Effect of incubation on bacterial communities of eggshells in a temperate bird, the Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Won Young ^a,e   Kim, Mincheol ^a   Jablonski, Piotr G ^a,b   Choe, Jae Chun ^c   Lee, Sang Im ^a,d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; HATCHING; INCUBATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICA PICA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PSEUDOMONAS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; NESTING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EGG SHELL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84905472509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103959     Document Type: Article

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