Succession pattern of carrion-feeding insects in Paramo, Colombia

Forensic Science International

Volumn 166, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 182-189

  Martinez, Efrain ^a   Duque, Patricia ^a   Wolff, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Forensic entomology; Insect succession; Neotropics; Paramo

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALLIPHORA NIGRIBASIS; COLOMBIA; COMPSOMYIOPS BOLIVIANA; COMPSOMYIOPS VERENA; DECOMPOSITION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROTAEA; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LEPTOCERA; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STEARIBIA NIGRICEPS;

EID: 33847151364     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.027     Document Type: Article

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