Preen gland removal increases plumage bacterial load but not that of feather-degrading bacteria

Gabor Arpad Czirjak (1) , Péter László Pap , Csongor István Vágási , Mathieu Giraudeau (2) , Cosmin Mureşan , Pascal Mirleau (3) , Philipp Heeb (4)

1 Department of Wildlife Diseases
2 EDB - Evolution et Diversité Biologique
3 IMBE - Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale
4 Unibas - Université de Bâle = University of Basel = Basel Universität

Domaines: Biodiversité et Ecologie

Gabor Arpad Czirjak, Péter László Pap, Csongor István Vágási, Mathieu Giraudeau, Cosmin Mureşan, et al.. Preen gland removal increases plumage bacterial load but not that of feather-degrading bacteria. The Science of Nature Naturwissenschaften, 2013, 100 (2), pp.145-151. ⟨10.1007/s00114-012-1005-2⟩. ⟨hal-02064980⟩