Predators and microorganisms of prey: goshawks prefer prey with small uropygial glands

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 608-613

  Møller, Anders P ^a,b   Erritzøe, Johannes ^c   Tøttrup Nielsen, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

^c Taps Old Rectory   (Denmark)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Antimicrobial defences; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLIGHT; GROOMING; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR; SIZE;

EID: 77955204234     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01671.x     Document Type: Article

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