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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 58, 1964 - Issue 1
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Studies on Bulinus (Physopsis) Globosus in Rhodesia

I.—The Influence of Temperature on the Intrinsic Rate of Natural Increase

C. J. Shiff From the Bilharziasis Research Laboratory, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Pages 94-105 | Received 28 Nov 1963, Published online: 17 Mar 2016

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