Bactericidal and fungicidal activity of ant chemicals on feather parasites: An evaluation of anting behavior as a method of self-medication in songbirds

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1262-1268

  Revis, Hannah C ^a,b   Waller, Deborah A ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Pac Basin Agric Res Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; FORMIC ACID; PARASITE CONTROL; SONGBIRD;

APHAENOGASTER; APHAENOGASTER RUDIS; AVES; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; CREMATOGASTER LINEOLATA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS; LASIUS FLAVUS; PASSERI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE DENTATA; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 7644222389     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/121.4.1262     Document Type: Article

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