Chytridiomycosis-associated mortality in a rana palustris collected in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

Herpetological Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-323

  Todd Thompson, Megan ^a   Miller, Debra L ^b   Super, Paul E ^c   Gray, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 77953841478     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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