Livestock grazing is associated with the gut microbiota and antibiotic resistance genes in sympatric plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae)

J Zhao, T Feng, X An, X Chen, N Han… - Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With the overuse of antibiotics in health care and animal husbandry, antibiotic resistance
becomes a serious threat to public health. Antibiotic residues from veterinary medicine have …

Increased availability of preferred food and decreased foraging costs from degraded grasslands lead to rodent pests in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

C Zhang, Y Kang, B Yao, K An, Q Pu… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The increased population density of rodent species during ongoing grassland degradation
further deteriorates its conditions. Understanding the effects of grassland degradation on …

Temporal and geographic distribution of gut microbial enterotypes associated with host thermogenesis characteristics in plateau pikas

X Tang, L Zhang, S Ren, Y Zhao… - Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Differentiation of the gut microbiota between individuals within a species can be identified by
enterotypes. However, whether different enterotypes are associated with host-related …

High diversity, close genetic relatedness, and favorable living conditions benefit species co-occurrence of gut microbiota in Brandt's vole

C Cheng, G Li, X Yang, J Zhao, J Liu, A Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Revealing factors and mechanisms in determining species co-existence are
crucial to community ecology, but studies using gut microbiota data are still lacking. Methods …

Alpine grassland degradation intensifies the burrowing behavior of small mammals: evidence for a negative feedback loop

Z Wang, J Yan, A Martin, DH Brunton, J Qu… - Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, grassland degradation is an acute ecological problem. In alpine grassland on the
Tibetan Plateau, increased densities of various small mammals in degraded grassland are …

Spatiotemporal differences induced changes in the structure and function of the gut microbiota in an endangered ungulate

X Ma, X Hu, K Liu, W Wang, W Jia, H Gao, M Lu, J Liu… - Animal Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
The composition and function of animal gut microbiota are shaped by various factors, among
which diet is one of the major factors. Diet is affected by seasonal shifts and geographical …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal covariations of diet-gut microbiota in the adaptation of the newly reintroduced Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) to the northern habitat

L Lin, Z Guo, J Bai, Z Zhong, J Li, Q Guo - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Milu (Père David's deer, Elaphurus davidianus), once extinct in the wild, was one of the few
indigenous large herbivores of the wetland ecosystem in China. The reintroduction of milu in …

Comparative analysis of community composition and network structure between phyllosphere endophytic and epiphytic fungal communities of Mussaenda pubescens

D Chen, J Yang, S Wang, S Lan, Y Wang… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
The phyllosphere constitutes a critical habitat for microorganisms, exerting profound
influences on host vitality, developmental dynamics, reproductive functions, and stress …

Composition and seasonality of rodent diet in Chimit Kola, Blue Nile Gorge, Ethiopia

M Wale, A Bekele, M Yihune - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
A study on the composition and seasonality of rodent diet was carried out during 2020–2022
years in Chimit Kola to determine the type, relative proportion and seasonality of food items …

[PDF][PDF] Mitochondrial haplogroup mediates temperature effects on the gut microbiome of a model tropical arthropod

MA Zawlodzki - … , mitochondria and the epigenome shape the …, 2022 - scholarworks.unr.edu
Host-microbe interactions are essential to many aspects of host health, with imbalances in
the microbiome (dysbiosis) linked to multiple diseases. Gut microbial composition is highly …