Inter-annual and body topographic consistency in the plumage bacterial load of Great Tits

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-100

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacterial communities; Cavity breeders; Feather degrading bacteria; Microbial influence

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84857541932     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2011.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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