The field expenses were covered by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32270527,31872233);Yin QI.The laboratory work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation RSF 22-14-00227;The present work is a part of the long-term field study of P.vlangalii and the permits for it were obtained from the Zoige National Wetland Nature Reserve and local conservation authorities.Animal handling follows approved protocols(number 2018016,Animal Ethics Committee of Chengdu Institute of Biology);We adhered to the ABS/ASAB“Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioral research and teaching”.
Group living reduces the chances of predation.This is also true for burrowing animals,which use burrows as refuges to escape predators.Living in the center of a colony is the safest because it offers access to the gre...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant No.U2004152.
Oxygen is one of the important substances for the survival of most life systems on the earth,and plateau and underground burrow systems are two typical hypoxic environments.Small mammals living in hypoxic environments...
This article is supported by Rare and endangered Species Investigation supervision and industry standard project of State Forestry and Grassland Administration(2020070215);This article is supported by Rare and endangered Species Investigation supervision and industry standard project of State Forestry and Grassland Administration(2020070215).
Ecosystem engineers are organisms that alter the distribution of resources in the environment by creating,modifying,maintaining and/or destroying the habitat.They can affect the structure and function of the whole eco...
funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea.Grant Number:2020R1A2C1012196.
Given the accelerating development of Internet of things(IoT),a secure and robust authentication mechanism is urgently required as a critical architectural component.The IoT has improved the quality of everyday life f...
This study was financed by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017Y FD 0501405);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41471203);the Natural Science Projects of Henan University of Technology,China(No.2019BS037);the Key Projects of Shanghai Municipal Agricultural Commission,China(No.20166-3-2).
Soil arsenic(As)pollution from mining and industrial sources is a serious issue in China.Earthworms are considered ecosystem engineers and contribute to soil fertility development and maintenance of soil physico-chemi...
The Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) is a “Critically Endangered” insectivorous mammal. There is a lack of information on the ecology, distribution and behavior of this species in Nepal, even though co...
Fiddler crabs are described as ecosystem engineers because of their burrow constructing ability. It was hypothesized that human activity will impact crab burrows. The study area was ...
provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31772486);the Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No.319MS047)。
Rock crevices are important retreat sites for many reptiles.Unlike lizards and snakes,crevicedwelling turtles have rigid shells which severely limit the size and shape of crevices they are able to use.Few studies have...
the Russian Foundation for Basic Research(grants 16-04-00739 for AT and 18-34-00155 for ES).
Rodents play an important role in rangelands through the engineering of extensive burrow systems,which provides key habitats for many animal and plant species.We have analyzed the long-term variation in the abundanc...
This study was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(Grant No.13ZR1427300);Spark Program of the state ministry of science and technology of China(2015GA680005).
Loach exhibit conspicuous drilling behaviors in the mud of shallow waters,yet their burrow morphology and the factors affecting this behavior have received little attention.We characterized the burrow morphology and w...