Prevalence of the amphibian pathogen batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in stream and wetland amphibians in maryland, USA

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-241

  Campbell Grant, Evan H ^a   Bailey, Larissa L ^a   Ware, Joy L ^b   Duncan, Karen L ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian chytrid fungus; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Frogs; Salamanders; Streams; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349170200     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075408785911020     Document Type: Article

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