Epidemic disease and amphibian declines in Australia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1023-1025

  Hero, Jean Marc ^a,b   Gillespie, Graeme R ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 0038701053     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96291.x     Document Type: Article

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