Spatial and temporal variability of necrophagous Diptera from urban to rural areas

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-391

  Hwang, C ^a,b   Turner, B D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Forensic entomology; Habitat association; Necrophagous Diptera; U.K.; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FLY; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; LONDON; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORA VOMITORIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LUCILIA ILLUSTRIS; PHAONIA SUBVENTA; TEPHROCHLAMYS;

EID: 29144532961     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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