Prevention of population cycles by parasite removal

Science

Volumn 282, Issue 5397, 1998, Pages 2256-2258

  Hudson, Peter J ^a   Dobson, Andy P ^b   Newborn, Dave ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FERTILITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; PHASIANIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032545455     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5397.2256     Document Type: Article

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14. We thank the keepers and estates for their assistance; D. Tompkins, K. Wilson, and T. Benton for providing helpful comments on the manuscript; and D. Potts for his support throughout our studies on grouse.