Habitat degradation relates to reduced immune function in nestlings, but not adults, of a tropical forest bird

Name: Habitat degradation relates to reduced immune function in nestlings, but not adults, of a tropical forest bird
Creator: Tamara Sorg
Published: 2025-11-17T16:37:56.906Z
Keywords: Physiology, Animal Behavior, Animal Ecology

Sorg, Tamara; Hegemann, Arne; Cousseau, Laurence; Kung'u, Gladys Nyakeru; Heiskanen, Janne; Pellikka, Petri; Githiru, Mwangi; Lens, Luc; Apfelbeck, Beate

doi:10.17632/zn7w69kjsc.1

Habitat degradation relates to reduced immune function in nestlings, but not adults, of a tropical forest bird

Published: 17 November 2025| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/zn7w69kjsc.1

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Tamara Sorg,

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, Beate Apfelbeck

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Bacteria killing capacity of adult and nestling placid greenbuls (Phyllastrephus cabanisi placidus) along a gradient of habitat degradation.

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Grant ID: 392075127
Swedish Research Council
Stockholm, Sweden
Grant ID: 2018-04278
FWF Austrian Science Fund
Vienna, Austria
Grant ID: 10.55776/I6837
Research Foundation - Flanders
Brussels Capital, Belgium
Grant ID: G.0ABI.24N

Habitat degradation relates to reduced immune function in nestlings, but not adults, of a tropical forest bird

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