Necrophilous insect succession on rabbit carrion in Sand Dune habitats in Northern France

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 420-425

  Bourel, Benoit ^a,b   Martin Bouyer, Luck ^a,b   Hedouin, Valery ^b   Cailliez, Jean Charles ^a   Derout, Dominique ^c   Gosset, Didier ^b  

^a Faculte Libre des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

^b Medico Legal Institute of Lille   (France)

^c Square Bernard Shaw ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Diptera; Forensic entomology; Insect ecology; Postmortem interval; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; INSECT; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; INSECTS; RABBITS;

EID: 0033160226     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.4.420     Document Type: Article

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