Buddhist monasteries facilitated landscape conservation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
, 2022 Context: The Sanjiangyuan region of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau—also known as the “Three Rivers’ Headwaters”—is the origin of the Yellow, Yangtze, and Mekong Rivers and therefore the key water source for hundreds of millions of downstream residents ...
Axmacher, Jan +6 more
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The evolution of body size, horn shape and social behaviour in crown Antilopini - an ancestral character state analysis [PDF]
, 2014 The earliest known bovids, commonly placed in the genus Eotragus, are small species with short straight horns that are located above the orbits. Among living bovids there are several species that show a similar horn morphology. These dwarf antelopes were
Bärmann, Eva Verena
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Accounting for intraspecific variation transforms our understanding of artiodactyl social evolution [PDF]
, 2018 A major goal in the study of mammalian social systems has been to explain evolutionary transitions in social traits. Recent comparative analyses have used phylogenetic reconstructions to determine the evolution of social traits but have omitted ...
Miles, Monica
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Pastoralists and wildlife conservation in western China: collaborative management within protected areas on the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
, 2012 Marc Foggin
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A molecular epidemiological investigation of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in goats and captive Arabian sand gazelle (Gazella marica) in Oman [PDF]
Background Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) is a fatal WOAH-listed, respiratory disease in small ruminants with goats as primary hosts that is caused by Mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae (Mccp).
Ali, Haytham +5 more
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High Altitude Disease: Consequences of Genetic and Environmental Interactions [PDF]
, 2009 High altitude disease (HAD) is a pathological effect of high altitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude.
Albert, PhD, Mitchell +4 more
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Tibetan antelope Pantholops hodgsonii conservation and new rangeland management policies in the western Chang Tang Nature Reserve, Tibet: is fencing creating an impasse? [PDF]
, 2009 Joseph L. Fox +2 more
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Umbrella, keystone, or flagship? An integrated framework for identifying effective surrogate species [PDF]
The global biodiversity crisis demands targeted conservation strategies that maximize impact despite limited resources. Surrogate species approaches, particularly using umbrella, keystone, and flagship species, offer practical targets for conservation ...
Beissinger, Steven R +12 more
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Tibetan antelope migration during mass calving as parasite avoidance strategy. [PDF]
Innovation (Camb), 2022 Cao Y, Foggin M, Zhao X.
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Update on Novel Taxa and Revised Taxonomic Status of Bacteria Isolated from Nondomestic Animals Described in 2018 to 2021. [PDF]
J Clin Microbiol, 2023 Lawhon SD +5 more
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