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Reference Base  Host density drives macroparasite abundance across popula... |
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Host density drives macroparasite abundance across populations of a critically endangered megaherbivore |
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Stringer, A.P.; Linklater, W.L. |
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2015 |
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Oecologia |
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2014 April |
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Africa - Southern Africa
Diseases
Black Rhino
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| What determines the abundance of parasites is a central question within epidemiology. Epidemiological models predict that density-dependent transmission has a principal influence on parasite abundance. However, this mechanism is seldom tested in macroparasites, perhaps because multiple, comparabl... |
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