Models of development for blowfly sister species Chrysomya chloropyga and Chrysomya putoria

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-61

  Richards, C S ^a   Crous, K L ^a   Villet, M H ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Blowflies; Forensic entomology; Isomegalen diagram; Isomorphen diagram; South America; Thermal summation models

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DATABASE; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; POPULATION GROWTH; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; LARVA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HOT TEMPERATURE; LARVA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS;

CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA CHLOROPYGA; CHRYSOMYA PUTORIA; DIPTERA;

EID: 60349125966     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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