A novel montmorillonite clay-cetylpyridinium chloride material for reducing PFAS leachability and bioavailability from soils

P Zhou, Q Gu, S Zhou, X Cui - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Soils contaminated by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) present a significant
threat to both ecological and human health. Extensive research efforts are currently …

Variation in gut microbial contribution of essential amino acids to host protein metabolism in a wild small mammal community

AC Besser, PJ Manlick, CM Blevins… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herbivory is a dominant feeding strategy among animals, yet herbivores are often protein
limited. The gut microbiome is hypothesized to help maintain host protein balance by …

[HTML][HTML] Body-size scaling is related to gut microbial diversity, metabolism and dietary niche of arboreal folivorous flying squirrels

PY Liu, AC Cheng, SW Huang, HP Lu, T Oshida… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Thermal homeostasis of mammals is constrained by body-size scaling. Consequently, small
mammals require considerable energy to maintain a high mass-specific metabolic rate …

Fermentation ability of gut microbiota of wild Japanese macaques in the highland and lowland Yakushima: In vitro fermentation assay and genetic analyses

G Hanya, J Tackmann, A Sawada, W Lee… - Microbial ecology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata Blyth) living in the highland and lowland
areas of Yakushima are known to have different diets, with highland individuals consuming …

Characterization of faecal and caecal microbiota of free-ranging black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) using high-throughput sequencing of the V4 region …

TA Rooney, D Eshar, C Lee… - Conservation …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) are keystone species within their
grassland ecosystems; their population stability affects a multitude of other species. The …

Combining Isotopic and Genetic Analyses to Quantify Microbial Facilitation of Recalcitrant Resource Use by Terrestrial and Aquatic Consumers

AC Besser - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Quantifying the flow of energy and nutrients through food webs is foundational to
understanding the structure and function of ecosystems. Here, I utilize the stable carbon (δ …

[PDF][PDF] Efficient feeding behavior of arboreal mammalian herbivores: effects of available tree species and leaf chemicals

イトウムツミ, 伊藤睦実 - tokyo-metro-u.repo.nii.ac.jp
Efficient feeding behavior of arboreal mammalian herbivores: effects of available tree species
and leaf chemicals Page 1 Doctoral Thesis Efficient feeding behavior of arboreal mammalian …