ArticleAnimal microbiome2021
Differential effects of elevated nest temperature and parasitism on the gut microbiota of wild avian hosts.
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- Ectoparasitism and the gut microbiota: a cross-fostering experiment in a wild passerine.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Article
- Environmental Drivers on Blue Tit Nest Microbiome: An Experimental Study.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Microbiome Structure of Endemic Hawaiian Drosophila Is Shaped More by Habitat Than Host Identity.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- The elephant (bird) in the room: unknown mechanisms and unresolved impacts of low DNA yields in avian microbiome research.Animal microbiome · 2026Article
- Migration-driven microbial adaptation and ecological spillover in birds.ISME communications · 2026Review
- An Early-Life Disruption of Gut Microbiota Has Opposing Effects on Parasite Resistance in Two Host Species.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Origins and Diversification of Myiasis Across Blowflies.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Microbiology of the built environment: harnessing human-associated built environment research to inform the study and design of animal nests and enclosures.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2023Review
- Climate change is not just global warming: Multidimensional impacts on animal gut microbiota.Microbial biotechnology · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundChanges in wild animal gut microbiotas may influence host health and fitness. While many studies have shown correlations between gut microbiota structure and external factors, few studies demonstrate causal links between environmental variables and microbiota shifts. Here, we use a fully factorial experiment to test the effects of elevated ambient temperature and natural nest parasitism by nest flies (Protocalliphora sialia) on the gut microbiotas of two species of wild birds, the eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) and the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor).
resultsWe find that bacterial communities from the nestlings of each host species show idiosyncratic responses to both heat and parasitism, with gut microbiotas of eastern bluebirds more disrupted by heat and parasitism than those of tree swallows. Thus, we find that eastern bluebirds are unable to maintain stable associations with their gut bacteria in the face of both elevated temperature and parasitism. In contrast, tree swallow gut microbiotas are not significantly impacted by either heat or nest parasitism.
conclusionsOur results suggest that excess heat (e.g., as a result of climate change) may destabilize natural host-parasite-microbiota systems, with the potential to affect host fitness and survival in the Anthropocene.
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