Disentangling relationships between physiology, morphology, diet, and gut microbial diversity in American kestrel nestlings
Gut microbiota are increasingly recognized as important drivers of host health and fitness across vertebrate taxa. Given that gut microbial composition is directly influenced by the environment, gut microbiota may also serve as an eco‐physiological mechanism connecting host ecology, such as diet, an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Avian Biology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03019 |