Recreating death's acre in the school yard: Using pig carcasses as model corpses. To teach concepts of forensic entomology & ecological succession

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 402-410

  Schoenly, Kenneth G ^a   Haskell, Neal H ^b   Mills, David K ^c   Bieme Ndi, Carine ^a   Larsen, Kristie ^a   Lee, Yer ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Josephs College   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749514616     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1662/0002-7685(2006)68[402:RDAITS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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