Parasites, biodiversity, and population dynamics in an ecosystem in the high arctic

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 205-227

  Halvorsen, Odd ^a   Bye, Karstein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aarctic; Abomasal nematodes; Parasites; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; Spitsbergen; Svalbard reindeer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTIC; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RUMINANT STOMACH; SAMPLING; SEASON; SUMMER; WORM INFECTION;

ABOMASUM; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NORWAY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; REINDEER; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

MARSHALLAGIA MARSHALLI; MARSHALLAGIA OCCIDENTALIS; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA GRUEHNERI; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; UMINMAKSTRONGYLUS; UMINMAKSTRONGYLUS PALLIKUUKENSIS; VERMES;

EID: 0033055509     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00043-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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