Is nestling growth affected by nest reuse and skin bacteria in pied flycatchers ficedula hypoleuca?

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-127

  González Braojos, Sonia ^a   Vela, Ana I ^b   Ruiz De Castañeda, Rafael ^a   Briones, Víctor ^b   Cantarero, Alejandro ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

microbe host interaction; nest bacterial load; nest reuse; nestling condition; old nests; Pied Flycatchers; skin bacterial load

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTLING; PASSERINE; WING MORPHOLOGY;

SPAIN;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 84873182924     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164512X662223     Document Type: Article

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