The thermal mismatch hypothesis explains host susceptibility to an emerging infectious disease.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2017-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/ele.12720PMID 28111904
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