Fungal disease dynamics in insect societies: optimal killing rates and the ambivalent effect of high social interaction rates.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Theoretical Biology

• Publication date

  2015-05-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018PMID 25728787
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