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h-index: 39
Works: 272
Citations: 5,940

Most-cited papers

The adaptive strategies of yaks to live in the Asian highlands
X. Jing, L. Ding, Jian-Wei Zhou, Xiaodan Huang +2 more
2022Animal Nutrition132 citations Open access
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Variation in plant carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus contents across the drylands of China
Jun-Lan Xiong, Long-Wei Dong, Jingli Lu, Wei-Gang Hu +10 more
2021Functional Ecology60 citations
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Leaf and ecosystem water use efficiencies differ in their global-scale patterns and drivers
Hai-Ling Li, Maohong Wei, Long-Wei Dong, Wei-Gang Hu +17 more
2022Agricultural and Forest Meteorology59 citations
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Comparison of nitrogen utilization and urea kinetics between yaks (Bos grunniens) and indigenous cattle (Bos taurus).
Jian-Wei Zhou, C.-L. Zhong, H. Liu, A. Degen +8 more
2017Journal of Animal Science55 citations Open access
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Apparent digestibility, rumen fermentation, digestive enzymes and urinary purine derivatives in yaks and Qaidam cattle offered forage-concentrate diets differing in nitrogen concentration
J.-W. Zhou, H. Liu, C.-L. Zhong, A. Degen +10 more
201854 citations
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Trait-based and phylogenetic associations between parasites and their hosts: a case study with small mammals and fleas in the Palearctic
B. Krasnov, G. Shenbrot, I. Khokhlova, A. Degen
201654 citations
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Grazing exclusion increases soil CO2 emission during the growing season in alpine meadows on the Tibetan Plateau
N. Guo, Aidong Wang, A. Degen, Bin Deng +3 more
201853 citations
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Effect of feed level and supplementary rumen protected lysine and methionine on growth performance, rumen fermentation, blood metabolites and nitrogen balance in growing Tan lambs fed low protein diets
Hu Liu, Guo Yang, A. Degen, Kaixi Ji +5 more
202143 citations
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Drought-induced shift from a carbon sink to a carbon source in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China
Rui Zhang, Xue-Yong Zhao, X. Zuo, A. Degen +6 more
202042 citations
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Effect of the level and source of supplementary dietary zinc on egg production, quality, and zinc content and on serum antioxidant parameters and zinc concentration in laying hens
Qi-Fang Yu, Hu Liu, Kaili Yang, Xiaopeng Tang +4 more
2020Poultry Science42 citations Open access
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Impacts of Precipitation on Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes in Desert‐Grasslands in Inner Mongolia, China
Rui Zhang, Xue-Yong Zhao, X. Zuo, H. Qu +6 more
2019Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres39 citations Open access
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The effect of grazing intensity and season on the soil seed bank and its relation with above-ground vegetation on the alpine steppe
Hui Chu, Chun-Ping Zhang, Quan-Min Dong, Zhanhuan Shang +5 more
201937 citations
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Cattle Reduction and Livestock Diversification among Borana Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia
Did Boru, M. Schwartz, M. Kam, A. Degen
201437 citations
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Effect of manipulated precipitation during the growing season on soil respiration in the desert-grasslands in Inner Mongolia, China
Rui Zhang, Xue-Yong Zhao, X. Zuo, A. Degen +4 more
2019CATENA36 citations
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Tibetan sheep have a high capacity to absorb and to regulate metabolism of short chain fatty acids in the rumen epithelium to adapt to low energy intake.
X. Jing, Wenji Wang, A. Degen, Yamin Guo +7 more
2019British Journal of Nutrition34 citations Open access
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Effects of level of feed intake and season on digestibility of dietary components, efficiency of microbial protein synthesis, rumen fermentation and ruminal microbiota in yaks
Fu-Yu Shi, N. Guo, A. Degen, Jia-Huan Niu +5 more
202033 citations Open access
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Behavioural characteristics of yaks grazing summer and winter pastures on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Pei-Pei Liu, L. Ding, Yu-Qing Zhou, X. Jing +1 more
2019Applied Animal Behaviour Science33 citations
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A comparison of average daily gain, apparent digestibilities, energy balance, rumen fermentation parameters, and serum metabolites between yaks (Bos grunniens) and Qaidam cattle (Bos taurus) consuming diets differing in energy level
Hu Liu, Jian-Wei Zhou, A. Degen, Hong-Shan Liu +5 more
2022Animal Nutrition31 citations Open access
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A four year study in a desert land area on the effect of irrigated, cultivated land and abandoned cropland on soil biological, chemical and physical properties
Zhanhuan Shang, Jing-Juan Cao, A. Degen, D.-W. Zhang +1 more
2019CATENA31 citations
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Dietary supplements during the cold season increase rumen microbial abundance and improve rumen epithelium development in Tibetan sheep.
X. Jing, Q. Peng, R. Hu, H. Zou +5 more
2018Journal of Animal Science31 citations Open access
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Protective Effect of Resveratrol Improves Systemic Inflammation Responses in LPS-Injected Lambs
Yan-Ping Liang, Jian-Wei Zhou, Kaixi Ji, Hu Liu +6 more
2019Animals28 citations Open access
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A trade-off between quantity and quality of offspring in haematophagous ectoparasites: the effect of the level of specialization.
I. Khokhlova, Shai Pilosof, L. Fielden, A. Degen +1 more
2014Journal of Animal Ecology28 citations
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A comparison between yaks and Qaidam cattle in in vitro rumen fermentation, methane emission, and bacterial community composition with poor quality substrate
Hu Liu, Zheng-Gang Li, Cheng-Fang Pei, A. Degen +5 more
2022Animal Feed Science and Technology26 citations
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Urinary purine derivatives excretion, rumen microbial nitrogen synthesis and the efficiency of utilization of recycled urea in Tibetan and fine-wool sheep
Jian-Wei Zhou, Jian-Dui Mi, A. Degen, L. Ding +4 more
201726 citations
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Effect of level of oat hay intake on apparent digestibility, rumen fermentation and urinary purine derivatives in Tibetan and fine-wool sheep
J.-W. Zhou, X. Jing, A. Degen, H. Liu +3 more
2018Animal Feed Science and Technology23 citations
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Rumen Bacterial Community of Grazing Lactating Yaks (Poephagus grunniens) Supplemented with Concentrate Feed and/or Rumen-Protected Lysine and Methionine
Hu Liu, Hui Jiang, Lizhuang Hao, Xuliang Cao +3 more
2021Animals22 citations Open access
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Comparison of rumen bacterial communities between yaks (Bos grunniens) and Qaidam cattle (Bos taurus) fed a low protein diet with different energy levels
Hu Liu, Tao Ran, Cheng-Fu Zhang, Wenzhu Yang +5 more
2022Frontiers in Microbiology21 citations Open access
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Effect of supplements during the cold season on the reproductive system in prepubertal Tibetan sheep ewes.
X. Jing, Q. Peng, R. Hu, Hong-Ze Wang +6 more
2017Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho21 citations
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Apparent digestibility, rumen fermentation and nitrogen balance in Tibetan and fine-wool sheep offered forage-concentrate diets differing in nitrogen concentration
J.-W. Zhou, Jian-Dui Mi, A. Degen, X.-S. Guo +4 more
2015Journal of Agricultural Sciences21 citations
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Urea kinetics and nitrogen balance and requirements for maintenance in Tibetan sheep when fed oat hay
J.-W. Zhou, Xu-Sheng Guo, A. Degen, Y. Zhang +6 more
201521 citations
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Yak rumen fluid inoculum increases biogas production from sheep manure substrate.
M. Sohail, Alam Khan, M. Badshah, A. Degen +4 more
2022Bioresource Technology20 citations
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Effect of dietary energy on digestibilities, rumen fermentation, urinary purine derivatives and serum metabolites in Tibetan and small-tailed Han sheep.
Jian-Wei Zhou, Wenji Wang, X. Jing, A. Degen +9 more
2019Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition20 citations
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Ensiling of rice straw enhances the nutritive quality, improves average daily gain, reduces in vitro methane production and increases ruminal bacterial diversity in growing Hu lambs
Yao Xu, M. Aung, Zhan-Ying Sun, Ya-Qi Zhou +6 more
2022Animal Feed Science and Technology19 citations
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Tibetan sheep are better able to cope with low energy intake than Small-tailed Han sheep due to lower maintenance energy requirements and higher nutrient digestibilities
X. Jing, J.-W. Zhou, Wenji Wang, A. Degen +11 more
2019Animal Feed Science and Technology19 citations
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Adding heat-treated rapeseed to the diet of yak improves growth performance and tenderness and nutritional quality of the meat.
Lizhuang Hao, Yang Xiang, A. Degen, Ya-Yu Huang +7 more
2019Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho19 citations
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Transformation of Borana from nomadic pastoralists to agropastoralists and shift of livestock from cattle to include more goats, camels and sheep in Southern Ethiopia
A. Degen
201119 citations
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Desert Gerbils Affect Bacterial Composition of Soil
Tatyana A. Kuznetsova, M. Kam, I. Khokhlova, N. Kostina +5 more
2013Microbial Ecology18 citations
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Discrimination of host sex by a haematophagous ectoparasite
I. Khokhlova, Vahan Serobyan, A. Degen, B. Krasnov
201118 citations
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Sorghum silage substituted for corn silage in diets for dairy cows: Effects on feed intake, milk yield and quality, and serum metabolites
Shan-Shan Li, Jiao-Jiao Zhang, Yan-Fu Bai, A. Degen +4 more
202017 citations Open access
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Temporal activity and dietary selection in two coexisting desert snakes, the Saharan sand viper (Cerastes vipera) and the crowned leafnose (Lytorhynchus diadema).
J. Sivan, M. Kam, S. Hadad, A. Degen +2 more
2013Zoology17 citations
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The Inclusion of Jujube By-Products in Animal Feed: A Review
Tao Xu, Xiao-Ling Zhou, A. Degen, Jun-Liang Yin +2 more
2022Sustainability16 citations Open access
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Effects of Family Size and Wealth on Size of Land Cultivated by Borana Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia
Did Boru, M. Schwartz, M. Kam, A. Degen
201516 citations
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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Genes Involved in Thermogenesis in Two Cold-Exposed Sheep Breeds
D. Jiao, Kaixi Ji, Hu Liu, Wenqiang Wang +7 more
2021Genes15 citations Open access
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Ratios of rumen inoculum from Tibetan and Small-tailed Han sheep influenced in vitro fermentation and digestibility
Wei-Wei Wang, E. Ungerfeld, A. Degen, X. Jing +9 more
202015 citations
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Comparison between Tibetan and Small-tailed Han sheep in adipocyte phenotype, lipid metabolism and energy homoeostasis regulation of adipose tissues when consuming diets of different energy levels
X. Jing, Jian-Wei Zhou, A. Degen, Wenji Wang +8 more
2020British Journal of Nutrition15 citations Open access
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Digesting blood of an auxiliary host in fleas: effect of phylogenetic distance from a principal host
I. Khokhlova, L. Fielden, A. Degen, B. Krasnov
2012Journal of Experimental Biology15 citations
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Feeding performance of fleas on different host species: is phylogenetic distance between hosts important?
I. Khokhlova, L. Fielden, A. Degen, B. Krasnov
2011Parasitology15 citations
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Energy substrate metabolism in skeletal muscle and liver when consuming diets of different energy levels: comparison between Tibetan and Small-tailed Han sheep.
X. Jing, W.-J. Wang, A. Degen, Y.-M. Guo +6 more
2021Animal14 citations Open access
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Enteric methane emission from growing yak calves aged 8–16 months: Predictive equations and comparison with other ruminants
B. Bai, Xiao-Qing Han, A. Degen, Lizhuang Hao +4 more
2021Animal Feed Science and Technology13 citations
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Presence frequency of plant species can predict spatial patterns of the species in small patches on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
X. Mou, Y. Yu, Xiao-Gang Li, A. Degen
202013 citations Open access
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