A walk on the tundra: Host-parasite interactions in an extreme environment

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 198-208

  Kutz, Susan J ^a,b   Hoberg, Eric P ^c   Molnár, Péter K ^d   Dobson, Andy ^d,e   Verocai, Guilherme G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biodiversity; Climate change; Disease emergence; Historical biogeography; Metabolic Theory of Ecology; Ovibos; Rangifer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904915859     PISSN: 22132244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.01.002     Document Type: Review

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