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Order and disorder in ectoparasite communities: the case of congeneric gill monogeneans (Dactylogyrus spp.)

A Simková1, M Gelnar, S Morand

  • 1Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B-1, 84215 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. simkova@sci.muni.cz

International Journal for Parasitology
|August 22, 2001
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