Ilze Brila- PhD
- Postdoctoral researcher at University of Jyväskylä
Ilze Brila
- PhD
- Postdoctoral researcher at University of Jyväskylä
Postdoctoral researcher at Department of Biological and Environmental Science of University of Jyväskylä
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Introduction
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August 2018 - May 2024
June 2019 - June 2024
Education
September 2011 - June 2017
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Publications (8)
The effects of systemic pathogens on gut microbiota of wild animals are poorly understood. Furthermore, coinfections are the norm in nature, yet most studies of pathogen–microbiota interactions focus on effects of single pathogen infections on gut microbiota.
We examined the effects of four systemic pathogens (bacteria Anaplasma phagocytophilum and...
Mining and related industries are a major source of metal pollution. In contrast to the well-studied effects of exposure to metals on animal physiology and health, the impacts of environmental metal pollution on the gut microbiota of wild animals are virtually unknown. As the gut microbiota is a key component of host health, it is important to unde...
Anthropogenic changes to land use drive concomitant changes in biodiversity, including that of the soil microbiota. However, it is not clear how increasing intensity of human disturbance is reflected in the soil microbial communities. To address this issue, we used amplicon sequencing to quantify the microbiota (bacteria and fungi) in the soil of f...
A male Pipistrellus nathusii ringed in Pape Natural Park (S Latvia) in August 2015 was recovered recently dead in Pitillas’ Lagoon Natural Reserve (N Spain) in March 2017. At 2224 km in SSW direction, this is the first documented bat migration between these countries and worldwide the longest migration record of a bat. We also report other observat...
Background
Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne disease in Europe and is often caused by Borrelia afzelii, which is transmitted by Ixodes ricinus ticks. The prevalence and abundance of infected ticks fluctuate in time and space, influencing human infection risk. Rodents are reservoir hosts for B. afzelii and important feeding hosts for la...
The Nathusius’ pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus nathusii, is one of the most frequently killed bat species at wind turbines throughout Europe. The Nathusius’ pipistrelles breeding in north-eastern Europe hibernate in western and central Europe. Thus they have to pass through areas with a high risk of collisions with wind turbines, both during the autu...
