Mitigating the impact of microbial pressure on great (Parus major) and blue (Cyanistes caeruleus) tit hatching success through maternal immune investment

• Roschong Boonyarittichaikij ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Roschong Boonyarittichaikij, Elin Verbrugghe

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, Department of Clinical Sciences and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Mahidol University, Phuttamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6528-4644

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• Elin Verbrugghe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Roschong Boonyarittichaikij, Elin Verbrugghe

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Elin.Verbrugghe@ugent.be

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1388-4266

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• Daan Dekeukeleire,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Diederik Strubbe,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Sarah Van Praet,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Robbe De Beelde,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Forest and Water Management, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium

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• Lieze Rouffaer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Frank Pasmans,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Dries Bonte,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Kris Verheyen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Forest and Water Management, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium

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• Luc Lens,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• An Martel

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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