Identification of the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibian populations of a plain area in the Northwest of Italy

Herpetology Notes

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-37

  Federici, Silvia ^a,b   Clemenzi, Serena ^b,c   Favelli, Marco ^b,d   Tessa, Giulia ^b,d   Andreone, Franco ^b   Casiraghi, Maurizio ^a   Crottini, Angelica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d No profit Naturalistic Association Zirichiltaggi Sardinia Wildlife Conservation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Conservation; Esculentus; Pelophylax kl; Pianalto of Poirino

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449705305     PISSN: 20715773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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