Biodiversity and disease: A synthesis of ecological perspectives on Lyme disease transmission

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 239-247

  Wood, Chelsea L ^a   Lafferty, Kevin D ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LYME DISEASE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; IXODIDAE; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LYME DISEASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84874883790     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.10.011     Document Type: Review

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