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Grading fecal consistency in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear : abandoning the concept of uniform feces Ghent University
Building land resilience in NW Ethiopia : lessons learned from five years of overseas research collaboration Ghent University
Niche evolution reveals disparate signatures of speciation in the ‘great speciator‘ (white-eyes, Aves : Zosterops) Ghent University
Microclimate limits thermal behaviour favourable to disease control in a nocturnal amphibian (vol 24, pg 27, 2021) Ghent University
Body size and tree species composition determine variation in prey consumption in a forest-inhabiting generalist predator Ghent University
Alternative food sources interfere with removal of a fungal amphibian pathogen by zooplankton Ghent University
Diet diversity and environment determine the intestinal microbiome and bacterial pathogen load of fire salamanders Ghent University
Diverse communities of symbiotic microbes inhabit the digestive systems of vertebrates and play a crucial role in animal health, and host diet plays a major role in shaping the composition and diversity of these communities. Here, we characterized diet and gut microbiome of fire salamander populations from three Belgian forests. We carried out DNA metabarcoding on fecal samples, targeting eukaryotic 18S rRNA of potential dietary prey items, and ...