First survey of the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in amphibian populations of Gabon, Africa

Herpetological Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-69

  Daversa, David ^a,e   Bosch, Jaime ^b   Jeffery, Kathryn ^c,d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux   (Gabon)

^d Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale   (Gabon)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 80051922308     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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