Quantifying the demographic and population impact of avian cholera on northern common eiders in the face of ancillary threats and changing environmental circumstances

• Main Author: Iverson, Samuel
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Nunavik; Nunavut; Climate change; inuit; Somateria mollissima; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://curve.carleton.ca/6f866b02-74e1-40a8-9cd5-836836705913; https://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=b3787602; https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2015-10865

Emerging infectious diseases are on the rise globally; however, determining demographic impacts and the influence of disease on wildlife population dynamics remains a significant challenge. A poleward expansion of disease-causing pathogens has been predicted in association with globalization and cli...