Population-level influence of a recurring disease on a long-lived wildlife host
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C. Perez-Heydrich and M. B. Brown, Dept of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Box 100880, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA. Present address for CPH: Carolina Population Center, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB no. 8120, University Square, 123 West Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA. – M. K. Oli ([email protected]), Dept of Wildlife Ecology, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0430, USA.
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