Brood parasitism is associated with increased bacterial contamination of host eggs: Bacterial loads of host and parasitic eggs

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 836-848

  Soler, Juan J ^a,b   Peralta Sánchez, Juan M ^a,b   Martínez Bueno, Manuel ^b   Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^b   Martín Gálvez, David ^a,b   Vela, Ana Isabel ^c   Briones, Victor ^c   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Embryo infection; Enterobacteriaceae; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BACTERIUM; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; DISEASE VECTOR; EGGSHELL; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS; CORVIDAE; CUCULIDAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PICA PICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 79960422998     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01672.x     Document Type: Article

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