Straw men don't get Lyme disease: Response to Wood and Lafferty

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 502-503

  Ostfeld, Richard S ^a   Keesing, Felicia ^a,b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (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: 84882731602     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.05.009     Document Type: Letter

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