Differences in Culturable Microbial Communities in Bird Nestboxes According to Orientation and Influences on Offspring Quality in Great Tits (Parus major)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 986-995

  Goodenough, Anne E ^a   Stallwood, Bethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; EPICOCCUM PURPURASCENS; PARUS MAJOR; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS VERONII;

EID: 84864343347     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9992-7     Document Type: Article

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