Stress response, gut microbial diversity and sexual signals correlate with social interactions

Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Levin, Iris I ^a   Zonana, David M ^a   Fosdick, Bailey K ^b   Song, Se Jin ^a   Knight, Rob ^c   Safran, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact network; Corticosterone; Gut microbiome; Plumage colour; Social network

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BODY CONDITION; COLOR MORPH; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PLUMAGE; SIGNALING;

HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA ERYTHROGASTER;

BACTERIAL DNA; CORTICOSTERONE; RNA 16S;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEATHER; FEMALE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWALLOW;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; MALE; PIGMENTATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWALLOWS;

EID: 85010064555     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0352     Document Type: Article

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