Parasites and infectious diseases of prairie grouse: Should managers be concerned?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-55

  Peterson, Markus J ^a,b,c,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wildlife Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Infectious disease; Parasite; Population dynamics; Population regulation; Prairie grouse; Regulation; Tympanuchus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GAMEBIRD; PARASITE; PRAIRIE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CESTODA; DISPHARYNX NASUTA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ANGUSTA; EIMERIA DISPERSA; FUNGI; GALLIFORMES; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; LEUCOCYTOZOON BONASAE; NEMATODA; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PHASIANIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; PLASMODIUM PEDIOECETII; PROTOZOA; RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS VIRUS; TREMATODA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS CRAMAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS; TYMPANUCHUS; VERMES;

EID: 2142758349     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[35:PAIDOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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