Effects of pathogens on terrestrial ecosystem function

Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 260-283

  Eviner, Valerie T ^a   Likens, Gene E ^b  

^a Department of Plant Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

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