Do novel diets reshape wildlife microbiomes and resilience to stressors?

该项目旨在研究细菌如何帮助野生动物适应日益加剧的环境变化威胁。利用一种创新的跨学科方法，该项目希望以受到威胁的灰头飞狐为模型系统，确定环境变化与野生动物的饮食、微生物群落和压力恢复能力之间的相互作用。预期成果包括详细了解微生物群落在塑造野生动物适应方面的作用，以及制定生态干预措施，以提高澳大利亚和全球野生动物的复原力。这样的结果可能揭示出保护受威胁物种和减少人与野生动物冲突的管理战略的机会。

This project aims to investigate how bacteria can assist wildlife in adapting to the accelerating threat of environmental change. Using an innovative, interdisciplinary approach this project expects to identify interactions between environmental change and the diet, microbial communities and stress resilience of wildlife, using the threatened Grey-headed flying fox as a model system. Expected outcomes include detailed understanding of the role of microbial communities in shaping wildlife adaptations and development of ecological interventions to enhance wildlife resilience in Australia and globally. Such outcomes may reveal opportunities for management strategies that safeguard threatened species and reduce human-wildlife conflicts.