Prevalence and phenology of white-nose syndrome fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans in bats from Poland

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 437-443

  Sachanowicz, Konrad ^a   Stępień, Arkadiusz ^b   Ciechanowski, Mateusz ^c  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b University of Gdańsk ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Geomycosis; Hibernation; Mortality; Myotis myotis; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; FUNGI; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; MYOTIS MYOTIS; PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS;

EID: 84891856615     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-013-0280-z     Document Type: Article

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