Experience matters: Prior exposure to plant toxins enhances diversity of gut microbes in herbivores

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1008-1015

  Kohl, Kevin D ^a   Dearing, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Gut microbiota; Mammalian herbivores; Neotoma; Symbiotic microbes

Indexed keywords

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; MAMMALIA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA BRYANTI; NEOTOMA LEPIDA;

EID: 84931749060     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01822.x     Document Type: Article

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