Into the Wild: Animal Microbiomes in Conservation

Wild animals are teeming with microbes, from their guts to their skin. What can we learn about animals by studying their microbiomes? And how can those insights be used in wildlife conservation?

Microbes Matter: Meet the Small but Mighty Microbiomes Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Microbes Matter: Meet the Small but Mighty Microbiomes Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

PDF) Human encroachment into wildlife gut microbiomes

Reproductive Microbiomes in Wild Animal Species: A New Dimension in Conservation Biology

Hidden microbiome fortifies animals, plants too - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis

Disgust in animals and the application of disease avoidance to wildlife management and conservation - Sarabian - 2023 - Journal of Animal Ecology - Wiley Online Library

Into the Wild: Animal Microbiomes in Conservation

How microbiomes can help inform conservation: landscape characterisation of gut microbiota helps shed light on additional population structure in a specialist folivore, Animal Microbiome

Ecosystem Microbiome Science - Zhu - 2023 - mLife - Wiley Online Library

Laboratory mice born to wild mice have natural microbiota and model human immune responses

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Study of African animals illuminates links between environment, diet and gut microbiome

Effect of fecal preservation method on captive southern white rhinoceros gut microbiome - Burnham - 2023 - Wildlife Society Bulletin - Wiley Online Library