Gabrielle Stalder

TL;DR: The authors isolate evolutionary and ecological drivers of gut microbiomes from wild mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish to provide a robust assessment of the processes driving microbial community assembly in the vertebrate intestine.

TL;DR: This study indicates that climatic conditions alone are not a good predictor of hibernation patterns or survival in hibernating species during global climate change, and concludes that predator avoidance may be an important factor influencing patterns of hiberning and torpor in mammals.

TL;DR: The MRSA isolates described in this study represent the first detection of mecC-positive MRSA in a European otter (Lutra lutra) and a European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and represents the first isolation of MRnSA from a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx).

TL;DR: It is shown that pygmy slow lorises exposed to natural climatic conditions in northern Vietnam during winter indeed undergo torpor lasting up to 63 h, that is, hibernation, indicating that hibernation has been retained in at least one primate outside of Madagascar.

TL;DR: The highly significant difference of the occurrence of antibiotic resistance between the migratory population from eastern Europe compared to resident population in this study indicates that rooks may be good indicator species for the evaluation of environmental contamination with antibiotic resistant bacteria, especially due to their ecology, foraging behavior and differing migratory behavior.