The effects of larval crowding and food type on the size and development of the blowfly, Calliphora vomitoria

Forensic Science International

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 175-181

  Ireland, Sarah ^a   Turner, Bryan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult size; Competition; Density; Forensic entomology; Larval mass; PMI; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOWFLY; BRAIN; CALLIPHORA VOMITORIA; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; INSECT SWARM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TISSUE; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; CADAVER; CROWDING; FOOD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CROWDING; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; LARVA; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SWINE;

EID: 33745569007     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.07.018     Document Type: Article

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