Temporal dynamics of the cecal gut microbiota of juvenile arctic ground squirrels: A strong litter effect across the first active season

Agriculture & Biology

• Urocitellus parryii 100%
• intestinal microorganisms 60%
• litters (young animals) 58%
• squirrels 48%
• weaning 35%
• hibernation 33%
• short chain fatty acids 33%
• microbial communities 28%
• flow cytometry 19%
• adiposity 13%
• finishing 9%
• viability 7%
• metabolism 5%
• bacteria 5%
• lipids 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• weaning 68%
• litter 56%
• hibernation 52%
• fatty acid 32%
• microbial community 30%
• flow cytometry 29%
• effect 14%
• density current 12%
• fat 12%
• viability 11%
• metabolism 10%
• bacterium 7%
• trend 5%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Sciuridae 87%
• Gastrointestinal Microbiome 59%
• Hibernation 37%
• Weaning 36%
• Volatile Fatty Acids 32%
• Microbiota 25%
• Flow Cytometry 13%
• Mothers 10%
• Adiposity 8%
• High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing 8%
• Fats 6%
• Bacteria 5%