Predicted and observed mortality from vector-borne disease in wildlife: West Nile virus and small songbirds
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0006-3207/$ see front matter 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.05.015 ⇑ Corresponding author at: University of California, Santa Cruz, Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, EE Biology/EMS, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA. Tel.: +1 (831) 459-5070. E-mail address: [email protected] (A.M. Kilpatrick). A. Marm Kilpatrick a,c,⇑, Ryan J. Peters , Alan P. Dupuis II , Matthew J. Jones , Peter Daszak , Peter P. Marra , Laura D. Kramer b
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