Captivity Shifts Gut Microbiota Communities in Plateau Zokor (Eospalax baileyi) [PDF]
MicroorganismsThe gut microbiota in animals is a dynamic ecosystem influenced by both the host itself and the environment it inhabits. It is known that short-term captivity can significantly impact the gut microbiota of plateau zokors, leading to substantial inter ...
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Seasonal piRNA Expression Profile Changes in the Testes of Plateau Zokor (Eospalax baileyi) [PDF]
AnimalsSeasonal reproduction is a mammalian behavior that has developed over an extended evolutionary period and requires animals to respond to external environmental changes to facilitate reproduction.
Zhiyuan Cai +4 more
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Soil Disturbance of Plateau Zokor (Eospalax baileyi) Promotes the Stability of Alpine Plant Communities [PDF]
PlantsAlpine meadows on the Tibetan Plateau experience chronic, fine-scale disturbances from the plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi), a subterranean rodent that alters soil and vegetation structure through persistent burrowing and mounding. While classical theory
Xidong Zhu +5 more
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Simulation of Soil Temperature under Plateau Zokor’s (Eospalax baileyi) Disturbance in the Qinghai Lake Watershed, Northeast Qinghai–Tibet Plateau [PDF]
Animals, 2023 The soil temperature is a key factor affecting the fragile terrestrial ecosystems on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, and has been remarkably altered by the soil mammal’s disturbance. This study first analyzed the soil temperature variation in grassland, mound,
Ting Xie, Yu-Jun Ma
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Molecular Characterization of a New Moniliformis sp. From a Plateau Zokor (Eospalax fontanierii baileyi) in China [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 In the present study, a new species of the genus Moniliformis species is described taxonomically in the mitochondrial genomic context. The parasite was found in a plateau zokor captured in a high-altitude area of Xiahe County of Gansu Province, China ...
Guo-Dong Dai +12 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 Glacial oscillations and associated tectonic processes during the middle-late Pleistocene are thought to have created a unique pattern of species distribution diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP).
Yukun Kang +4 more
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Sex-Based Dietary Divergence in Plateau Pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) but Not Plateau Zokors (Eospalax baileyi) [PDF]
AnimalsQuantifying sex-specific dietary differences in small mammals reveals the internal resource allocation mechanisms within a species and provides new insights for ecosystem management and conservation practices.
Feiyang Xue +8 more
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GeodermaAs crucial regulators of the ecosystem functions, soil microbes are facing a range of challenges including ecological degradation caused by small mammal disturbances.
Xiaojuan Zhang +7 more
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Novel genotypes of Cryptosporidium and Enterocytozoon bieneusi detected in plateau zokors (Myospalax baileyi) from the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 The plateau zokor (Myospalax baileyi) is a small subterranean rodent endemic to China that lives alone in sealed underground burrows at altitudes ranging from 2000 to 4200 m above sea level on the Tibetan Plateau.
Bin Hu +6 more
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Grazing Is Associated With Dietary Diversity and Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Subterranean Rodents [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionDiet significantly influences gut microbiota composition. Grazing activities alter local vegetation communities, which in turn are related to changes in the availability of food resources for wildlife.
Shien Ren +8 more
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