Comparative performance and complementarity of four sampling methods and arthropod preference tests from human and porcine remains at the forensic anthropology center in Knoxville, Tennessee

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 881-894

  Schoenly, Kenneth G ^a   Haskell, Neal H ^b   Hall, Robert D ^c   Gbur, J Robert ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Josephs College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Forensic Entomology Investigations

Author keywords

Forensic Anthropology Center (FAC); Forensic entomology; Forensically important insects; Porcine surrogates; Sampling methods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ENTOMOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TENNESSEE;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34548814717     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[881:CPACOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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