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In the previous Chapter, an effort was made to assess the nature of those factors, both biotic and abiotic, that are known to affect the biology of parasite populations. The purpose of this Chapter is to reverse that thrust and to determine if, and under what circumstances, parasites can affect host population dynamics.
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© 1993 Gerald W. Esch and Jacqueline C. Fernández
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Esch, G.W., Fernández, J.C. (1993). Influence of parasites on host populations. In: A Functional Biology of Parasitism. Functional Biology Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2352-5_4
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