Disease reservoirs in complex systems: A comment on recent work by Laurenson et al.

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 807-810

  Cope, David R ^a   Iason, Glenn R ^a   Gordon, Iain J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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DISEASE PREVALENCE;

EID: 3142696468     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00850.x     Document Type: Review

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