Effects of temperature on the development of the Neotropical carrion beetle Oxelytrum discicolle (Brullé, 1840) (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 107-109

  Velásquez, Yelitza ^a,b   Viloria, Angel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Development; Forensic entomology; Oxelytrum discicolle; Temperature; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 60349130116     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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