Avian life history traits influence eggshell bacterial loads: A comparative analysis

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Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 725-737

  Peralta Sánchez, Juan Manuel ^a   Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^a   Martín Platero, Antonio Manuel ^a,b   Martínez Bueno, Manuel ^a   Oñate, Marta ^c   Ruiz Rodríguez, Magdalena ^a,d   Soler, Juan José ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Comparative approach; Incubation behaviour; Nest breeding behaviour

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BACTERIUM; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGGSHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HATCHING; INCUBATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENETICS;

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

EID: 84866468022     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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