Innate humoural immunity is related to eggshell bacterial load of European birds: A comparative analysis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 807-813

  Soler, Juan José ^a,b   Peralta Sánchez, Juan Manuel ^a,b   Flensted Jensen, Einar ^c   Martín Platero, Antonio Manuel ^b,d   Møller, Anders Pape ^e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Université Paris Sud ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial defence; Bacteria; Complement; Natural antibodies; Trade offs; Vertical transmission of microorganisms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGGSHELL; HETEROTROPHY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INNATE BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PROBABILITY; SYMBIONT;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 80055010580     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0830-z     Document Type: Article

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