Microbial stowaways - waterbirds as dispersal vectors of aquatic pro- and microeukaryotic communities
B. Szabo, A. Szabo, C. F. Vad, E. Boros, D. Lukic, R. Ptacnik, Z. Marton, Z. Horvath
This study shows waterbirds transport aquatic microbial communities via droppings, with greylag geese dispersing 28% of prokaryotes and 19% of microeukaryotes.
Journal of Biogeography · May 12, 2022Peer-reviewedEcology