Swabber effect: Swabbing technique affects the detectability of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Herpetological Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 443-445

  Simpkins, Clay Alan ^a   Van Sluys, Monique ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 84921059579     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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