Pathogens, nutritional deficiency, and climate influences on a declining moose population

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 166, 2006, Pages 1-30

  Murray, Dennis L ^a,g   Cox, Eric W ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^b   Whitlaw, Heather A ^c   Lenarz, Mark S ^d   Custer, Thomas W ^e   Barnett, Terri ^b   Fuller, Todd K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Climate; Disease; Fascioloides magna; Liver fluke; Minnesota; Moose; Nutrition; Parasitism; Population viability

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLOIDES MAGNA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 33846846516     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2193/0084-0173(2006)166[1:PNDACI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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