Wild orangutan gut microbiomes across a shifting nutritionallandscape – Rebecca Brittain – Nsf Sbe Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Yale & Jagiellonian University
Wild orangutans inhabit extremely variable dietary environments with fluctuations in fruit availability that cause significant changes in their dietary compositions and total caloric intake. Many studies on mammals and primates show clear signals of seasonal variation in gut microbiota. A few primate studies demonstrate that gut microbiota may be helping hosts maintain energy balance during […]
