Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by Author "Saag, Pauli"

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Inter-annual and body topographic consistency in the plumage bacterial load of Great tits

Saag, Pauli; Kilgas, Priit; Magi, Marko; Tilgar, Vallo; Mand, Raivo (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-02)

Plumage bacteria may play an important role in shaping the life histories of birds. However, to design suitable experiments to examine causal relationships between plumage bacteria and the fitness of host birds, natural ...
Variation in assemblages of feather bacteria in relation to plumage color in female great tits

Kilgas, Priit; Saag, Pauli; Magi, Marko; Edenberg, Meeli; Tilgar, Vallo; Mand, Raivo (University of California Press, 2012)

Microorganisms are known to play an important role in shaping the life histories of animals. Recent studies have proposed that the coloration of birds’ plumage could reflect individual quality through associations with ...

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