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Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline a... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1.5k
  1. Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline and Extinction of Frogs (2007)
    Lee F. Skerratt, Lee Berger et al. EcoHealth
  2. Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America (1998)
    Lee Berger, Rick Speare et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  3. Diagnostic assays and sampling protocols for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (2007)
    V Olsen, Lee Berger et al. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

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