Succession of forensically significant carrion beetle larvae on large carcasses (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 335-346

  Watson, E J ^a   Carlton, C E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; NECROPHILA AMERICANA; OICEOPTOMA; SILPHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644589980     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0335:SOFSCB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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