Maternal F1 antibodies and cytokines in mother-neonate dog pairs in the Marmota himalayana plague focus by Deming Tang, Asaiti Bukai, Shuai Qin, Ran Duan, Dongyue Lyu, Zhaokai He, Xiaojin Zheng, Weiwei Wu, Junrong Liang, Haifu Qu, Aidai Bieke, Peng Zhang, Dan Zhang, Haonan Han, Qun Duan, Huaiqi Jing, Xin Wang

“…In this study, we investigated the F1 antibody against Yersinia pestis in the sera of mother-neonate shepherd dog pairs in the Marmota himalayana plague focus of the Altun-Qilian Mountains, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Seropositive shepherd dogs lived in plague-endemic regions, where marmots were infected with Y. pestis, whereas seronegative dogs lived in non-endemic regions. …”
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Effect of Particle Size on Structural, Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Highland Barley Bran by Tong WANG, Xueqing WANG, Yaning TIAN, Jingjing YANG, Bin DANG, Xiaogang SHEN, Fengzhong WANG, Lili WANG

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Morphology, phylogeography, phylogeny, and taxonomy of Cyclorhiza (Apiaceae) by Bo-Ni Song, Xueyimu Aou, Rong-Ming Tian, Jing Cai, Wei-Yan Tan, Chang-Kun Liu, Chang-Kun Liu, Xing-Jin He, Song-Dong Zhou

“…The genus Cyclorhiza originated in the late Eocene (36.03 Ma), which was closely related to the early uplift of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and Hengduan Mountains (HDM). The diversification of the genus occurred in the late Oligocene (25.43 Ma), which was largely influenced by the colonization of the newly available climate and terrain. …”
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Assembly mechanisms, not species pool, shape β-diversity of soil methanotrophic communities in steppes of China by Yongping Kou, Zhe Feng, Huan Li, Yanjiao Liu, Yanjiao Liu, Lin Xu, Lin Xu, Xiangzhen Li

“…While biodiversity patterns across geographical gradients are often attributed both to local assembly processes and regional species pools, the distinct roles of these factors in shaping soil aerobic methanotrophic diversity remain underexplored.MethodsUsing amplicon sequencing and bioinformatics analysis, this study focuses on comparing the relative importance of species pool and community assembly processes in shaping soil methanotrophic communities across three distinct plateaus in China: the Loess Plateau, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, and the Inner Mongolian Plateau. Each of these plateaus includes three distinct steppe habitats: desert, meadow, and typical steppe.ResultsOur findings reveal that pmoA beta (β)-diversity followed a distance-decay pattern, which declined with geographical distance at different rates depending on the steppe type and area, potentially due to diverse mechanisms of community assembly. …”
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Degradation kinetics, pathways, transformation products, and toxicity assessment of fluorochloridone in agricultural soils by Dong Zhao, Hongyu Chen, Shuo Shen, Enyu Lu, Junlong Feng, Hui Zhi, Lei Wang, Wei Li

“…This research holds significant importance for the ecological environment protection in the Tibetan Plateau region.…”
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Study on the In Vitro and In Vivo Antioxidant Activity and Potential Mechanism of <i>Polygonum viviparum</i> L. by Zhen Yang, Jingyuan Man, Haoyu Liu, Di Wu, Qiangwen Gu, Hongjuan Zhang, Yu Liu, Dan Shao, Baocheng Hao, Shengyi Wang

“…(PV) is a natural herbal medicine with antioxidant properties and is used as a traditional medicine in the Tibetan Plateau region. However, there are few studies that have focused on its antioxidant activity and mechanism of action in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of GPM-IMERG, CMORPH, and TMPA Precipitation Products with Gauged Rainfall over Mainland China by Guanghua Wei, Haishen Lü, Wade T. Crow, Yonghua Zhu, Jianqun Wang, Jianbin Su

“…Results illustrate the following. (1) Except for IMERG V04A’s severe underestimation over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and Xinjiang (XJ) with high negative relative biases (RBs) and CMORPH-CRT’s overestimation over XJ with high positive RB, the four satellite-based precipitation products generally capture the same spatial patterns of precipitation over China. (2) At the annual scale over China, the IMERG products do not show an advantage over its predecessor (TRMM 3B42) in terms of RMSEs, RRMSEs, and Rs; meanwhile, the performance of IMERG products is worse than TRMM 3B42 in spring and summer according to the RMSE, RRMSE, and R metrics. …”
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Lidar Network for Temperature and Wind Measurements in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Region by Y. Yang, F. Li, X. Cheng, G. Yang, D. Lyu, X. Lin, L. Liu, X. Fang, J. Zheng, L. Du, W. Wang, L. Ren, J. Wang, J. Liang, K. Ji, L. Xu, Z. Chen, K. Ji, H. Zheng, X. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Jiao, X. Wang, X. Xue, Y. Xia, Y. Li, Z. Lin, L. Chen, Z. Chen, J. Xu, G. Li, L. Hu, S. Gong

“…The preliminary observation results of the lidar near Tibetan plateau is demonstrated in this paper. This lidar network offers horizontal perspectives on large scale that a single‐station lidar system can't provide. …”
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