Impact of the experimental removal of lizards on Lyme disease risk

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2011-10-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2010.2402PMID 21325326PMCID PMC3151702
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