Geographic distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Puerto Rico

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-324

  Burrowes, Patricia A ^a   Longo, Ana V ^a   Joglar, Rafael L ^a   Cunningham, Andrew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 52249090205     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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