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Consequent Effects of Parasitism on Population Dynamics, Food Webs, and Human Health Under Climate Change

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This study was partly supported by Russian Found Basic Research (RFBR, No. 09-04-92104, 10-04-01293), and JSPS to H. Doi.

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Doi, H., Yurlova, N.I. Consequent Effects of Parasitism on Population Dynamics, Food Webs, and Human Health Under Climate Change. AMBIO 40, 332–334 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0068-6

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