ArticleEcology and evolution2025
Arctic Greening Drives Changes in the Diet and Gut Microbiome of a Large Herbivore With Consequences for Body Mass.
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- Gut microbiota variation in captive tortoises is associated with host species, trophic category, and growth rate.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Arctic Greening Drives Changes in the Diet and Gut Microbiome of a Large Herbivore With Consequences for Body Mass.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
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Abstract
Rapid climate warming is 'greening' the tundra, reflecting a higher plant biomass, particularly of deciduous shrubs and grasses. However, the consequences of these changes for herbivore nutrition are unclear. Although, the gut microbiome mediates nutrient metabolism, and hence herbivores' capacity to adapt to dietary change, few studies have investigated the effect of annual changes in the diet-gut microbiome nexus on fitness-related traits. In a model system, the Svalbard reindeer, a species experiencing the greatest rate of climate warming on Earth, we investigate how changes in diet and the gut microbiome impact reindeer body mass. Using high-resolution DNA metabarcoding, we assessed diet and gut microbiome bacterial composition in rumen samples from animals culled in October from 1998 to 2004 in four different valleys. Overall diet diversity and grass relative reads abundance (RRA) were significantly higher following warmer summers, while the RRA of the dwarf shrub
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