Carcass enrichment does not alter decay rates or arthropod community structure: A test of the arthropod saturation hypothesis at the anthropology research facility in Knoxville, Tennessee

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 559-569

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Saint Josephs College   (United States)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropology Research Facility; Carrion arthropod succession; Forensic entomology; Nutrient enrichment

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1642393609     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.4.559     Document Type: Article

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