No detected effect of moult on feather bacterial loads in mallards Anas platyrhynchos

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 678-680

  Giraudeau, Mathieu ^a,b   Czirják, Gábor Á ^a   Duval, Camille ^a   Guiterrez, Claude ^c   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^d   Heeb, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique   (France)

^c UMR   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; FEATHER; FITNESS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; MOLT; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; THERMOREGULATION; WATERFOWL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78649771839     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05144.x     Document Type: Article

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