Lack of evidence for epidemic disease as an agent in the catastrophic decline of Australian Rain Forest Frogs

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1026-1029

  Alford, Ross A ^a   Richards, Stephen J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001113208     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96403.x     Document Type: Article

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