Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis not detected on amphibians from two lowland sites in Gabon, Africa

Herpetological Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-71

  Gratwicke, B ^a   Alonso, A ^a   Elie, T ^a   Kolowski, J ^a   Lock, J ^a   Rotzel, N ^a   Sevin, J ^a   Fleischer, R C ^a  

^a Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 80051950332     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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