REFERENCES
Benson, J.F., Lotz, M.A., and Jansen, D. 2008. Natal den selection by Florida panthers. Journal of Wildlife Management. 72(2): 405-410. doi:10.2193/2007-264.
Bleich, V.C., Pierce, B.M., Davis, J.L., and Davis, V.L. 1996. Thermal characteristics of mountain lion dens. Great Basin Naturalist. 56(3): 276−278. doi:10.2307/41712946.
Chesemore, D.L. 1969. Den ecology of the Arctic fox in northern Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 47(1): 121−129. doi:10.1139/z69-021.
Chen, J. 1982. The effect of Marmota Himalayana Hodgson on the vegetation of Xiahe grassland region. Journal of Lanzhou University (natural sciences). 18(2): 148-152. doi: CNKI:SUN:LDZK.0.1982-02-015.
Danilov, D.N. 1961. Den sites of the arctic fox (Alopex lagopus ) in the east part of the Bolshezemelskaya tundra. Problems of the North. No. 2 (Translation). National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa. pp. 225-229.
Garrott, R.A., Eberhardt, L.E., and Hanson, W.C. 1983. Arctic fox den identification and characteristics in northern Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 61(2): 423-426. doi: 10.1139/z83-056.
He, J.L, and Li, X.G. 2016. Potentilla fruticosa has a greater capacity to translocate phosphorus from the lower to upper soils than herbaceous grasses in an alpine meadow. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment. 228: 19-29. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.04.021.
Jia, J.B., Xiao, Q.Z., Xu, L., and Ma, H.S. 1991. A primary observation of the Red fox dens. Acta Theriologica Sinica. 11(4): 266-269. doi: CNKI:SUN:SLXX.0.1991-04-004.
Kohji, U., and Kenichi, T. 1998. Den site selection and utilization by the red fox in Hokkaido, Japan. Mammal Study. 23(1): 31-40. doi: 10.3106/mammalstudy.23.31.
Krim, P.M., Bashore, T.L., and Kirkland, G.L. 1990. Den site characteristics and food habits of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes ) on Assateague Island, Maryland. Virginia Journal of Science. 41: 340-351.
Li, H.Y., Chen, H.j., Li, X., Mi, B.Y., Zhou, K.Z., Li, Q., Ouer Geli,Zhang, A.P. and Wang, Z.Y. 2017. A preliminary study on Himalaya marmot habitat vegetation condition in Qinghai Province. Chinese Journal of Endemiology. 36(6): 400-404. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-4255.2017.06.003.
Mcfarland, D. 1993. Animal behaviour: psychobiology, ethology and evolution. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 61(2): 289-290.
Nikol’Skii, A.A., and Savchenko, G.A. 2002. Air temperature changes in a steppe marmot burrow in the summer-autumn period. Russian Journal of Ecology. 33(2): 109-114. doi: 10.1023/A:1014452808571.
Oesterheld, M., and McNaughton, S.J. 1991. Effect of stress and time for recovery on the amount of compensatory growth after grazing. Oecologia. 85(3): 305-313. doi: 10.1007/BF00320604.
Qin, Y., Yi, S.H., Ding, Y.J., Qin, Y., Zhang, W., Sun, Y., Hou, X.M., Yu, H.Y., Meng, B.P., Zhang, H.F., Chen, J.J., and Wang, Z.W. 2020. Effects of plateau pikas’ foraging and burrowing activities on vegetation biomass and soil organic carbon of alpine grasslands. Plant and Soil. 4: 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s11104-020-04489-1.
Rodrick, P.J. and Mathews, N.E. 1999. Characteristics of natal and non-natal kit fox dens in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Great Basin Naturalist. 59(3): 253-258. doi: scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol59/iss3/6.
Ross, S., Kamnitzer, R., Munkhtsog, B., and Harris, S. 2010. Den-site selection is critical for Pallas’s cats (Otocolobus manul ). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 88(9): 905-913. doi: 10.1139/Z10-056.
Shi, S.M. 2007. Habitat selection by Marmota himalayana . Thesis, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
Šmilauer, P., and Lepš, J. 2014. Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data using CANOCO 5. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Svendsen, G. 1976. Structure and location of burrows of yellow-bellied marmot. The Southwestern Naturalist. 20: 487-494.
Sun, Y., Angerer, J., and Hou, F.J. 2015. Effects of grazing systems on herbage mass and liveweight gain of Tibetan sheep in Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Rangeland Journal. 37(2): 181-190. doi: 10.1071/RJ14062.
Tsunoda, M., Newman, C., Buesching, C.D., Macdonald, D.W., and Kaneko, Y. 2018. Badger setts provide thermal refugia, buffering changeable surface weather conditions. Journal of Thermal Biology. 74: 226-233. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2018.04.005.
Wang, Z.J. 1992. Ecological observation of Marmota himalayana in hibernation period. Endemic Diseases Bulletin. 7(4): 51-55. doi: CNKI:SUN:DFBT.0.1992-04-016.
Wang, Z.H., and Wang, X.M. 2006. Ecological characteristics of Tibetan fox dens in Shiqu county Sichuan province, China. Zoological Research. 27(1): 18-22. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:0254-5853.2006.01.003.
White, T.H., Bowman, J.J.L., Jacobson, H.A., Leopold, B.D. and Smith, W.P. 2001. Forest management and female black bear denning. Journal of Wildlife Management. 65(1): 34-40. doi: 10.2307/3803274.
Xu, D.Q., Xi, J.X., Wang, D.S. and Wang, P.G. 2020. Epidemiological features and countermeasures in Himalayana marmot plague foci in Gannan plateau. Bulletin of Disease Control and Prevention. 35(1): 9-14. doi: 10.13215/j.cnki.jbyfkztb.1912020
Yang, C.T., Zhang, Y., Hou, F.J., Millner, J.P., Wang, Z.F., and Chang, S.H. 2019. Grazing activity increases decomposition of yak dung and litter in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Plant and Soil. 444: 239-250. doi: 10.1007/s11104-019-04272-x.
Yang, G.R., and Xie, B.Q. 1983. Ecological observation of Marmota himalayana in Northwest Yunnan. Chinese Journal of Zoology. 2: 46-48. doi: CNKI:SUN:BIRD.0.1983-02-017.
Zhang, L., Guo, C., Xiao, Y.H., and Xiang, Z.F. 2019. Den characteristics and their ecological significance for Himalayan marmots (Marmota himalayana ). Acta Theriologica Sinica. 39(03): 34-41. doi: 10. 16829/j. slxb. 150218.
Zhou, Y,P., Wang, P., Ding, S.P., Bai, Z.W., Xue, Q., Han, Y.M. 2015. Relationship between trap-day capture rate and the absolute quantity of Microtus maximowiczii. Forest Pest and Disease. 34(6): 25-27. doi: CNKI:SUN:SLBC.0.2015-06-007.