Trophic cascades and disease ecology [1]

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-124

  Stapp, Paul ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; LETTER; PLAGUE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK; TROPHIC CASCADE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34447118781     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0099-z     Document Type: Letter

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