Lakes are widely distributed on the Mongolian Plateau and, as critical water sources, have sustained Mongolian pastures for hundreds of years. However, the plateau has experienced significant lake shrinkage and grassland degradation during the past several decades. To quantify the changes in all of the lakes on the plateau and the associated driving factors, we performed a satellite-based surve...

Problem statement: The digestive tract of animals including rodents has taxonomic and ecologic importance due to its ability in adaptation for different environments. Whereas colon absorbs water and carbohydrates, it has a vital role ecologically and physiologically and enjoys different histological structures in different rodents with various diets. Approach: Different rodent specimens belong ...

SCHNEIDER, J. R., A. M. VELTRI, W. A. DEGRAW AND J. A. FRENCH. Telemetered temperature monitoring in preweanling Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). PHYSIOL BEHAV 57(I), 199-203, 1995.--Like most small mammals, Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) are born without the ability to maintain core body temperature (Tb). Breeding adults, juvenile alloparents, nest materials, and other lit...

EBERHARD, MARK L. AND RABALAIS, FRANCIS C. 1976. Dipetalonema viteae: Effects of hypoand hyperthermic stress on microfilaremia in the Mongolian jird, Meriones unguiculatus. Experimental Parasitology 40, 5-12. The effects of thermal stress on the numbers of circulating microfilariae of the filariid parasite, Dipetalonema viteue, in its host, the Mongolian jird, Meriones unguiculatus, was determi...

The phylogenetic, ontogenetic and seasonal hypotheses on the annual periodicity of menarche were tested. Data from European, Asian (Caucasian, Mongolian and Caucaso-Mongolian people from the northern hemisphere) and Chilean (Caucaso-Amerindian from the southern hemisphere) populations were compared with data from Hungary (Caucaso-Mongolian Europeans from a northern temperature zone) and Madras,...

The antidiabetic effect of N. sativa seed ethanol extract (NSE) was assessed in Meriones shawi after development of diabetes. Meriones shawi were divided randomly into four groups: normal control, diabetic control, diabetic treated with NSE (2 g eq plant/kg) or with metformin (300 mg/kg) positive control, both administered by daily intragastric gavage for 4 weeks. Glycaemia and body weight were...