White-nose syndrome: A deadly emerging infectious disease of hibernating bats

Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 413-434

  Reeder, Deeann M ^a   Moore, Marianne S ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7397-8_20     Document Type: Chapter

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