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The Complex and Well-Developed Morphological and Histological Structures of the Gastrointestinal Tract of the Plateau Zokor Improve Its Digestive Adaptability to High-Fiber Foods

Animals, 2022
The morphological and histological traits of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) enable the animal to perform some specific functions that enhance the species’ adaptability to environments.
Xincheng Cai, Darhan Bao, Guohui Ye, Bin Chu, Zhuangsheng Tang, Rui Hua, Limin Hua   +6 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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Rodent management in Aotearoa New Zealand: approaches and challenges to landscape-scale control.

Integrative Zoology, 2023
Aotearoa - New Zealand has only four rodent species, all introduced. In order of arrival, they are Pacific rat Rattus exulans Peale, brown rat R. norvegicus Berkenhout, house mouse Mus musculus Linnaeus, and black rat R. rattus Linnaeus.
J. Innes, G. Norbury, Araceli Samaniego, S. Walker, D. Wilson   +4 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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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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Long-Term Infection and Pathogenesis in a Novel Mouse Model of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Viruses, 2022
Intensive efforts have been made to develop models of hRSV infection or disease using various animals. However, the limitations such as semi-permissiveness and short duration of infection have impeded their applications in both the pathogenesis of hRSV ...
Rui Xiong, Rui Fu, Yong Wu, Xi Wu, Yuan Cao, Zhe Qu, Yanwei Yang, Susu Liu, Guitao Huo, Sanlong Wang, Weijin Huang, Jianjun Lyu, Xiang Zhu, Chunnan Liang, Yihong Peng, Youchun Wang, Changfa Fan   +16 more
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Survivorship of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in a Hypoxic Environment

Sociobiology, 2015
The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, is a structural pest of major economic importance in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.  Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the United States Gulf coast on August 29, 2005, inundating
Carrie Cottone, Nan-Yao Su, Rudolf Scheffrahn, Claudia Riegel   +3 more
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Seismic Signaling for Detection of Empty Tunnels in the Plateau Zokor, Eospalax baileyi

Animals, 2023
There are considerable challenges involved in studying the behavior of subterranean rodents owing to the underground nature of their ecotope. Seismic communication plays a crucial role in the behavior of subterranean rodents, particularly solitary ones ...
Kechi Dong, Jianwei Zhou, Feiyu Zhang, Longming Dong, Bin Chu, Rui Hua, Limin Hua   +6 more
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Rat and Mouse Control

EDIS, 2013
Rats and mice are important rodent pests entering Florida homes and warehouses for food and harborage. These rodents eat any kind of food that people eat. They also contaminate 10 times as much food as they eat, with urine, droppings and hair.
P.G. Koehler, W.H. Kern, Jr.
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Development of a Bioluminescent Imaging Mouse Model for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Based on a Pseudovirus System

Vaccines, 2023
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), remains widely pandemic around the world.
Xi Wu, Nana Fang, Ziteng Liang, Jianhui Nie, Sen Lang, Changfa Fan, Chunnan Liang, Weijin Huang, Youchun Wang   +8 more
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