The geomyces fungi: Ecology and distribution

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 819-823

  Hayes, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b Colorado Parks and Wildlife in Denver ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

bats; Geomyces; hibernation; North America; white nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; AVES; FUNGI; GEOMYCES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866323297     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.7     Document Type: Article

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