Ecology of parasites in northern canids: impacts of age, sex, behavior, life history, and diet
Host behavior, age, sex, diet, and condition, as well as variation in parasite specificity, drive variation in parasite infection, and ultimately determine the host parasite community. The objectives of this thesis were to 1) examine intraspecific variation in arctic fox parasites, 2) determine rela...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/18337 |