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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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Abundance and characteristics of microsatellite markers in Gansu zokor (Eospalax cansus), a fossorial rodent endemic to the Loess plateau, China
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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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Polymorphic microsatellite loci and interspecific cross-amplification in the New Zealand endemic gecko species Hoplodactylus duvaucelii and Hoplodactylus maculatus
Eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci were obtained from Hoplodactylus duvaucelii using high-throughput genomic sequencing technology. Loci isolated from H. duvaucelii showed extensive cross-amplification for H....
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Benefits to Female Helpers in Wild Rhinopithecus roxellana
To assess what female Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) gain from allowing others to care for their infants, we collected behavioral data on 12 mother-infant dyads at Zhouzhi National Nature Re...