Arthropod Succession on Exposed Carrion in Three Contrasting Tropical Habitats on Hawaii Island, Hawaii

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 328-339

  Richards, E N ^a,b   Lee Goff, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod succession; Coleoptera; Decomposition; Diptera; Forensic entomology; Hawaii

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; SWINE; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CLIMATE; HAWAII; SWINE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0031131930     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.3.328     Document Type: Article

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