Shrinking ecosystems concentrate both individuals and species into restricted areas, promoting transmission and exchange of parasites. Fragmentation increases edge and brings an influx of new species into the disturbed or agricultural habitats between fragments, introducing new parasites and possibl
Parasites, biodiversity and ecosystem stability
β Scribed by Claude Combes
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 643 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0960-3115
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