Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is an important hormone for osmoregulation, while as a neuropeptide in the brain it plays an important role in the regulation of social behaviors. Dry habitats are often the home of obligately sociable species such as meerkats and Damaraland mole-rats, leading to the hypothesis that high plasma AVP levels needed for osmoregulation might be associated with the regulati...

Increasing salinization threatens the normal growth of halophytes in saline habitats, especially at seedling stage. Soil beneficial microorganisms have potential to promote salt tolerance halophytes, but less attention has been paid various responses between different with microbial inoculations. Here we performed pot experiments assess Nitraria tangutorum Bobr. and Elaeagnus angustifolia Linn....