Survey of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from montane and lowland frogs in eastern Nigeria

Herpetology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Reeder, Natalie M M ^a   Cheng, Tina L ^a   Vredenburg, Vance T ^a   Blackburn, David C ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Amphibian declines; Chytridiomycosis; Gashaka gumti national park; Mambilla plateau; Ngel nyaki forest reserve

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASTYLOSTERNUS; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; PETROPEDETES;

EID: 80051956296     PISSN: 20715773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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