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, 2022 Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) are high-altitude model animals and famous “ecosystem engineers” on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Pika activities may accelerate the degradation of alpine meadows.
Xiaochen Wang (235611) +9 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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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. In the present study, we experimentally manipulated the traffic noise exposure of plateau pika, a native small mammal widely distributed ...
Jiapeng Qu +10 more
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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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, 2022 According to life history theory, animals living in extreme environments have evolved specific behavioral and physiological strategies for survival. However, the genetic mechanisms underpinning these strategies are unclear.
Jing Li (10611) +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundEnvironmental stress can accelerate the directional selection and evolutionary rate of specific stress-response proteins to bring about new or altered functions, enhancing an organism's fitness to challenging environments.
Jie Yang +8 more
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Decades of Enclosure Protection Exert Composite Effects on Grassland Grasshopper Communities
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Decades of enclosure protection have altered grasshopper community structure, with species‐specific effects on population dynamics. For the low‐mobility grasshopper Chorthippus fallax, abundance did not differ strongly between exclosure‐protected and overgrazed areas, but its egg development duration was longer in exclosures. The two C.
Dan‐dan Feng +7 more
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Population dynamics and responses to management of plateau pikas Ochotona curzoniae [PDF]
Journal of Applied Ecology, 2007 Summary Plateau pikas Ochotona curzoniae are considered a pest species on the Tibetan Plateau because they compete with livestock for forage and their burrowing could contribute to soil erosion. The effectiveness of pest control programmes in Tibet has not been measured, and it is not known whether changes in livestock management have exacerbated ...
ROGER P. PECH +4 more
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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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Environmental Drivers of Geographic Isolation in Three Pika Species in Northeast Asia
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Using bias‐corrected species distribution models, we found that geographic isolation among three northeastern Asian pika species (Ochotona coreana, Ochotona mantchurica, and Ochotona hyperborea) reflects both divergent environmental preferences and potential competitive interactions. O.
Yuxi Peng +11 more
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