Local and regional patterns of amphibian chytrid prevalence on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Herpetological Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-311

  Goldberg, Caeen S ^a   Hawley, Tanya J ^b   Waits, Lisette P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; OSA;

EID: 77953836775     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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