Can parasites drive population cycles in mountain hares?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1662, 2009, Pages 1611-1617

  Townsend, Sunny E ^a   Newey, Scott ^b   Thirgood, Simon J ^b   Matthews, Louise ^a   Haydon, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem dynamics; Lepus timidus; Moorland management; Parasite reduction experiments; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FECUNDITY; LAGOMORPH; NEMATODE; PARASITISM; POPULATION CYCLE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; HARE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEVERET; POPULATION CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS; VERMES;

ANIMALS; HARES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 66349120843     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1669     Document Type: Article

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