Observations of boreal toads (Bufo boreas boreas) and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in south-central Wyoming and north-central Colorado

Herpetological Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-149

  Young, Michael K ^a   Allison, G Todd ^b   Foster, Katharine ^c  

^a USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

^b Brush Creek Hayden Ranger District   (United States)

^c Routt National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO BOREAS BOREAS;

EID: 34447252776     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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