Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Undetected in the Two Orders of Seychelles Amphibians

Herpetological Review

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-45

  Labisko, Jim ^a   Maddock, Simon T ^b,c   Taylor, Michelle L ^a   Chong Seng, Lindsay ^d   Gower, David J ^b   Wynne, Felicity J ^e   Wombwell, Emma ^a,e   Morel, Charles ^f   French, Georgia C A ^g   Bunbury, Nancy ^h   Bradfield, Kay S ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Plant Conservation Action Group   (Seychelles)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f Natural History Museum   (Seychelles)

^g Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^h SEYCHELLES ISLANDS FOUNDATION   (Seychelles)

ⁱ NONE   (Australia)

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EID: 84992458465     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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