Pathogenicity and transmission of chytridiomycosis in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2003, Pages 601-607

  Davidson, Elizabeth W ^a   Parris, Matthew ^b   Collins, James P ^a   Longgore, Joyce E ^c   Pessier, Allan P ^d   Brunner, Jesse ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGUS; PATHOGENICITY;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM STEBBINSI; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CAUDATA; FUNGI; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; RANA BOYLII; RANA YAVAPAIENSIS;

EID: 0141569307     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CP-02-120R1     Document Type: Article

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