Differences in intestinal microbiota between avian brood parasites and their hosts

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 406-414

  Ruiz Rodríguez, Magdalena ^a,b   Lucas, Françoise S ^c   Heeb, Philipp ^d   Soler, Juan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Clamator glandarius; Cloacal bacteria; Pica pica; Ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DIET; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTLING; PARASITE; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS; CORVIDAE; CUCULIDAE; PICA PICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58549119549     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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