Dynamics of chytridiomycosis in a Tasmanian frog community

Herpetological Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-57

  Abdul Aziz, Mohamed Najjib Bin ^a   Skerratt, Lee F ^b   McCallum, Hamish ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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