Impending extinction crisis of the world's primates: Why primates matter

A Estrada, PA Garber, AB Rylands, C Roos… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Nonhuman primates, our closest biological relatives, play important roles in the livelihoods,
cultures, and religions of many societies and offer unique insights into human evolution …

Conservation biology needs a microbial renaissance: a call for the consideration of host-associated microbiota in wildlife management practices

BK Trevelline, SS Fontaine… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The central aim of conservation biology is to understand and mitigate the effects of human
activities on biodiversity. To successfully achieve this objective, researchers must take an …

The human microbiome in evolution

ER Davenport, JG Sanders, SJ Song, KR Amato… - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
The trillions of microbes living in the gut—the gut microbiota—play an important role in
human biology and disease. While much has been done to explore its diversity, a full …

The microbiome in threatened species conservation

AG West, DW Waite, P Deines, DG Bourne… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
As global biodiversity continues to reduce at an alarming rate, threatened species are
increasingly being brought under intensive management or into captivity. However, current …

The impact of skin care products on skin chemistry and microbiome dynamics

A Bouslimani, R da Silva, T Kosciolek, S Janssen… - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Use of skin personal care products on a regular basis is nearly ubiquitous, but
their effects on molecular and microbial diversity of the skin are unknown. We evaluated the …

[图书][B] Primate behavioral ecology

KB Strier - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

The gut microbiome of nonhuman primates: lessons in ecology and evolution

JB Clayton, A Gomez, K Amato… - American journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The mammalian gastrointestinal (GI) tract is home to trillions of bacteria that play a
substantial role in host metabolism and immunity. While progress has been made in …

Longitudinal survey of fungi in the human gut: ITS profiling, phenotyping, and colonization

S Raimondi, A Amaretti, C Gozzoli, M Simone… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The fungal component of the intestinal microbiota of eight healthy subjects was studied over
12 months using metagenome survey and culture-based approaches. Aspergillus, Candida …

Diet contributes to urban-induced alterations in gut microbiota: experimental evidence from a wild passerine

A Teyssier, E Matthysen, NS Hudin… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Urban sprawl increasingly affects the ecology of natural populations, including host–
microbiota interactions, with observed differences in the gut microbiota between urban and …

An altered microbiome in urban coyotes mediates relationships between anthropogenic diet and poor health

S Sugden, D Sanderson, K Ford, LY Stein… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Generalist species able to exploit anthropogenic food sources are becoming increasingly
common in urban environments. Coyotes (Canis latrans) are one such urban generalist that …