Environmental Stress and the Primate Microbiome: Glucocorticoids Contribute to Structure Gut Bacterial Communities of Black Howler Monkeys in Anthropogenically Disturbed Forest Fragments

Animals living in anthropogenically disturbed habitats are exposed to environmental stressors which can trigger physiological reactions, such as chronic elevations of glucocorticoid hormones. Physiological responses to stressors may induce changes in the gut microbiome, most likely, facilitated by t...

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Main Authors: Rodolfo Martínez-Mota, Nicoletta Righini, Elizabeth K. Mallott, Rupert Palme, Katherine R. Amato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.863242/full