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SUBMITTER: Mork T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6441723 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife 20190322
We analyzed an 11-year time series (2005-2015) of parasite abundance for three intestinal nematode species in the red fox (<i>Vulpes vulpes</i>) as a function of the multi-annual rodent population cycle in low-arctic Norway, while correcting for other potential covariates that could influence prevalence and abundance. Rodents are paratenic and facultative intermediate hosts for the two Ascarididae species <i>Toxascaris leonina</i> and <i>Toxocara canis</i>, respectively and key prey for the red ...[more]