Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1515-1524

  White, Joël ^a,b,d   Mirleau, Pascal ^a,b   Danchin, Etienne ^a,b   Mulard, Hervé ^a,b   Hatch, Scott A ^c   Heeb, Philipp ^a,b   Wagner, Richard H ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

ARISA; Black legged kittiwake; Cloacal bacteria; Gastrointestinal microbiota; Mating behaviour; Sexual selection; Sexually transmitted diseases; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 78649536855     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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