{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhang S"],"funding":["Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities","National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["e11617"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11214064"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Migratory birds experience changes in their environment and diet during seasonal migrations, thus requiring interactions between diet and gut microbes. Understanding the co-evolution of the host and gut microbiota is critical for elucidating the rapid adaptations of avian gut microbiota. However, dynamics of gut microbial adaptations concerning elevational migratory behavior, which is prevalent but understudied in montane birds remain poorly understood. We focused on the Himalayan bluetail (<i>Tarsiger rufilatus</i>) in the montane forests of Mt. Gongga to understand the diet-gut microbial adaptations of elevational migratory birds. Our findings indicate that elevational migratory movements can rapidly alter gut microbial composition and function within a month. There was a significant int"],"journal":["Ecology and evolution"],"pubmed_title":["The diet-intestinal microbiota dynamics and adaptation in an elevational migration bird, the Himalayan bluetail (<i>Tarsiger rufilatus</i>)."],"pmcid":["PMC11214064"],"funding_grant_id":["32270454"],"pubmed_authors":["Jiang Y","Feng K","Zhou C","Dong Z","Zhang S","Wang Z","Wu Y","Peng K","Jin L","Zhang P"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The diet-intestinal microbiota dynamics and adaptation in an elevational migration bird, the Himalayan bluetail (<i>Tarsiger rufilatus</i>).","description":"Migratory birds experience changes in their environment and diet during seasonal migrations, thus requiring interactions between diet and gut microbes. Understanding the co-evolution of the host and gut microbiota is critical for elucidating the rapid adaptations of avian gut microbiota. However, dynamics of gut microbial adaptations concerning elevational migratory behavior, which is prevalent but understudied in montane birds remain poorly understood. We focused on the Himalayan bluetail (<i>Tarsiger rufilatus</i>) in the montane forests of Mt. Gongga to understand the diet-gut microbial adaptations of elevational migratory birds. Our findings indicate that elevational migratory movements can rapidly alter gut microbial composition and function within a month. There was a significant int","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2026-04-20T03:22:08.701Z","creation":"2026-04-20T03:10:36.949Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11214064","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38952660"],"doi":["10.1002/ece3.11617"]}}