Drying eggs to inhibit bacteria: Incubation during laying in a cavity nesting passerine

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 142-148

  Ruiz De Castaneda R ^a   Vela, A I ^b   Gonzalez Braojos S ^a   Briones, V ^b   Moreno, J ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early incubation; Eggshell bacteria; Ficedula hypoleuca; Nest microclimate; Pied flycatchers; Relative humidity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; DATA SET; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EGG; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; MICROCLIMATE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HETEROTROPH; HUMIDITY; INCUBATION TIME; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EGG SHELL; EGGS; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; NEGIBACTERIA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 80055041972     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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