Plumage Bacterial Assemblages in a Breeding Wild Passerine: Relationships with Ecological Factors and Body Condition

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 740-749

  Saag, Pauli ^a   Tilgar, Vallo ^a   Mänd, Raivo ^a   Kilgas, Priit ^a   Mägi, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIA; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79957446641     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9789-0     Document Type: Article

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