Occurrence of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) in the U.S. Midwest

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-196

  Steiner, Sheldon L ^a   Lehtinen, Richard M ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIS; ACRIS CREPITANS BLANCHARDI; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 47949112580     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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