It's a myth that protection against disease is a strong and general service of biodiversity conservation: Response to Ostfeld and Keesing

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 503-504

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYME DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE;

EID: 84882593728     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.06.012     Document Type: Letter

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