Protostrongylus stilesi (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae): Ecological Isolation and Putative Host-Switching Between Dall’s Sheep and Muskoxen in a Contact Zone

• Main Authors: Hoberg, Eric P., Kutz, Susan J., Nagy, John, Jenkins, Emily, Elkin, Brett, Branigan, Marsha, Cooley, Dorothy
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2002
• Subjects: Protostrongylus stilesi; Muskoxen; Dall's sheep; Ecological isolation; Colonization; Biodiversity survey; Northwest Territories; Yukon Territory; Canada; Biodiversity; Parasitology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Arctic; Yukon; Mackenzie River; Richardson Mountains; Mackenzie river; ovibos moschatus
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/663; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1673/viewcontent/Hoberg_2002_CP_Isolation_and_Putative_Host_Switching_between_Dalls_Sheep_and_Muskoxen_in_a_Contact_Zone.pdf

The occurrence of Protostrongylus stilesi in a population of introduced muskoxen, Ovibos moschatus wardi, on the Arctic Coastal Plain, Yukon Territory (YT) and Northwest Territories (NT), Canada, is consistent with a contemporary colonization event from Dall’s sheep, Ovis dalli dalli, which indicate...