Interactive effects of sublethal nematodes and nutritional status on snowshoe hare vulnerability to predation

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 250-264

  Murray, Dennis L ^a,b   Cary, John R ^a   Keith, Lloyd B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

host parasite dynamics; interactive effects; nutrition; snowshoe hare; vulnerability to predation

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PREDATION VULNERABILITY; SNOWSHOE HARE;

DIROFILARIA SCAPICEPS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS TRIANGULARIS; OBELISCOIDES CUNICULI; PROTOSTRONGYLUS BOUGHTONI; TRICHURIS LEPORIS;

EID: 0030618150     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/6026     Document Type: Article

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