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Rodent Models of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [PDF]

, 2013
Rodents are clearly valuable models for assessing disruption of fertility. The effects of different steroid treatments at different stages of reproductive life through from fetal to adult have been assessed for effects on fertility, ovarian morphology ...
Duncan, Colin, McNeilly, Alan S
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Influence of biotic and abiotic factors on flea species population dynamics on Lasiopodomys brandtii

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023
Brandt's Vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii) is one of the most abundant rodent species in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China, and one of the main carriers of Yersinia pestis, the plague bacterium.
Ming Ming, Shuai Yuan, Heping Fu, Xin Li, Haoting Zhang, Tao Liu, Fan Bu, Xiaodong Wu   +7 more
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Interactions between landscape changes and host communities can regulate echinococcus multilocularis transmission [PDF]

, 2003
An area close to the Qinghai-Tibet plateau region and subject to intensive deforestation contains a large focus of human alveolar echinococcosis while sporadic human cases occur in the Doubs region of eastern France.
Bao, G, Bartholomot, B, Craig, PS, Delattre, P, Giraudoux, P, Harraga, S, Quéré, JP, Raoul, F, Shi, DZ, Vuitton, DA, Wang, Y   +10 more
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Vicarious reward unblocks associative learning about novel cues in male rats

eLife, 2020
Many species, including rats, are sensitive to social signals and their valuation is important in social learning. Here we introduce a task that investigates if mutual reward delivery in male rats can drive associative learning.
Sander van Gurp, Jochen Hoog, Tobias Kalenscher, Marijn van Wingerden   +3 more
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A Landscape Restoration Initiative Reverses Desertification with High Spatiotemporal Variability in the Hinterland of Northwest China

Land, 2023
Although we are in an era of enormous global commitments to ecological restoration (the UN Decade on ER; the Bonn Challenge), little attention has been paid to the importance of sustained commitment to individual restoration initiatives and few resources
Yuanyuan Hao, Xin Liu, Yaowen Xie, Limin Hua, Xuexia Liu, Boming Liang, Yixuan Wang, Caicheng Huang, Shengshen He   +8 more
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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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Utilisation of sniffer rats as a novel screening technique to accelerate remediation of contaminated soil

Frontiers in Environmental Science
IntroductionSoil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) poses a major environmental threat, contributing to soil degradation, vegetation loss and broader ecological risks. Yet a major bottleneck in remediation remains the reliable identification
Donna Kean, Donna Kean, Bakari Lugundi, Said Mshana, Walter Magesa, Miriam Schneider, Daniel C. Segal, Christophe Cox, Cynthia D. Fast, Cynthia D. Fast, Cynthia D. Fast   +10 more
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Glutamate and GABA in autism spectrum disorder—a translational magnetic resonance spectroscopy study in man and rodent models

Translational Psychiatry, 2018
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a pervasive neurodevelopmental syndrome with a high human and economic burden. The pathophysiology of ASD is largely unclear, thus hampering development of pharmacological treatments for the core symptoms of the disorder.
J. Horder, M. Petrinovic, M. Mendez, A. Bruns, T. Takumi, W. Spooren, G. Barker, B. Künnecke, D. Murphy   +8 more
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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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Influence of grazing on the activity pattern and temporal niche of two dominant rodent species in Alxa desert

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Grazing by large herbivores can potentially affect interspecific interactions between small herbivores by reducing the ecological fitness of animals.
Xin Li, Xin Li, Xin Li, Shuai Yuan, Shuai Yuan, Shuai Yuan, Linlin Li, Linlin Li, Linlin Li, Haoting Zhang, Haoting Zhang, Haoting Zhang, Yonglin Jin, Yonglin Jin, Yonglin Jin, Lina Liu, Lina Liu, Lina Liu, Rong Zhang, Rong Zhang, Rong Zhang, Fan Bu, Fan Bu, Fan Bu, Shanshan Sun, Shanshan Sun, Shanshan Sun, Heping Fu, Heping Fu, Heping Fu, Xiaodong Wu, Xiaodong Wu, Xiaodong Wu   +32 more
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