The importance of scale in comparative microbiome research: New insights from the gut and glands of captive and wild lemurs

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 81, Issue 10-11, 2019, Pages

  Greene, Lydia K ^a,b   Bornbusch, Sally L ^a   McKenney, Erin A ^c,d   Harris, Rachel L ^a   Gorvetzian, Sarah R ^a   Yoder, Anne D ^a   Drea, Christine M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Primate Microbiome Project   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

ecology; evolution; feeding strategy; olfactory signals; strepsirrhine

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OLFACTORY CUE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; STEROID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEMURIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTESTINE FLORA; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY; SCENT GLAND; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HOST MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; SCENT GLANDS;

EID: 85072800037     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22974     Document Type: Review

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