Does carcass enrichment alter community structure of predaceous and parasitic arthropods? A second test of the arthropod saturation hypothesis at the anthropology research facility in Knoxville, Tennessee

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 134-142

  Schoenly, Kenneth G ^a   Shahid, S Adam ^b   Haskell, Neal H ^c   Hall, Robert D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Saint Josephs College   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology Research Facility (ARF); Arthropod saturation hypothesis; Carrion arthropod succession; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; Predatory and parasitic arthropods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAUNA; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SWINE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 12144265169     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004137     Document Type: Article

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