A preliminary investigation into the scavenging activity on pig carcasses in Western Australia

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-199

  O'Brien, R Christopher ^a   Forbes, Shari L ^b   Meyer, Jan ^a   Dadour, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Fauna; Forensic taphonomy; Scavenging activity; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949022464     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-007-0016-3     Document Type: Article

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