Brood parasitism is associated with increased bacterial contamination of host eggs: bacterial loads of host and parasitic eggs

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Biological Journal of The Linnean Society

• Publication date

  2011-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2011.01672.X
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