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2025

Does schistosome infection affect behavior through the gut-brain axis?

Leigh Combrink, Johannie M. Spaan, Alexis Perret, Thomas Maehara, Britney Hyun, Dana Parker, Jennifer L. Johns, Michael S. Blouin, Kathy Magnusson, Michelle L. Steinauer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  ·  12 Jun 2025  ·  doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013088

Urbanisation and Host Relatedness Shape Virome Composition in a Widespread, Generalist Carnivore

Natalie Payne, Desiree Andersen, Cheryl Mollohan, Koenraad Van Doorslaer, Leigh Combrink, Melanie Culver

Molecular Ecology  ·  23 Feb 2025  ·  doi:10.1111/mec.17681

2024

The Alligator and the Mosquito: North American Crocodilians as Amplifiers of West Nile Virus in Changing Climates

Desiree Kirsten Andersen, Gracie Ann Fischer, Leigh Combrink

Microorganisms  ·  14 Sep 2024  ·  doi:10.3390/microorganisms12091898

MICROBIOME: Microbiomes in birds: a review of links to health and reproduction

Mary Ann Ottinger, Shailaja Mani, Sonja Krüger, Brent Coverdale, Sandi Willows-Munro, Leigh Combrink

Reproduction and Fertility  ·  01 Jul 2024  ·  doi:10.1530/raf-23-0076

2023

DNA virome composition of two sympatric wild felids, bobcat (Lynx rufus) and puma (Puma concolor) in Sonora, Mexico

Natalie Payne, Leigh Combrink, Simona Kraberger, Rafaela S. Fontenele, Kara Schmidlin, Ivonne Cassaigne, Melanie Culver, Arvind Varsani, Koenraad Van Doorslaer

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution  ·  09 Mar 2023  ·  doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1126149

Best practice for wildlife gut microbiome research: A comprehensive review of methodology for 16S rRNA gene investigations

Leigh Combrink, Ian R. Humphreys, Quinn Washburn, Holly K. Arnold, Keaton Stagaman, Kristin D. Kasschau, Anna E. Jolles, Brianna R. Beechler, Thomas J. Sharpton

Frontiers in Microbiology  ·  22 Feb 2023  ·  doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1092216

2021

Erratum to “Harnessing the gut microbiome in the fight against anthelminthic drug resistance” [Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 53 (February) (2020) 26–34]

Thomas J Sharpton, Leigh Combrink, Holly K Arnold, Christopher A Gaulke, Michael Kent

Current Opinion in Microbiology  ·  01 Aug 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/j.mib.2021.01.003

2020

Habitat preferences of Southern Ground-hornbills in the Kruger National Park: implications for future conservation measures

Leigh Combrink, Hendrik J. Combrink, André J. Botha, Colleen T. Downs

Scientific Reports  ·  01 Oct 2020  ·  doi:10.1038/s41598-020-73236-4

Harnessing the gut microbiome in the fight against anthelminthic drug resistance

Thomas J Sharpton, Leigh Combrink, Holly K Arnold, Christopher A Gaulke, Michael Kent

Current Opinion in Microbiology  ·  01 Feb 2020  ·  doi:10.1016/j.mib.2020.01.017

Age of first infection across a range of parasite taxa in a wild mammalian population

Leigh Combrink, Caroline K. Glidden, Bree R. Beechler, Bryan Charleston, Anson V. Koehler, Danielle Sisson, Robin B. Gasser, Abdul Jabbar, Anna E. Jolles

Biology Letters  ·  01 Feb 2020  ·  doi:10.1098/rsbl.2019.0811

2017

Habitat structure and diversity influence the nesting success of an endangered large cavity-nesting bird, the Southern Ground-hornbill

Leigh Combrink, Hendrik J. Combrink, André J. Botha, Colleen T. Downs

Koedoe  ·  17 Nov 2017  ·  doi:10.4102/koedoe.v59i1.1438

Nest temperature fluctuations in a cavity nester, the southern ground-hornbill

L. Combrink, H.J. Combrink, A.J. Botha, C.T. Downs

Journal of Thermal Biology  ·  01 May 2017  ·  doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.03.003

Re‐establishing the pecking order: Niche models reliably predict suitable habitats for the reintroduction of red‐billed oxpeckers

Riddhika Kalle, Leigh Combrink, Tharmalingam Ramesh, Colleen T. Downs

Ecology and Evolution  ·  23 Feb 2017  ·  doi:10.1002/ece3.2787

2015

Current conservation status of the Blue SwallowHirundo atrocaeruleaSundevall 1850 in Africa

Steven W Evans, Ara Monadjem, Lizanne Roxburgh, Andrew E McKechnie, Ellizabeth M Baker, …, Ronald K Mulwa, Daniel Mwizabi, Dianah Nalwanga, Kariuki Ndang’ang’a, Leigh Combrink

Ostrich  ·  30 Jul 2015  ·  doi:10.2989/00306525.2015.1047808

Feeding preferences of Oxpeckers in Kruger National Park, South Africa

Mduduzi Ndlovu, Leigh Combrink

Koedoe  ·  25 Mar 2015  ·  doi:10.4102/koedoe.v57i1.1316

2013

Population estimates of three vulture species in Kruger National Park, South Africa

Campbell Murn, Leigh Combrink, G Scott Ronaldson, Charles Thompson, André Botha

Ostrich  ·  25 Jan 2013  ·  doi:10.2989/00306525.2012.757253