ArticleRoyal Society open science2023
The social microbiome: gut microbiome diversity and abundance are negatively associated with sociality in a wild mammal.
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- Social control is associated with increased reproductive skew in a wild mammal.Biology letters · 2024Article
- Zebrafish (bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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- Exercise and the gut microbiome: implications for supportive care in cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Review
- The social microbiome: gut microbiome diversity and abundance are negatively associated with sociality in a wild mammal.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Social security: individuals in socially reciprocal groups may perceive security from predators.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
The gut microbiome has a well-documented relationship with host fitness. Greater microbial diversity and abundance of specific microbes have been associated with improved fitness outcomes. Intestinal microbes also may be associated with patterns of social behaviour. However, these associations have been largely studied in captive animal models; we know less about microbiome composition as a potential driver of individual social behaviour and position in the wild. We used linear mixed models to quantify the relationship between fecal microbial composition, diversity and social network traits in a wild population of yellow-bellied marmots (
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