Low temperature episodes in development of blowflies: Implications for postmortem interval estimation

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-186

  Ames, C ^a   Turner, B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calliphora vicina; Calliphora vomitoria; Development threshold temperature; Forensic entomology; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

FLY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; COLD; DIPTERA; LARVA; OVUM; PUPA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORA VOMITORIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038688013     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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