Low prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis detected in Appalachian Salamanders from Warren County, Virginia, USA

Herpetological Review

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-219

  Gratwicke, B ^a   Evans, M ^a   Campbell Grant, E H ^b   Greathouse, J ^c   McShea, W J ^d   Rotzel, N ^d   Fleischer, R C ^d  

^a Center for Species Survival   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Oglebay's Good Zoo   (United States)

^d Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; PLETHODON JORDANI; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84858136702     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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