improve the observation ...
Zhao Jianyun, Jiang Chuanli, Li Guorong, Gao Chongyue, Wang Zhichao, Wen Lanchong   +5 more
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