Annual variation of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Houston Toad (Bufo houstonensis) and a sympatric congener (Bufo nebulifer)

Herpetological Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 456-459

  Gaertner, James P ^a   Mchenry, Diana ^b   Forstner, Michael R J ^a   Hahn, Dittmar ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO HOUSTONENSIS; BUFO NEBULIFER;

EID: 78951492316     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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