Endoparasites of arctic wolves in Greenland

Arctic

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-354

  Marquard Petersen, Ulf ^a  

^a Greenland Wolf Research Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic wolves; Endoparasites; Greenland; Helminths; High Arctic; Muskoxen

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC WOLF; ENDOPARASITE; INTESTINAL PARASITE;

GREENLAND; HOLD WITH HOPE; NANSEN LAND;

ASCARIDOIDEA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CAPILLARIA; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIBOS; PLATYHELMINTHES; TAENIA; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TAENIA HYDRATIGENA; TAENIIDAE; TOXASCARIS; UNCINARIA; VERMES;

EID: 0031408059     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1116     Document Type: Article

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