Ecosystem engineering is increasingly recognized as a relevant ecological driver of diversity
and community composition. Although engineering impacts on the biota can vary from …

Burrow-dwelling rodents are often considered ecosystem engineer species in arid
environments. They create distinct habitat patches by building burrows: they move large …

The population of the plateau zokor (Myospalax fontanierii) rapidly increases on the
degraded alpine meadows of Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. The burrowing and feeding …

Abstract The Mongolian marmot (Marmota sibirica) is a large, endangered rodent species
that ranges across the steppe regions of Mongolia, and parts of China and Russia. Marmot …

Introduction Marmots are recognized as host animals for plague caused by Yersinia pestis
infection. It is unclear that why plague prevalent in marmot rather than other rodents like …

Numerous rodent mounds are found in areas with rodent activity in alpine grasslands in the
Yellow River source zone, and soil wind erosion easily occurs owing to the dry and windy …

There is considerable research on the effects of soil-disturbing ecosystem engineers in semi-
natural Central European grasslands in terms of plant species diversity, soil properties and …

Grasslands make up almost half of China's territory and are important ecological and
economic areas. The native small mammals that inhabit these grasslands are often seen as …

黄河源高寒草地啮齿动物活动区存在大量鼠丘, 在干燥, 大风等气候影响下极易产生土壤风蚀,
为阐明鼠丘土壤风蚀侵蚀特征与规律, 本研究以黄河源流域不同海拔与植被覆盖度下14 …

The physical modification of habitat by the rodents can create patches with altered species
richness relative to adjacent, unmodified habitats. The majority of studies found a positive …