Interactions among immune, endocrine, and behavioural response to infection

Micromammals and Macroparasites: From Evolutionary Ecology to Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 443-473

  Weil, Zachary M ^a   Martin, Lynn B ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-36025-4_21     Document Type: Chapter

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