Estimating the impact of disease in species threatened by amphibian chytrid fungus: Comment on Murray et al.

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 897-899

  Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOGEN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA;

AMPHIBIA; FUNGI;

EID: 77956545420     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01507.x     Document Type: Article

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