Parasitized grouse are more vulnerable to predation as revealed by a dog-assisted hunting study

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 496-502

  Isomursu, Marja ^a   Rätti, Osmo ^b   Helle, Pekka ^c   Hollmén, Tuula ^d  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; GAMEBIRD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PARASITISM; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

BONASA BONASIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; MAMMALIA; TETRAO TETRIX; TETRAO UROGALLUS; TETRAONIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 59149101582     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.045.0604     Document Type: Article

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