Chytridiomycosis in wild frogs from southern Costa Rica

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 215-218

  Lips, Karen R ^a   Green, D Earl ^b,d   Papendick, Rebecca ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 0037359070     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0215:CIWFFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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