Ashley C. Love Source Confirmed

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Researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

7 h-index 26 pubs 175 cited

Research Areas

Gut microbiota and health Animal Nutrition and Physiology Immune Response and Inflammation Diet and metabolism studies Microbial infections and disease research Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Viral Infections and Vectors

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Ashley C. Love's research investigates the interplay between diet, host physiology, and immune response in avian systems. Her work examines how dietary macronutrients and immune challenges affect the gut microbiota, physiology, and feeding behavior of zebra finches. Recent publications explore the impact of a high-lipid diet on pathology and host tolerance during infection, and how diet-driven differences in host tolerance are linked to global gene expression shifts in avian host-pathogen systems.

Love also studies the effects of environmental factors, such as urbanization and parasitism, on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings. Additionally, her research includes understanding the spatiotemporal effects of food supplementation on host-parasite interactions through community-based science. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 7, 26 total publications, and 175 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 26
  • Citations: 175

Selected Publications

  • A high-lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection (2025) DOI
  • Diet driven differences in host tolerance are linked to shifts in global gene expression in a common avian host-pathogen system (2024) DOI
  • A high lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection (2024) DOI
  • Effect of dietary macronutrients and immune challenge on gut microbiota, physiology and feeding behaviour in zebra finches (2024) DOI
  • Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host–pathogen system (2023) DOI
  • Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host-pathogen system (2023) DOI
  • Simulated infection alters the behavior of pair bonded songbirds and their healthy neighbors (2023) DOI
  • Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Sarah E. DuRant University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 12 shared publications Erin L. Sauer University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Weston Perrine University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Jeffrey A. Lewis University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Carson Stacy University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Ashley Morris University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Virginie Rolland Arkansas State University 2 shared publications Jiřı́ Novotný University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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