Diversity and temporal stability of bacterial communities in a model passerine bird, the zebra finch

@article{Benskin2010DiversityAT,
  title={Diversity and temporal stability of bacterial communities in a model passerine bird, the zebra finch},
  author={Clare Mcw. H. Benskin and Glenn Rhodes and Roger W. Pickup and Kenneth Wilson and Ian R. Hartley},
  journal={Molecular Ecology},
  year={2010},
  volume={19}
}
The composition and dynamics of the gastrointestinal bacterial communities in birds is determined by both host‐specific and environmental exposure factors yet these are poorly understood. We selected the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata, as the host species to examine the diversity and temporal stability of the faecal microflora in a bird, owing to its importance as a model organism in avian ecology, neuroscience and evolution studies. The stability of the gut bacterial community of individual… 
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