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8 - Threatened Hosts, Threatened Parasites?

Parasite Diversity and Distribution in Red-Listed Primates

from Part II - Habitat Alteration in the Anthropocene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2019

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Liesbeth Frias  and
Andrew J. J. MacIntosh
Edited by
Alison M. Behie ,
Julie A. Teichroeb  and
Nicholas Malone
Alison M. Behie
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Julie A. Teichroeb
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Scarborough
Nicholas Malone
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
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Primate Research and Conservation in the Anthropocene , pp. 141 - 164
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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