Optimal temperature for malaria transmission is dramatically lower than previously predicted.

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Published in Ecol Lett on October 11, 2012

Authors

Erin A Mordecai1, Krijn P Paaijmans, Leah R Johnson, Christian Balzer, Tal Ben-Horin, Emily de Moor, Amy McNally, Samraat Pawar, Sadie J Ryan, Thomas C Smith, Kevin D Lafferty

Author Affiliations

1: Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. Mordecai@lifesci.ucsb.edu

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