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Geographic distribution of the field vole (Microtus arvalis) in the Czech Republic

Plant Protection Science, 1999
The ecological distribution and requirements of the field vole (Microtus arvalis) were studied, using data on its population density in individual districts of the Czech Republic from 1955 to 1990. The field vole was found to be distributed from lowlands
Milan Zapletal, Dagmar Obdržálková, Jiří Pikula, Jiří Pikula, Miroslava Beklová   +4 more
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Sex‐Specific Involvement of Gut Microbiota in Behavioral and Endocrine Responses to Chronic Predator Odor in Brandt's Voles

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
18 days of predator odor exposure altered gut microbiota, increased anxiety‐like behaviors, and elevated hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity in Brandt's voles, with males showing behavioral habituation and females remaining sensitive. Cecal microbiota transplantation experiments confirmed that only female recipients of microbiota from predator‐
Chen Gu, Ruiping Xu, Baofa Yin, Ruiyong Wu, Youheng Wei, Dehua Wang, Wanhong Wei   +6 more
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Prenatal Environmental Hypoxia Enhances Adult Hypoxia Tolerance in Brandt's Voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii): Behavioral and Transcriptomic Insights

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Prenatal hypoxia enhances adult hypoxia tolerance in Brandt's voles, preserving cognitive and memory functions. Transcriptomic analysis reveals adaptive changes in energy metabolism, oxygen transport, and neuroprotective mechanisms, highlighting developmental plasticity.
Mengyang Li, Congcong Qiao, Xiujuan Li, Maolin Huang, Zhenlong Wang, Luye Shi   +5 more
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Museomics Deciphers the Phylogeographic Differentiation and Conservation Status of a Montane Pheasant

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Museum specimens provide a rich source of historical DNA, enabling insights into phylogenetic relationships and demographic history of the endangered Koklass Pheasant. Our findings uncovered a previously unrecognized population in Guizhou province and highlighted elevated extinction risk in populations from Anhui province and Southern China, informing ...
Zhiyong Jiang, Yalin Cheng, Shuai Zhang, Wenqing Zang, Peng He, Dezhi Zhang, Jinjuan Mei, Peng Cui, Yanhua Qu, Hailong Wu   +9 more
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Population‐level manipulations of field vole densities induce subsequent changes in plant quality but no impacts on vole demography

Ecology and Evolution, 2018
Grazing‐induced changes in plant quality have been suggested to drive the negative delayed density dependence exhibited by many herbivore species, but little field evidence exists to support this hypothesis. We tested a key premise of the hypothesis that
Lise Ruffino, Susan E. Hartley, Jane L. DeGabriel, Xavier Lambin   +3 more
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SPECIES- AND AGE-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE SYSTEM IN TISSUES OF RODENTS (MAMMALIA: RODENTIA)

Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2018
The aim of this study was to analyze the species-specific features and age-related changes in the total lactate dehydrogenase activity (LDh, EC 1.1.1.27) and LDh patterns in some tissues in three species of rodents (Rodentia) with different ecological ...
Ekaterina Antonova, Svetlana Sergina, Victor Ilyukha, Alina Yakimova   +3 more
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Ectoparasite Complex of the East European Vole Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) on the Northern Border of the Range in Western Siberia

Российский паразитологический журнал, 2020
The purpose of the research is establishing the composition, infection rates, species and group ratio of ectoparasites of the East European vole on the northern border of the range in Western Siberia (Middle Ob Region). Materials and methods.
V. P. Starikov, S. V. Egorov, A. D. Mayorova, E. A. Vershinin, V. A. Petukhov, N. V. Nakonechny, E. S. Sarapultseva, V. N. Kravchenko   +7 more
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Can hierarchical modelling of co‐occurrence data provide accurate inference into species interactions?

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years, several compelling critiques have emerged of approaches that leverage co‐occurrence data to understand the dynamic complexities posed by species interactions. Here, motivated by the key arguments formalized over a century of debate, we use simulations grounded in ecological theory to provide guidance on when co‐occurrence data
Joshua P. Twining, Kenneth F. Kellner
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Conservation of strain properties of bank vole-adapted chronic wasting disease in the absence of glycosylation and membrane anchoring

Neurobiology of Disease
Prion disease phenotypes (prion strains) are primarily determined by the specific misfolded conformation of the cellular prion protein (PrPC). However, post-translational modifications, including glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol (GPI) membrane anchoring ...
Enric Vidal, Hasier Eraña, Jorge M. Charco, Nuria L. Lorenzo, Samanta Giler, Montserrat Ordóñez, Eva Fernández-Muñoz, Maitena San-Juan-Ansoleaga, Glenn C. Telling, Manuel A. Sánchez-Martín, Mariví Geijo, Jesús R. Requena, Joaquín Castilla   +12 more
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Cave Palaeolithic of the Ural Mountains – a review

Boreas, EarlyView.
The Ural Mountains are of fundamental importance for studying early human migrations along the geographical limits between Europe and Asia. Geological processes and past climates gave rise to numerous caves, mostly in Palaeozoic carbonate formations.
Jiri Chlachula
wiley   +1 more source