Lauren A. Petrullo

This study examines how gut microbial communities in red squirrels respond to seasonal variation and episodic resource pulses, finding that maternal effects influence microbial convergence during resource pulses but not seasonal changes.

The paper shows that developmental adversity in red squirrels leads to adaptive changes in reproductive strategies over their lifetime, preserving fitness despite reduced opportunities.

The paper examines indirect environmental effects on the gut-brain axis in Siberian flying squirrels, finding age-dependent impacts on gut microbiota via glucocorticoids.

This study shows that territorial intrusions in red squirrels facilitate microbial transmission, increasing gut microbial diversity and similarity among socially associated individuals.