A5039923456- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Gut microbiota and health
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
University of Montana
2020-2024
Montana University System
2020
Abstract Fecal microbial biomarkers represent a less invasive alternative for acquiring information on wildlife populations than many traditional sampling methodologies. Our goal was to evaluate linkages between fecal microbiome communities in Rocky Mountain elk ( Cervus canadensis ) and four host factors including sex, age, population, physical condition (body‐fat). We paired feature‐selection algorithm with an LDA‐classifier trained differential bacterial abundance (16S‐rRNA amplicon...
The increasing availability and complexity of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data sets make ongoing training an essential component conservation population genetics research. A workshop entitled "ConGen 2018" was recently held to train researchers in conceptual practical aspects NGS production analysis for ecological applications. Sixteen instructors provided helpful lectures, discussions, hands-on exercises regarding how plan, produce, analyze many important research questions. Lecture...
Wildlife microbiome studies are being used to assess microbial links with animal health and habitat. The gold standard of sampling microbiomes directly from captured animals is ideal for limiting potential abiotic influences on composition, yet fails leverage the many benefits non-invasive sampling. Application microbiome-based monitoring rare, endangered, or elusive species creates a need non-invasively collect scat samples shed into environment. Since controlling sample age not always...
Understanding how different taxa respond to abiotic characteristics of the environment is key interest for understanding assembly communities. Yet, whether eDNA data will suffice accurately capture environmental imprints has been topic some debate. In this study, we characterised patterns species occurrences and co-occurrences in Zackenberg northeast Greenland using DNA. To explore potential extracting ecological signals from alone, compared two approaches (visual vegetation surveys soil...