Intestinal parasites of the Arctic fox in relation to the abundance and distribution of intermediate hosts

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-157

  Stien, A ^a   Voutilainen, L ^b   Haukisalmi, V ^b   Fuglei, E ^c   Mork T ^d   Yoccoz, N G ^a,e   Ims, R A ^a,e   Henttonen, H ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Density dependent transmission; Food transmission; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CESTODE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTESTINE PARASITE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINDEER; TAENIA; VOLE;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARVICOLINAE; CESTODA; FEMALE; FOXES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REINDEER; RODENT DISEASES; SVALBARD;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ASCARIDOIDEA; CANIDAE; CESTODA; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; NEMATODA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS PLATYRHYNCUS; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA OVIS; TAENIA POLYACANTHA; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 75149195768     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009990953     Document Type: Article

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