Special structures of hoopoe eggshells enhance the adhesion of symbiont-carrying uropygial secretion that increase hatching success.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Animal Ecology

• Publication date

  2014-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/1365-2656.12243PMID 24786478
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