Blowfly succession from possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) carrion in a sheep-farming zone

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-452

  Lang, M D ^a   Allen, G R ^a   Horton, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Primary Industries and Water ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Calliphora stygia Calliphoridae; Calliphora vicina; Chrysomya rufifacies; Competition; Fly strike; Lucilia cuprina; Lucilia sericata; Possum carrion; Sheep; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLY; MARSUPIAL; OVIPOSITION; PARASITE CONTROL; SHEEP; SUCCESSION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FLY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; TIME; TRICHOSURUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; SHEEP; TASMANIA; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOSURUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

CALLIPHORA STYGIA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA RUFIFACIES; CHRYSOMYA VARIPES; DIPROTODONTIA; DIPTERA; HYDROTAEA ROSTRATA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; METATHERIA; MUSCIDAE; OVIS ARIES; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 33845615119     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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