R code and data for "Terrestrial gastropod species-specific responses to forest management: implications for Parelaphostrongylus tenuis transmission to moose" ...
Landscape management can influence the distribution, abundance, and diversity of the terrestrial gastropods that host known parasites of managed species of ungulates. Multiple taxa of terrestrial gastropods are important intermediate hosts in the lifecycle of the parasitic nematode Parelaphostrongyl...
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Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM)
2022
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.13020/dhhw-cy54 https://hdl.handle.net/11299/250152 |
| Summary: | Landscape management can influence the distribution, abundance, and diversity of the terrestrial gastropods that host known parasites of managed species of ungulates. Multiple taxa of terrestrial gastropods are important intermediate hosts in the lifecycle of the parasitic nematode Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, for which white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are definitive hosts. Moose (Alces alces) become infected with P. tenuis when they incidentally ingest gastropod intermediate hosts, leading to morbidity and mortality. Populations of moose in Minnesota have declined and P. tenuis infection has been identified as a leading cause of mortality. We investigated the role of forest management disturbance on the terrestrial gastropod community, and specifically known intermediate host species of P. tenuis, on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation in northeastern Minnesota, USA, where moose are an important subsistence species to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Field crews surveyed ... : Terrestrial gastropod survey sampling data with paired environmental data, along with code to reproduce analyses in the cited paper. ... |
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