The function of biodiversity in the ecology of vector-borne zoonotic diseases

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2061-2078

  Ostfeld, R S ^a   Keesing, F ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LYME DISEASE; VECTOR; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0034488417     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-78-12-2061     Document Type: Review

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