Dynamics of intestinal coccidia in peak density Microtus agrestis, Microtus oeconomus and Clethrionomus glareolus populations in Finland

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-139

  Laakkonen, Juha ^a   Oksanen, Antti ^b   Soveri, Timo ^c   Henttonen, Heikki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Helsinki Zoo   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; POPUALTION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOAN PARASITE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FINLAND;

APICOMPLEXA; CLETHRIONOMUS; CLETHRIONOMUS GLAREOLUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031860537     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00667.x     Document Type: Article

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