Diet and gut microbiome enterotype are associated at the population level in African buffalo

Autor: Claire E. Couch, Keaton Stagaman, Robert S. Spaan, Henri J. Combrink, Thomas J. Sharpton, Brianna R. Beechler, Anna E. Jolles

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)

There are stable relationships between diet and microbiome in humans and lab animals. A study on African buffalo finds that diet influences microbiome variation and enterotype formation. Three pathogens may associate with microbiome depending on host

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Estimating the distribution and habitat suitability for aardvarks ( Orycteropus afer ) in Kruger National Park, South Africa

Autor: Rachel S. Crowhurst, Clinton W. Epps, Matthew J. Weldy, Robert S. Spaan

Publikováno v: African Journal of Ecology. 59:854-865

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https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12916

Why did the buffalo cross the park? Resource shortages, but not infections, drive dispersal in female African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

Autor: Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Anna E. Jolles, Robert S. Spaan, Clinton W. Epps

Publikováno v: Ecology and Evolution
Ecology and Evolution, Vol 9, Iss 10, Pp 5651-5663 (2019)

Dispersal facilitates population health and maintains resilience in species via gene flow. Adult dispersal occurs in some species, is often facultative, and is poorly understood, but has important management implications, particularly with respect to

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6540691

Bovine tuberculosis disturbs parasite functional trait composition in African buffalo

Autor: Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Brianna R. Beechler, Robert S. Spaan, Erin E. Gorsich, Kate S. Boersma, Peter Buss, Anna E. Jolles, Johannie M. Spaan, Courtney A. C. Coon, Brian S. Henrichs, Adam M. Siepielski

Novel parasites can have wide-ranging impacts, not only on host populations, but also on the resident parasite community. Historically, impacts of novel parasites have been assessed by examining pairwise interactions between parasite species. However

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http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/118986/1/WRAP-bovine-tuberculosis-parasite-trait-African-buffalo-Gorsich-2019.pdf

Host immunity, nutrition and coinfection alter longitudinal infection patterns of schistosomes in a free ranging African buffalo population

Autor: Robert S. Spaan, Michelle L. Steinauer, Sarah A. Budischak, Govert J. van Dam, Mireya Smith, Brianna R. Beechler, Anna E. Jolles, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 12, p e0006122 (2017)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(12)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Schistosomes are trematode parasites of global importance, causing infections in millions of people, livestock, and wildlife. Most studies on schistosomiasis, involve human subjects; as such, there is a paucity of longitudinal studies investigating p

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006122