Benjamin Rey

Human footprints in the gut: how anthropogenic environments reshape the microbiome of chacma baboons

This study examines how different anthropogenic environments affect the gut microbiome of chacma baboons, finding reduced diversity and compositional shifts in human-altered areas, but distinct patterns in cultivated regions.

Possible exposure to unidentified coronaviruses in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations suggested by SARS-CoV-2 serological investigation in France

The study investigates SARS-CoV-2 exposure in roe deer populations in France using serological and PCR tests, finding possible cross-reaction with unidentified coronaviruses rather than SARS-CoV-2 emergence.

Variation in albumin glycation rates in birds suggests resistance to relative hyperglycaemia rather than conformity to the pace of life syndrome hypothesis

This study examines glycation rates and glucose levels across 88 bird species to assess their relationship with life history traits, finding resistance to glycation in high glucose species and unexpected patterns in lifespan and diet.

Early-life glucocorticoids accelerate lymphocyte count senescence in roe deer

This study shows that high early-life glucocorticoid levels in roe deer accelerate lymphocyte decline and increase adult parasite susceptibility.