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NEW KNOWLEDGE ON THE ECOLOGY OF SYLVATIC PLAGUE

1958; Wiley; Volume: 70; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1749-6632.1958.tb35421.x

1749-6632

Leo Kartman, Frank M. Prince, Stuart F. Quan, Harold E. Stark,

Plant Pathogens and Resistance

Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesVolume 70, Issue 3 p. 668-711 NEW KNOWLEDGE ON THE ECOLOGY OF SYLVATIC PLAGUE Leo Kartman, Leo Kartman San Francisco Field Station, San Francisco, Calif., Communicable Disease Center, U. S. Public Health ServiceSearch for more papers by this authorFrank M. Prince, Frank M. Prince San Francisco Field Station, San Francisco, Calif., Communicable Disease Center, U. S. Public Health ServiceSearch for more papers by this authorStuart F. Quan, Stuart F. Quan San Francisco Field Station, San Francisco, Calif., Communicable Disease Center, U. S. Public Health ServiceSearch for more papers by this authorHarold E. Stark, Harold E. Stark San Francisco Field Station, San Francisco, Calif., Communicable Disease Center, U. S. Public Health ServiceSearch for more papers by this author Leo Kartman, Leo Kartman San Francisco Field Station, San Francisco, Calif., Communicable Disease Center, U. S. Public Health ServiceSearch for more papers by this authorFrank M. Prince, Frank M. Prince San Francisco Field Station, San Francisco, Calif., Communicable Disease Center, U. S. Public Health ServiceSearch for more papers by this authorStuart F. Quan, Stuart F. Quan San Francisco Field Station, San Francisco, Calif., Communicable Disease Center, U. S. Public Health ServiceSearch for more papers by this authorHarold E. Stark, Harold E. Stark San Francisco Field Station, San Francisco, Calif., Communicable Disease Center, U. S. 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