Treating cattle with antibiotics affects greenhouse gas emissions, and microbiota in dung and dung beetles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1831, 2016, Pages

  Hammer, Tobin J ^a   Fierer, Noah ^a   Hardwick, Bess ^b   Simojoki, Asko ^b   Slade, Eleanor ^b,c,d   Taponen, Juhani ^b   Viljanen, Heidi ^b   Roslin, Tomas ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Greenhouse gases; Insect; Methane; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEETLE; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; NONTARGET ORGANISM;

ANIMALIA; BOS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; GAS; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; FECES; GASES; GENETIC FITNESS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MICROBIOTA; NITROUS OXIDE; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84969800087     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0150     Document Type: Article

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