Connectance and parasite diet breadth in flea-mammal webs
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D. Mouillot ([email protected]), UMR CNRS-IFREMER-UM2 5119 Ecosystemes Lagunaires, Univ. of Montpellier 2, CC 093, FR34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. B. R. Krasnov and G. I. Shenbrot, Ramon Science Center and Mitrani Dept of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Inst. for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, P.O.Box 194, IL-80600 Mizpe Ramon, Israel. R. Poulin, Dept of Zoology, Univ. of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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