Collembola of the grave: A cold case history involving arthropods 28 years after death

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1359-1361

  Merritt, Richard W ^a   Snider, Richard ^a   De Jong, Joyce L ^b   Benbow, M Eric ^a   Kimbirauskas, Ryan K ^a   Kolar, Rebecca E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarina; Arthropods; Collembola; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; Phoridae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANADA; COLLEMBOLA; CONICERA TIBIALIS; EXHUMATION; FEMALE; FLEA; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITE; NONHUMAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINELLA TENEBRICOSA; UNITED STATES; ZOOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EXHUMATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MITES; WATER;

EID: 36948999808     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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