Direct and indirect costs of parasitism preceding a population decline of an Arctic ungulate
Direct and indirect costs of parasitism preceding a population decline of an Arctic ungulate
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Parasites negatively affect the fitness of ungulate hosts directly, and in wild ungulates, these effects may be synzootic with other stressors, such as limited nutritional resources. In the Arctic, muskoxen (
Ovibos moschatus
) occur in a highly seasonal environment and must rely on finite energetic resources for survival and productivity. We...
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Direct and indirect costs of parasitism preceding a population decline of an Arctic ungulate
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2045-2322
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2045-2322
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10.1038/s41598-024-67904-y
