Annual variation in arrival and departure times of carrion insects at carcasses: Implications for succession studies in forensic entomology

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 569-576

  Archer, M S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARRION; DECOMPOSITION; INSECT; SUCCESSION;

ALEOCHARA; ANIMALIA; ANOTYLUS; CALLIPHORA; CALLIPHORIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CREOPHILUS ERYTHROCEPHALUS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEIODIDAE; SILPHIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 1542789990     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO03053     Document Type: Article

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