Data from: Bacteria and the evolution of honest signals. The case of ornamental throat feathers in spotless starlings

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Bacterial load Feather-degrading bacteria Ornaments Sexual selection Sturnus unicolor Uropygial gland

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doi:10.5061/dryad.p69n4

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1.Mechanisms guaranteeing reliability of messages are essential in understanding the underlying information and evolution of signals. Microorganisms

Data from: Cohabitation with farm animals rather than breeding effort increases the infection with feather-associated bacteria in the barn swallow

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Fül?p, Attila

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feather microorganisms keratinolytic bacteria cost of reproduction

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doi:10.5061/dryad.pr7bk

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and hatching date in females, and several sex and seasonal differences in plumage bacterial abundances. Our study is the first to show that breeding micro-habitat