Parasites, Snails May Factor in Adirondack Moose Decline
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 16:32
in Biology & Nature
The apparent declining moose population in New York 's Adirondack Mountains may be caused partly by tiny parasite-transmitting snails eaten by moose as they forage vegetation, according to new research presented by two Cornell undergraduate students at the annual Ecological Society of America meeting, in Portland, Oregon, Aug. 8.