A time-lagged association between the gut microbiome, nestling weight and nestling survival in wild great tits
G. L. Davidson, S. E. Somers, N. Wiley, C. N. Johnson, M. S. Reichert, R. P. Ross, C. Stanton, J. L. Quinn
The paper examines the relationship between gut microbiome composition, nestling weight, and survival in great tits, finding a time-lagged association between early microbiome diversity and later weight gain.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2020Ecology