The influence of clothing and wrapping on carcass decomposition and arthropod succession during the warmer seasons in Central South Africa

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1105-1112

  Kelly, Janine A ^a,b   Van Der Linde, Theuns C ^a   Anderson, Gail S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blow fly succession; Clothing and wrapping; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; CARCASS; CHRYSOMYA ALBICEPS; CHRYSOMYA MARGINALIS; CLERIDAE; CLOTHING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECOMPOSITION; DERMESTES MACULATUS; DERMESTIDAE; EGG LAYING; FLY; NECROBIA RUFIPES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; SWINE; THANATHOPILUS MICANS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY WEIGHT; CLOTHING; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; LARVA; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SEASONS; SUS SCROFA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 69649088142     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01113.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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