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A STIR nucleic acid drug delivery system for stirring phenotypic switch of microglia in Parkinson’s disease treatments
Neuroinflammation is one of the three important pathological features in neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s disease (PD). The regulation of neuroinflammation can reduce the severity of neurologic...
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Morphological differences along a chronological gradient of urbanisation in an endemic insectivorous bird of New Zealand
Urbanisation constitutes one of the most rapid human-induced environmental changes, develo** at the expense of natural and semi-natural habitats. It often implies alterations of many abiotic and biotic facto...
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Exposure to eagle owl feces induces anti-predator behavior, physiology, and hypothalamic gene responses in a subterranean rodent, the plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi)
Predator odors are natural stressors that induce anti-predator defensive responses, which have developed under evolutionary pressures to maximize the fitness of an individual to avoid dangerous confrontations....
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Assessing spatial learning and working memory in plateau zokors in comparison with plateau pikas and laboratory rats
Spatial learning and memory skills are imperative for the survival and fitness of subterranean rodents because of the harsh underground niche in which they live that necessitates the avoidance of higher energy...
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Nutrient Balancing by Captive Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
An organism’s fitness is tied closely to its ability to obtain food. However, many foods are nutritionally suboptimal on their own, forcing an individual to develop a feeding strategy that actively manages bot...
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Delivery systems for theranostics in neurodegenerative diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by progressive nervous system dysfunction, which affects over 90,000 people every year. Although numerous contrast agents and therapeutic drugs are available for th...
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Five-year population dynamics of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) on the east of Tibetan Plateau
Small mammals mediate trajectories of vegetation change where both their density and the growing season are moderated by temperature and precipitation. On the Tibetan Plateau, the cold and arid climate particu...
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Open AccessErratum to: Feeding preferences of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Nepal
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Open AccessFeeding preferences of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Nepal
Nepal provides habitat for approximately 100–125 wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Although a small proportion of the world population of this species, this group is important for maintaining the genetic di...
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The more the merrier? Multi-species grazing of small herbivores mediates plant community impacts
Small herbivores play keystone functional roles in grassland ecosystems. Recognising the combined effects where herbivores co-exist is important for guiding grassland restoration and biodiversity conservation....
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Tibetan wildlife hemmed in
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Abundance and characteristics of microsatellite markers in Gansu zokor (Eospalax cansus), a fossorial rodent endemic to the Loess plateau, China
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Genetic diversity and demographic history of the endangered and endemic fish (Platypharodon extremus): implications for stock enhancement in Qinghai Tibetan Plateau
Release of captive bred individuals into the wild is now a conservation management approach to increase the depleted natural wildlife populations. Such method has been initiated for conservation of wild fish p...
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Open AccessSatellite telemetry and social modeling offer new insights into the origin of primate multilevel societies
Multilevel societies (MLS), in which polygynous reproductive units are nested in a larger social matrix, represent a highly complex social system documented only in a small number of mammalian species. Using l...
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Human–carnivore conflict: ecological and economical sustainability of predation on livestock by snow leopard and other carnivores in the Himalaya
Human communities in the Trans-Himalayan region depend on the dynamics of the agro-pastoral system for survival. Humans, livestock and wild predators share common resources in the region, and this leads to hum...
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Open AccessDominance rank of adult females and mating competition in Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in the Qinling Mountains, China
Dominance hierarchy reflects resource competition in male primates as well as females. In this study, we collected data on the social rank and mating competition of female Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys from Septe...
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Life history of the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) in alpine meadows of the Tibetan Plateau
The life history of a species is a result of natural selection and reflects how the species is adapted to its environment. Knowledge of life history is crucial for further ecological studies and conservation m...
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Reproduction of plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) on the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau
The reproduction of the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) was investigated in Guoluo District at an elevation of 4,000 m on the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau, China, from April 2007 to August 2008. Reproduction was sea...
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The function of constructed wetland in reducing the risk of heavy metals on human health
Irrigation with polluted water from the upper Yellow River (YR) channel of Northwest China has resulted in agricultural soil being contaminated by heavy metals (HMs). This causes major concerns due to the pote...
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Open AccessEvaluating the reliability of microsatellite genoty** from low-quality DNA templates with a polynomial distribution model
Molecular studies using trace DNA, such as from museum specimens, ancient or forensic samples and samples obtained noninvasively, often have a common problem of low quality of DNA templates. Amplification erro...
