Effects of Food Changes on Intestinal Bacterial Diversity of Wintering Hooded Cranes (Grus monacha).

ABSTRACT: As food is recognised as an important factor affecting the intestinal microbiota, seasonal changes in diet can influence the community composition. The hooded crane (Grus monacha) is an endangered migratory waterbird species, with some of the population wintering in the sallow lakes in the middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain. Their food resources have changed seasonally, with a reduction resulting from wetland degradation. To cope with seasonal changes in food availability, hooded cranes must constantly adjust their foraging strategies to survive. We studied the effect of changes in diet on the intestinal bacterial diversity of hooded cranes at Shengjin Lake, using faecal microanalysis and high-throughput sequencing. The results show that the main foods of hooded cranes were <

SUBMITTER: Zhang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7915383 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature