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Seasonal Variations in the Foraging Strategies of Plateau Pikas (

Longming Dong, Xincheng Cai, Ruixun Gan, Jing Zhang, Rui Dong, Kechi Dong, Limin Hua, Rui Zhou

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Sex-Based Dietary Divergence in Plateau Pikas (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Longming DongCollege of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem of the Ministry of Education, Engineering and Technology Research Center for Alpine Rodent Pest Control of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Lanzhou 730070, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6713-0251
Xincheng CaiCollege of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem of the Ministry of Education, Engineering and Technology Research Center for Alpine Rodent Pest Control of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Lanzhou 730070, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6826-3390
Ruixun GanCollege of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem of the Ministry of Education, Engineering and Technology Research Center for Alpine Rodent Pest Control of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Jing ZhangCollege of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem of the Ministry of Education, Engineering and Technology Research Center for Alpine Rodent Pest Control of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Rui DongCollege of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem of the Ministry of Education, Engineering and Technology Research Center for Alpine Rodent Pest Control of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Kechi DongCollege of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem of the Ministry of Education, Engineering and Technology Research Center for Alpine Rodent Pest Control of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Lanzhou 730070, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0931-9504
Limin HuaCollege of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem of the Ministry of Education, Engineering and Technology Research Center for Alpine Rodent Pest Control of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Lanzhou 730070, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4651-6702
Rui ZhouAcademy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai University, State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Xining 810016, China.

Funding

"Innovation Star" for outstanding graduate students, Gansu, China 2025CXZX-846Major Cultivation Project for Scientific Research and Innovation Platforms in University 2024CXPT-07National key research and development plan 2024YFD1400502Qinghai Department of Science and Technology Youth Fund Project 2022-ZJ-964Q
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates the foraging habits and dietary niche characteristics of plateau pikas (

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foraging habitsplateau pikastable isotopetrophic niche

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PMID40218296
PMCPMC11988150

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