Results of amphibian chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) sampling in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-204

  Chestnut, Tara ^a   Johnson, James E ^b   Wagner, R Steven ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 47949099592     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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