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    Serge Morand Ph. D.

  2. Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer Campus, 84990, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

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Magnanou, E., Morand, S. (2006). Insularity and micromammal-macroparasite relationships. In: Morand, S., Krasnov, B.R., Poulin, R. (eds) Micromammals and Macroparasites. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-36025-4_16

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