Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Amphibian populations in Italy

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-326

  Adams, Michael J ^a   Galvan, Stephanie ^a   Scalera, Riccardo ^b   Grieco, Cristina ^c   Sindaco, Roberto ^c  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Istituto Per le Piante da Legno ^*  (Italy)

^c Istituto Per le Piante da Legno   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 52249123017     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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