Distinct fecal microbiome between wild and habitat-housed captive polar bears (Ursus maritimus): Impacts of captivity and dietary shifts

• Jing Lu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.collins@dal.ca (SAC); jinglu@dal.ca (JL)

  Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Department Animal Science and Aquaculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada

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• Renee Petri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrook, QC, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8209-8261

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• Dylan McCart,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, MB, Canada

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• Amy Baxendell-Young,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat, Cochrane, ON, Canada

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• Stephanie Anne Collins

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.collins@dal.ca (SAC); jinglu@dal.ca (JL)

  Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Department Animal Science and Aquaculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3567-9426

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