Eggshell Bacterial Load Is Related to Antimicrobial Properties of Feathers Lining Barn Swallow Nests

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 480-487

  Peralta Sánchez, Juan Manuel ^a,b   Soler, Juan José ^a,c   Martín Platero, Antonio Manuel ^a   Knight, Rob ^b   Martínez Bueno, Manuel ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL LOAD; EGG SHELL; FEATHER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL LOAD; EGG SHELL; FEATHERS; PIGMENTATION; SWALLOWS;

EID: 84894226028     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0338-5     Document Type: Article

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