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| Title |
Uropygial gland size and composition varies according to experimentally modified microbiome in Great tits
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-14-134 |
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| Authors |
Staffan Jacob, Anika Immer, Sarah Leclaire, Nathalie Parthuisot, Christine Ducamp, Gilles Espinasse, Philipp Heeb |
| Abstract |
Parasites exert important selective pressures on host life history traits. In birds, feathers are inhabited by numerous microorganisms, some of them being able to degrade feathers or lead to infections. Preening feathers with secretions of the uropygial gland has been found to act as an antimicrobial defence mechanism, expected to regulate feather microbial communities and thus limit feather abrasion and infections. Here, we used an experimental approach to test whether Great tits (Parus major) modify their investment in the uropygial gland in response to differences in environmental microorganisms. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 99 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 94 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 32% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 12% |
| Researcher | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 16 | 16% |
| Unknown | 12 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 59 | 60% |
| Environmental Science | 10 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 6% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 2% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 18 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
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