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Marmots (Marmota Sibirica), Mongolian hunters and the plague [Les marmottes (M. Sibirica), les chasseurs de Mongolie et la peste].

Формозов А.Н. (Formozov N.A.), Ендуки А.Ю. (Endoukin, Yendukin A.Yu.) & Бибиков Д.И. (Bibikov D.I.) · 1991 · Abstracts 1st International Symposium on Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota) and on Genus Marmota, 8.

Résumé

Mongolians are strictly dependant on marmots. Since these animals are the main reservoir of infection in many natural foci of the plague in Mongolia. The hunters have developp a strategy minimizing the risk of infection and maintening the marmot populmation.