Detection of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians from the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, USA

Herpetological Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-179

  Chatfield, Matthew W H ^a   Rothermel, Betsie B ^b,c   Brooks, Chad S ^b   Kay, Jillian B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 77952554824     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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