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Decreased species richness along bare patch gradient in the degradation of Kobresia pasture on the Tibetan Plateau

Ecological Indicators, 2023
The Kobresia pasture in the Tibetan Plateau, as the world's largest and most unique pastoral alpine ecosystem, is undergoing severe degradation, visible in the formation of bare patches.
Rui Hua, Guohui Ye, Marta De Giuli, Rui Zhou, Daerhan Bao, Limin Hua, Yujie Niu   +6 more
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Using microstructures and composition to decipher the alterations of rodent teeth in modern regurgitation pellets—a good news-bad news story

, 2020
Rodent accumulations are widely used for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. But these accumulations are created through the activity of predators (carnivorous mammals, birds of prey), the predation and digestion of which modify the preservation of ...
Dauphin, Y.
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Machine learning identifies straightforward early warning rules for human Puumala hantavirus outbreaks

Scientific Reports, 2023
Human Puumala virus (PUUV) infections in Germany fluctuate multi-annually, following fluctuations of the bank vole population size. We applied a transformation to the annual incidence values and established a heuristic method to develop a straightforward
Orestis Kazasidis, Jens Jacob
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Alarm Calling in Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae): Evidence from Field Observations and Simulated Predator and Playback Experiments

Animals, 2023
Acoustic communication plays a vital role in passing or sharing information between individuals. Identifying the biological meaning of vocal signals is crucial in understanding the survival strategies of animals.
Meina Ma, Rui Hua, Darhan Bao, Guohui Ye, Zhuangsheng Tang, Limin Hua   +5 more
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Presence of Salmonella and Campylobacter spp. in Wild Small Mammals on Organic Farms [PDF]

, 2005
The presence of Salmonella and Campylobacter spp. in rodents and insectivores (n 282) was investigated on organic farms. Infections were encountered in house mice (8 of 83 Campylobacter positive and 1 of 83 Salmonella sp.
B. G., Meerburg, W. F., Jacobs-Reitsma
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Are avian predators effective biological control agents for rodent pest management in agricultural systems? [PDF]

, 2016
Worldwide rodent pests are of significant economic and health importance. Controlling rodent pests will, therefore, not only benefit food security but also human and animal health.
Albert, Alvarez-Castaneda, Anderson, Andersson, Bond, Brown, Buckle, Carlsen, Charter, Colvin, De Winter, Devane, Evenden, Glue, Granjon, Hafidzi, Hafidzi, Hafidzi, Haim, Hayward, Ibarra, Jacob, Jaksic, Kan, Korpimaki, Krebs, Krebs, Lee, Leirs, Leirs, Lourens H Swanepoel, Lushka Labuschagne, Magrini, Makundi, Mark Keith, Marti, Meerburg, Memmott, Meyrom, Mikolla, Mohamad, Mohd, Moher, Monadjem, Moore, Motro, Munoz-Pedreros, Nakagawa, Noor, Odhiambo, Ogada, Ostfeld, Pankakoski, Paz, Peter J Taylor, Prevedello, Puan, Salo, Sekercioglu, Shapiro, Singleton, Singleton, Singleton, Smith, Stein, Steven R Belmain, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Tores, Vibe-Peterson, Whisson, Wood   +72 more
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Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai, Mizuki Seo, Gyath Karadsheh, Fachrur Rizal Mahendra, Máté Á Demény, Ferenc Győry, János András Mótyán, László Fésüs, Endre Kristóf, Rini Arianti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of overgrazing on the functional diversity of rodents in desert areas

Ecology and Evolution
Environmental stressors and disturbances can cause changes in an ecosystem's community structure, which can be reflected in its functional diversity. As grazing intensity increases, this causes changes in the environment that inevitably lead to changes ...
Na Zhu, Xin Li, Xiaodong Wu, Linlin Li, Suwen Yang, Heping Fu, Shuai Yuan   +6 more
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Molecular mechanisms of melatonin in mitigating compound salt stress in Sophora alopecuroides revealed by physiological and transcriptomic profiling

Plant Stress
Melatonin is a conserved multifunctional signaling molecule in plants, which regulates many developmental processes and responds to stress. Although many studies have involved melatonin in plants, it is not clear whether the application of exogenous ...
Youwei Zhang, Rui Geng, Guokang Chen, Shuai Yuan, Lei Wang, Heping Fu   +5 more
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Rats: an ecologically-based approach for managing a global problem [PDF]

, 2007
Many people have problems with pest rodents. Rats eat our crops, contaminate our stored food, damage our buildings and possessions and spread dangerous diseases to people and livestock.
Belmain, Steven
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