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Dr. Matt Reudink
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Faculty of Science

Thompson Rivers University


Faculty of Science THE IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION ON THE BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES OF MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES (POECILE GAMBELI) 2020 | COLTON


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R. A. Stephens, M. Reudink, J. V. Hamme
2020

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Stephens, R. A., Reudink, M., & Hamme, J. V. (2020). Faculty of Science THE IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION ON THE BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES OF MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES (POECILE GAMBELI) 2020 | COLTON.


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Stephens, R. A., M. Reudink, and J. V. Hamme. “Faculty of Science THE IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION ON THE BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES OF MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES (POECILE GAMBELI) 2020 | COLTON” (2020).


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Stephens, R. A., et al. Faculty of Science THE IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION ON THE BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES OF MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES (POECILE GAMBELI) 2020 | COLTON. 2020.


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@article{r2020a,
  title = {Faculty of Science THE IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION ON THE BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES OF MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES (POECILE GAMBELI) 2020 | COLTON},
  year = {2020},
  author = {Stephens, R. A. and Reudink, M. and Hamme, J. V.}
}

Abstract

................................................................................................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................... iii LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ v LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................... v INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 MATERIALS AND METHODS .................................................................................................... 5 Mountain Chickadee nest and feather sampling ......................................................................... 5 Estimating urbanization............................................................................................................... 7 DNA extraction, amplification, and sequencing ......................................................................... 7 Statistical analyses....................................................................................................................... 9 Ethics Statement ........................................................................................................................ 12 RESULTS ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Community composition and abundance of potential pathogens.............................................. 12 Bacteria dissimilarity and modelling ........................................................................................ 16 Discriminant functions analysis ................................................................................................ 19 DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................................... 20 Community composition of feathers and nests ......................................................................... 20 Effects of urbanization on mountain chickadees and their nests .............................................. 23 Differences in urban classifications .......................................................................................... 25 Detection of potential avian pathogens using community filtering .......................................... 11 Recommendations for future work ............................................................................................ 26 Opportunities in urban ecology .................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. LITERATURE CITED ................................................................................................................. 28 SUPPLEMENTAL DATA ........................................................................................................... 35 Urbanization Index .................................................................................................................... 35 Project Data and R Code ........................................................................................................... 35



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