Higher risk of gastrointestinal parasite infection at lower elevation suggests possible constraints in the distributional niche of Alpine marmots

• Stefania Zanet ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stefania Zanet, Giacomo Miglio

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stefania.zanet@unito.it

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco (To), Italy

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• Giacomo Miglio ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stefania Zanet, Giacomo Miglio

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco (To), Italy

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• Caterina Ferrari,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Alpine Wildlife Research Centre, Gran Paradiso National Park, Valsavarenche (Aosta), Italy

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• Bruno Bassano,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Alpine Wildlife Research Centre, Gran Paradiso National Park, Valsavarenche (Aosta), Italy

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• Ezio Ferroglio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco (To), Italy

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• Achaz von Hardenberg

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Alpine Wildlife Research Centre, Gran Paradiso National Park, Valsavarenche (Aosta), Italy, Conservation Biology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom

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