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Parasites and host life-history traits: implications for community ecology and species co-existence

F Thomas1, J Guégan, Y Michalakis

  • 1CEPM, UMR CNRS-IRD 9926, 911 Avenue Agropolis B.P. 5045, Equipe 'Evolution des Systèmes Symbiotiques', 34032, Montpellier, France. thomas@cepm.mpl.ird.fr

International Journal for Parasitology
|April 26, 2000
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