Seasonal and spatial changes in blowfly production from small and large carcasses at Durham in lowland northeast England

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-251

  Davies, L ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calliphora; Carcasses; England, U.K.; Lucilia; Mouse; Myiasis; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FLY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOUSE; SEASON; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DIPTERA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; SEASONS; SHEEP;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORA VOMITORIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LUCILIA CAESAR; LUCILIA ILLUSTRIS; LUCILIA RICHARDSI; LUCILIA SERICATA; LUCILIA SILVARUM; OVIS ARIES; SERICATA;

EID: 0033167184     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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