Volatiles of symbiotic bacterial origin explain ectoparasitism and fledging success of hoopoes
Microbiota and the volatile profile of avian nests are associated with each other and with the intensity of parasitism
Cosmetic coloration of cross-fostered eggs affects paternal investment in the hoopoe (Upupa epops)
The gut microbiota of brood parasite and host nestlings reared within the same environment: disentangling genetic and environmental effects
Autoclaving nest-material remains influences the probability of ectoparasitism of nestling hoopoes (Upupa epops)
Seasonal and sexual differences in the microbiota of the hoopoe uropygial secretion
Ectoparasite Activity During Incubation Increases Microbial Growth on Avian Eggs
Bacterial density rather than diversity correlates with hatching success across different avian species
A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity
Nestedness of hoopoes' bacterial communities: symbionts from the uropygial gland to the eggshell
Nest bacterial environment affects microbiome of hoopoe eggshells, but not that of the uropygial secretion
The Microbiome of the Uropygial Secretion in Hoopoes Is Shaped Along the Nesting Phase
The hoopoe's uropygial gland hosts a bacterial community influenced by the living conditions of the bird
Laying date, incubation and egg breakage as determinants of bacterial load on bird eggshells: experimental evidence
Special structures of hoopoe eggshells enhance the adhesion of symbiont-carrying uropygial secretion that increase hatching success
Eggshell Bacterial Load Is Related to Antimicrobial Properties of Feathers Lining Barn Swallow Nests
Environmental factors shape the community of symbionts in the hoopoe uropygial gland more than genetic factors
Hoopoes color their eggs with antimicrobial uropygial secretions
Eggshell pigmentation has no evident effects on offspring viability in common kestrels
Applied Environmental Microbiology
Environmental factors shape the community of symbionts in the hoopoe uropygial gland more than genetic factors
Applied Environmental Microbiology
Environmental factors shape the community of symbionts in the hoopoe uropygial gland more than genetic factors
Evolutionary Ecology
Eggshell pigmentation has no evident effects on offspring viability in common kestrels
Microbial Ecology
Eggshell Bacterial Load Is Related to Antimicrobial Properties of Feathers Lining Barn Swallow Nests
Avian life history traits influence eggshell bacterial loads: A comparative analysis
The evolution of size of the uropygial gland: Mutualistic feather mites and uropygial secretion reduce bacterial loads of eggshells and hatching failures of European birds
Antimicrobial activity and genetic profile of enteroccoci isolated from hoopoes uropygial gland
Cognitive skills and bacterial load: Comparative evidence of costs of cognitive proficiency in birds
Goshawk prey have more bacteria than non-prey
PLoS ONE
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Antimicrobial activity and genetic profile of Enteroccoci isolated from hoopoes uropygial gland
Naturwissenschaften
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Cognitive skills of birds and eggshell bacterial loads: Comparative evidence of costs associated with cognitive proficiency of birds
Journal of Animal Ecology
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Goshawk prey have more bacteria than non-prey
Brood parasitism is associated with increased bacterial contamination of host eggs: Bacterial loads of host and parasitic eggs
DNA sampling from eggshell swabbing is widely applicable in wild bird populations as demonstrated in 23 species
Innate humoural immunity is related to eggshell bacterial load of European birds: A comparative analysis
Migratory divides and their consequences for dispersal, population size and parasite-host interactions
Naturwissenschaften
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Innate humoral immunity reduces eggshell bacterial load of European birds: A comparative analysis
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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Brood parasitism is associated with increased bacterial contamination of host eggs: bacterial loads of host and parasitic eggs
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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Migratory divides and their consequences for dispersal, population size and parasite-host interactions
Molecular Ecology Resources
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DNA sampling from eggshell swabbing is widely applicable for wild bird populations as demonstrated in 23 species
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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Colour composition of nest lining feathers affects hatching success of barn swallows, Hirundo rustica (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae)
Chelex-based DNA isolation procedure for the identification of microbial communities of eggshell surfaces
Antimicrobial chemicals in hoopoe preen secretions are produced by symbiotic bacteria
Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences
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Antimicrobial chemicals in hoopoe preen secretions are produced by symbiotic bacteria
Open Ornithology
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Antibiotic-producing bacteria as a possible defence of birds against pathogenic microorganisms
Analytical Biochemistry
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Chelex-based DNA isolation procedure for the identification of microbial communities of eggshell surfaces
Functional Ecology
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Number and color composition of nest lining feathers predict eggshell bacterial community in barn swallows nests. An experimental study
Seasonal, sexual and developmental differences in hoopoe Upupa epops preen gland morphology and secretions: Evidence for a role of bacteria
Journal of Avian Biology
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Seasonal, sexual and developmental differences in hoopoe Upupa epops preen gland morphology and secretions: evidence for a role of bacteria
Symbiotic association between hoopoes and antibiotic-producing bacteria that live in their uropygial gland
Functional Ecology
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Symbiotic association between hoopoes and antibiotic-producing bacteria that live in their uropigial gland