Captivity results in disparate loss of gut microbial diversity in closely related hosts

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kohl, Kevin D ^a   Skopec, Michele M ^b   Dearing, M Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Captivity; Dietary specialization; Host microbe interactions; Microbial diversity; Neotoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983540206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cou009     Document Type: Article

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