Family matters: skin microbiome reflects the social group and spatial proximity in wild zebra finches

So far, large numbers of studies investigating the microbiome have focused on gut microbiota and less have addressed the microbiome of the skin. Especially in avian taxa our understanding of the ecology and fu...

Source: BMC Ecology - November 13, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: Kathrin Engel, Helga Pankoke, Sebastian J ünemann, Hanja B. Brandl, Jan Sauer, Simon C. Griffith, Jörn Kalinowski and Barbara A. Caspers Tags: Research article Source Type: research