Global biogeographic regions in a human-dominated world: The case of human diseases

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Just, Michael G ^a   Norton, Jacob F ^a   Traud, Amanda L ^a   Antonelli, Tim ^a   Poteate, Aaron S ^a   Backus, Gregory A ^a   Snyder Beattie, Andrew ^a   Sanders, R Wyatt ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colonial; Human associates; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84919788790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00201.1     Document Type: Article

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