Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is present in Northwest Pennsylvania, USA, with high prevalence in Notophthalmus viridescens

Herpetological Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 462-465

  Groner, Maya L ^a   Relyea, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 78951495426     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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