Innate humoural immunity is related to eggshell bacterial load of European birds: a comparative analysis

Bacterial Loads on Eggshells of the Pied Flycatcher: Environmental and Maternal Factors

(2011) R. Ruiz-de-Castañeda et al.   CONDOR

Prevalence of potentially pathogenic culturable bacteria on eggshells and in cloacae of female Pied Flycatchers in a temperate habitat in central Spain

(2011) Rafael Ruiz-de-Castañeda et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Personal immunity versus social immunity

(2010) S. C. Cotter et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Rarity, life history and scaling of the dynamics in time and space of British birds

(2010) Bernt-Erik Saether et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Number and colour composition of nest lining feathers predict eggshell bacterial community in barn swallow nests: an experimental study

(2009) Juan M. Peralta-Sanchez et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Paternally derived immune priming for offspring in the red flour beetle,Tribolium castaneum

(2009) Olivia Roth et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Aromatic plants in nests of the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus protect chicks from bacteria

(2009) Adèle Mennerat et al.   OECOLOGIA

Avian Incubation Inhibits Growth and Diversification of Bacterial Assemblages on Eggs

(2009) Matthew D. Shawkey et al.   PLoS One

FEATHER-DEGRADING BACTERIA: A NEW FRONTIER IN AVIAN AND HOST–PARASITE RESEARCH?

(2008) ALEX R. GUNDERSON   AUK

Symbiotic association between hoopoes and antibiotic-producing bacteria that live in their uropygial gland

(2008) J. J. Soler et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Maternally transmitted parasite defence can be beneficial in the absence of parasites

(2007) Katharina Gallizzi et al.   OIKOS