Avian life history traits influence eggshell bacterial loads: a comparative analysis
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JUAN MANUEL PERALTA-SÁNCHEZ,* MANUEL MARTÍN-VIVALDI, ANTONIO MANUEL MARTÍNPLATERO, MANUEL MARTÍNEZ-BUENO, MARTA OÑATE, MAGDALENA RUIZ-RODRÍGUEZ & JUAN JOSÉ SOLER Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain Grupo Coevolución, Unidad Asociada al CSIC, Universidad Granada, Granada, Spain Departamento de Zoologia, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain Polz Lab, Parsons Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZACSIC), Almería, Spain
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