Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Arboreal and lotie water sources in Panama

Herpetological Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-47

  Cossel Jr , John O ^a   Lindquist, Erik D ^b  

^a NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MESSIAH COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 73849143460     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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