Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Venezuela

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-454

  Lampo, Margarita ^a   Sánchez, Dinora ^a   Nicolás, Angie ^a   Márquez, Mariella ^a   Nava González, Francisco ^a   García, Carmen Zulay ^a   Rinaldi, Milagro ^a   Rodríguez Contreras, Argelia ^b   León, Fabiola ^a   Han, Barbara A ^c   Chacón Ortiz, Andrés ^d  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DEL TÁCHIRA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 57749195506     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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