Parasite-mediated reduction in fecundity of mountain hares

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2004, Pages

  Newey, Scott ^a,c   Thirgood, Simon ^b,d  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Mountain hares; Parasites; Population cycles

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

FECUNDITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LAGOMORPH; POPULATION CYCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HARE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

LEPUS TIMIDUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS;

EID: 15044351707     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0202     Document Type: Article

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