Effect of short-term coyote removal on populations of coyote helminths

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 54-67

  Henke, Scott E ^a   Pence, Danny B ^b   Bryant, Fred C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Density dependence; Helminths; Population reduction

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ASCARIDOIDEA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CAPILLARIA; CESTODA; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; MESOCESTOIDES; NEMATODA; ONCICOLA; ONCICOLA CANIS; OSLERUS OSLERI; PHYSALOPTERA; TAENIA; TAENIA MULTICEPS; TAENIA PISIFORMIS; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HELMINTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEXAS;

EID: 0036365917     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.1.54     Document Type: Article

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