Occurrence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Georgia's amphibian populations

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-449

  Timpe, Elizabeth K ^a   Graham, Sean P ^b   Gagliardo, Ronald W ^c   Hill, Robert L ^d   Levy, Michael G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Amphibian Ark   (United States)

^d Atlanta Botanical Garden ^*  (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 57749190774     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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