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Part II - Understanding between-host processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2019

Kenneth Wilson
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Lancaster University
Andy Fenton
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University of Liverpool
Dan Tompkins
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Predator Free 2050 Ltd
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Wildlife Disease Ecology
Linking Theory to Data and Application
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