ORCiD: 0000-0002-6095-9059
Publons: AAC-8777-2019
2023
23. Bodawatta, K. H., Kogut, M. and Taylor, M. W. (2023). Editorial: Evolution and diversity of avian gut microbiomes. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1348762.
22. Seibel, E., Um, S., Dayras, M., Bodawatta, K. H., de Kruijff, M., Jønsson, K. A., Poulsen, M., Kim, K. H., and Beemelmanns, C (2023). Genome mining for macrolactam-encoding gene clusters allowed for the network-guided isolation of β-amino acid-containing cyclic derivatives and heterologous production of ciromicin A. Communications Chemistry 6: 257.
21. Bodawatta, K. H., Ravn, N., Oromí, P., Esquivel, J. L. M., Michelsen, A., Poulsen, M., Jønsson, K. A., and Reboleira, A. S (2023). Comparable early-stage decomposition but contrasting underlying drivers between surface and cave habitats along an elevational gradient. Ecological Indicators 154: 110607.
20. Diez-Méndez, D.*, Bodawatta, K. H.*, Freiberga, I., Klečková, I., Jønsson, K., Poulsen, M., and Sam, K (2023). Indirect maternal effects via nest microbiome composition drive gut colonization in altricial chicks. Molecular Ecology 32: 3657-3671.
19. Bodawatta, K. H.*, Hu, H.*, Schalk, F., Daniel, J., Maiah, G., Koane, B., Iova, B., Beemelmanns, C., Poulsen, M., and Jønsson, K. A (2023). Multiple mutations in the Nav1.4 sodium channel of New Guinean toxic birds provide autoresistance to deadly batrachotoxin. Molecular Ecology (Early view).
18. Zhou, T., Bodawatta, K. H., and Jiang, A (2023). A network meta-analysis on comparison of invasive and non-invasive sampling methods to characterize intestinal microbiota of birds. Avian Research 14: 100086.
2022
17. Reeve, A. H., Willemoes, M., Paul, L., Nagombi, E., Bodawatta, K. H., Ortvad, T. E., Maiah, G., and Jønsson, K. A (2022). Satellite tracking resident songbirds in tropical forests. Plos One 17(12): e0278641
16. Reboleira, A. S.*, Bodawatta K. H.*, Ravn, N., Lauritzen, S., Skoglund, R. Ø., Poulsen, M., Michelsen, and A., Jønsson, K. A (2022). Nutrient-limited subarctic caves harbor diverse and complex soil microbiomes. BMC Environmental Microbiome 17: 41.
15. Bodawatta, K. H., Shriner, I., Pigott, S., Koane, B., Vinagre-Izquierdo, C., Rios, R. S., Jønsson, K. A., and Tori, W. P. (2022) Ecological factors driving the feather mite associations in tropical avian hosts. Journal of Avian Biology: e02951.
14. Vinagre-Izquierdo, C., Bodawatta, K. H., Chmel, K., Paul, L., Bos, N., Munclinger, P., Poulsen, M., and Jønsson, K. A. (2022) Factors governing avian haemosporidian prevalence in the tropical lowland forests of New Guinea in three-dimensional space. Ecology and Evolution 12: e8497.
13. Bodawatta, K. H., Hird, S. M., Grond, K., Poulsen, M., and Jønsson, K. A. (2022) Avian gut microbiomes taking flight. Trends in Microbiology 30: 268-280 – cover image of the March 2022 issue.
12. Bodawatta, K. H., Klečková, I., Klečka, J., Pužejová, K., Koane, B., Poulsen, M., Jønsson, K. A., and Sam, K. (2022) Specific gut bacterial responses to natural diets of tropical birds. Scientific Reports 12: 713.
2021
11. Vidkjær, N. H., Kildgaard, S., Hu, H., Schmidt, S., Bodawatta, K. H., Beemelmanns, C. and Poulsen, M. (2021) Species- and caste-specific gut metabolomes in a major farming insect symbiosis. MDPI Metabolomics 11: 839.
10. Bodawatta, K. H., Koane, B., Maiah, G., Sam, K. Poulsen, M and Jønsson, K. A. (2021) Species-specific but not phylosymbiotic gut microbiomes of New Guinean passerine birds are shaped by diet and flight-associated gut modifications. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288: 20210446.
9. Bodawatta, K. H., Freiberga, I., Puzejova, K., Sam, K., Poulsen, M., and Jønsson, K. A. (2021) Flexibility and resilience of great tit (Parus major) gut microbiomes to changing diets. BMC Animal Microbiome 3:20.
8. Renelies-Hamilton, J., Germer, K., Sillam-Dussès, J., Bodawatta, K.H., and Poulsen, M. (2021) Disentangling the relative roles of vertical transmission, subsequent colonizations and diet on cockroach microbiome assembly. mSphere 6: e01023-20.
2020
7. Bodawatta, K. H., Schierbech, S. K., Petersen, N. R., Bos, N., Jønsson, K.A. and Poulsen, M. (2020) Great tit (Parus major) uropygial gland microbiomes and their potential defensive roles. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 1735.
6. Bodawatta, K. H., Synek, P., Bos, N., Garcia-del-Rey, E., Koane, B., Marki, P. Z., Albrecht, T., Lifjeld, J., Poulsen, M., Munclinger, P., Sam, K., and Jønsson, K. A. (2020) Spatiotemporal patterns of avian host-parasite interactions in the face of biogeographical range expansions. Molecular Ecology 19: 2431 – 2448.
5. Bodawatta, K. H., Puzejova, K. Sam, K., Poulsen, M., and Jønsson, K. A. (2020) Cloacal swabs and alcohol bird specimens are good proxies for compositional analyses of gut microbial communities of Great tits (Parus major). BMC Animal Microbiome 2: 9.
2019
4. Bodawatta, K. H., Poulsen, M., and Bos, N. (2019) Foraging Macrotermes natalensis fungus-growing termites avoid a mycopathogen but not an entomopathogen. Insects 10: 185.
3. Bodawatta, K. H., Clark, C., Hedrick, A., Hood, A., and Smith, B. H. (2019) Comparative analyses of herbivory rates and leaf phenology in invasive and native shrubs in an East-central Indiana forest. Journal of Torrey Botanical Society 146 (1): 48 - 57.
2018
2. Bodawatta, K. H., Sam, K., Jønsson, K. A., and Poulsen, M. (2018) Comparative analysis of the digestive tract microbiota of New Guinean passerine birds. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 1830.
2016
1. Tori, W.P., Bodawatta, K.H., Schmidt, K., Lewis, E.L., Neumeister, D.S., and Hogle, J. (2016) Evaluating white-crowned Manakin (Dixiphia pipra) use of space in the Ecuadorian amazon. Ornitologia Neotropical 27: 145 - 154.