Linking migration and microbiota at a major stopover site in a long-distance avian migrant

Linking migration and microbiota at a major stopover site in a long-distance avian migrant

Abstract Migration is one of the most physical and energetically demanding periods in an individual bird’s life. The composition of the bird’s gut or cloacal microbiota can temporarily change during migration, likely due to differences in diets, habitats and other environmental conditions experience...

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Main Authors: Nikki Thie, Ammon Corl, Sondra Turjeman, Ron Efrat, Pauline L. Kamath, Wayne M. Getz, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Ran Nathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:Movement Ecology
Subjects:
Cloacal microbiota
Long-distance migration
Steppe buzzard
Stopover bottleneck
GPS-tracking
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00347-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00347-0

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