Shane Somers

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35CO-AUTHORS
Vertebrate biologyHost-parasite interactionsAnimal growth and development
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Publications (4)

|May 19, 2026
The elephant (bird) in the room: unknown mechanisms and unresolved impacts of low DNA yields in avian microbiome research.

|Oct 14, 2024
Manipulating a host-native microbial strain compensates for low microbial diversity by increasing weight gain in a wild bird population.

Shane E Somers, Gabrielle L Davidson, Philiswa Mbandlwa

|Mar 12, 2023
Individual variation in the avian gut microbiota: The influence of host state and environmental heterogeneity.

Shane E Somers, Gabrielle L Davidson, Crystal N Johnson

|Jan 22, 2021
A time-lagged association between the gut microbiome, nestling weight and nestling survival in wild great tits.

Gabrielle L Davidson, Shane E Somers, Niamh Wiley

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Gabrielle L Davidson

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