Seasonal Colonization and Decomposition of Rat Carrion in Water and on Land in an Open Field in South Carolina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 704-709

  Tomberlin, Jeffery K ^a,b   Adler, Peter H ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calliphoridae; Carrion; Decomposition; Forensic entomology

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; COCHLIOMYIA MACELLARIA; CYNOMYA CADAVERINA; GRANULINA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LUCILIA ILLUSTRIS; PHORMIA REGINA; RATTUS RATTUS; SARCOPHAGA BULLATA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SERICATA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DEATH; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; RATS; SEASONS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0032160343     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.5.704     Document Type: Article

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