Calling for an ecological approach to studying climate change and infectious diseases

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 932-933

  Lafferty, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 63849343619     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1767.1     Document Type: Review

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