The evolution of size of the uropygial gland: Mutualistic feather mites and uropygial secretion reduce bacterial loads of eggshells and hatching failures of European birds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1779-1791

  Soler, Juan J ^a,b   Peralta Sanchez J M ^b,c   Martin Platero A M ^d   Martin Vivaldi M ^b,c   Martinez Bueno M ^b,c   Moller A P ^e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Birds; Feather mites; Hatching success; Mutualism; Uropygial gland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANATOMY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AVIFAUNA; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EGGSHELL; FEATHER; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MITE; MUTUALISM; PARASITE INTENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SECRETION; SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEATHER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SECRETION (PROCESS); SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EUROPE; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEATHERS; GENETIC FITNESS; MITES; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYMBIOSIS;

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

EID: 84865167092     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02561.x     Document Type: Article

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