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Gut Microbiota Appears to Compensate for Seasonal Diet Variation in the Wild Black Howler Monkey (Al...

Gut Microbiota Appears to Compensate for Seasonal Diet Variation in the Wild Black Howler Monkey (Al...

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Gut Microbiota Appears to Compensate for Seasonal Diet Variation in the Wild Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)

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Full title

Gut Microbiota Appears to Compensate for Seasonal Diet Variation in the Wild Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)

Publisher

Boston: Springer-Verlag

Journal title

Microbial ecology, 2015-02, Vol.69 (2), p.434-443

Language

English

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Publisher

Boston: Springer-Verlag

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Contents

For most mammals, including nonhuman primates, diet composition varies temporally in response to differences in food availability. Because diet influences gut microbiota composition, it is likely that the gut microbiota of wild mammals varies in response to seasonal changes in feeding patterns. Such variation may affect host digestive efficiency an...

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Full title

Gut Microbiota Appears to Compensate for Seasonal Diet Variation in the Wild Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1660430908

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1660430908

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ISSN

0095-3628

E-ISSN

1432-184X

DOI

10.1007/s00248-014-0554-7

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