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Figure 1 The agricultural food web of our experiment. Arrows indicate the direction from the consumer to the prey. Dashed arrows indicate weak effects, full lines and doubled organisms indicate strong effects. For further explanations see text.

Biodiversity not a risk factor for emerging diseases and other new research from ESA journals

Ecological Society of America tipsheet for 30 March 2017

Biodiversity not a risk factor for emerging diseases and other new research from ESA journals

Ecological Society of America tipsheet for 30 March 2017

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