Examining the evidence for chytridiomycosis in threatened amphibian species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Heard, Matthew ^a   Smith, Katherine F ^a   Ripp, Kelsey ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PUBLICATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ANIMAL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MYCOSES;

EID: 79961045947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023150     Document Type: Article

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