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Badamdorj Bayartogtokh
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Open AccessClimate change will lead to range shifts and genetic diversity losses of dung beetles in the Gobi Desert and Mongolian Steppe
Desertification is known to be a major threat to biodiversity, yet our understanding of the consequent decline in biodiversity remains insufficient. Here, we predicted climate change-induced range shifts and g...
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Ecosystem engineering by endangered Mongolian marmots supports darkling beetles
Mongolian marmots (Marmota sibirica) live in colonies that consist of numerous burrows and are considered ecosystem engineers. Although once a common steppe species, marmots are now endangered due to overharvesti...
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Contribution to the knowledge of soil mites (Acari: Oribatida) in Trans-Altai Gobi desert of Mongolia
This work deals with five species of oribatid mites from Trans-Altai Gobi, Mongolia. Mainothrus transaltaicus sp. n. is proposed on the basis of adults, deuto- and tritonymphs, and a diagnostic key to adults of a...
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Open AccessSome aspects on tick species in Mongolia and their potential role in the transmission of equine piroplasms, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi L.
Ticks are cosmopolitan vectors of numerous diseases, and detection of various pathogens in ticks can help to assess their distribution. In the current study, 528 adult ticks were collected from grazing animals...
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Open AccessHistorical domestication-driven population expansion of the dung beetle Gymnopleurus mopsus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from its last refuge in Mongolia
Populations of Gymnopleurus mopsus (family Scarabaeidae), a dung beetle that displays dung-rolling behavior (i.e., a telecoprid), have recently experienced sharp declines, and many populations are now at high ris...
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Relationships between the diversity patterns of vascular plants, lichens and invertebrates in the Central Asian forest-steppe ecotone
The Central Asian forest-steppe ecotone has been exposed to large alterations in grazing pressure in the last two decades, but the consequences for biodiversity have not been studied so far. We analyzed the bi...
