Quantifying dilution and amplification in a community of hosts for tick-borne pathogens.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Ecological Applications

• Publication date

  2016-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/15-0122PMID 27209790
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