Are gastrointestinal parasites associated with the cyclic population dynamics of their arctic lemming hosts?

Many rodents, including most populations of arctic lemmings (genus Dicrostonyx and Lemmus), have cyclic population dynamics. Among the numerous hypotheses which have been proposed and tested to explain this typical characteristic of some terrestrial vertebrate communities, trophic interactions have...

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Main Authors: Olivier Gilg, Loïc Bollache, Eve Afonso, Glenn Yannic, Niels Martin Schmidt, Lars Holst Hansen, Jannik Hansen, Benoît Sittler, Johannes Lang, Nicolas Meyer, Brigitte Sabard, Vladimir Gilg, Anita Lang, Mathilde Lebbar, Voitto Haukisalmi, Heikki Henttonen, Jérôme Moreau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224419300744