Behaviour, life history strategies and parasite infection in rodents

Micromammals and Macroparasites: From Evolutionary Ecology to Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 475-511

  Barnard, Christopher J ^a   Behnke, Jerzy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-36025-4_22     Document Type: Chapter

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