Sampling effort and parasite species richness.

@article{Walther1995SamplingEA,
  title={Sampling effort and parasite species richness.},
  author={Bruno Andreas Walther and Peter Cotgreave and Roger D. Price and Richard D. Gregory and Dale H. Clayton},
  journal={Parasitology today},
  year={1995},
  volume={11 8},
  pages={
          306-10
        }
}
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